Hi You speak very quick You have to speak normal and try to make your talking to everybody to understand In the world not english people This is my suggestion to you Thank you do great video
Hi Abdullah. Thanks for watching and your comment. You are not the first to mention this and I am trying in future videos to talk slower. Thanks for your feedback! Stay safe. Billy 👍🏼
I am using the app more for directions and the Garmin NAV VI for the map view. I have noticed that when you stop, such as to gas up, the app takes a bit to catch back up to where you are. It tends to try to retrace the route, though rather quickly, from the start. This did prove to be a problem on a recent ride since the app doesn't tell you that you have to turn until you are less than a 1/4 mile from the turn. I stopped for gas and got back on the road. I passed the turn before the app caught up with me and had me circling through a little town (even tried to get me to ride through a farmer's field). Other than this little issue, I am starting to like it better since the Garmin tries to constantly recalculate the route, even when "recalculation" is turned off.
Hi Gary. Thanks for this. I had the same experience recently and thought it was just my signal so good to know it seems to be an issue with the app. I will report this back to the BMW developers. Thanks for sharing your experience. Ride safe. Billy
1. You can change the calculation option for the current route by clicking on the grey 'options' (3:26) 2. The direct option will take you to the nearest point of the route, which is handy if you deviate from the route half way and want to continue the route later (after a break for instance) 3. Before the export it is handy to change the name of the route to .gpx that way the file will be recognised by your pc as gpx file
1 correct. Not sure why The first few attempts did. It let me but you’re right it does allow this. I should have mentioned this in the video in hind sight 2. 👍🏼
Good question. I don't know at the moment but have reached out to BMW Motorrad following you question to see if they can help me in with question. Cheers. Billy
Hi Graham. Yes I plotted a few rides of my own using Calimoto. Quite a nice easy to use navigation planning online and app. There is a video of it on my channel in the GPS play list. You can use most other navigation software to save GOX files to you computer for use elsewhere. Let me know if you have other questions. Cheers. Billy
HI Rune. Thanks for watching the video and for your question. I don't think it is possible to export all the info unless it is going to another navigation app. You can export all the info to Rever, but Rever , whilst it looks good and functional, following a route on the map function is not that great so would not advise it. I just tried exporting a route from BMW Motorrad to Calimoto and whilst that worked, the information the other end is only as good as the app allows. So whilst I have the route, timing, distance a lot of the other data is missing. In short unless the receiving application can accommodate all the Motorrad app information, you are limited to where it can go. If wanting simply just to save the information to your computer, you can export the file and save and then review on a GPX editor but again limited to the data that you will see. Not sure if that has helped or not. Let me know if any more questions. Good luck. Billy
So I am getting rid of my Nav 6 and getting a new RR with the LCD screen. My pal designs our routes, previously used by us all on Nav 6's as GPX files and we upload to to follow. These are comprehensive routes and designed on roads he knows. Essentially I can import these Gpx files now to the app and it will throw the same directions up on my screen as the boys are seeing on their Nav 6's less the map display? Also to ensure it does not deviate can you deselect all 'fast/direct' tabs or does it default to have just one? I want to stay on the same route the GPX file dictates!
HI Fast Lane Diaries. Thanks for the questions! Yes, you can import the GPS files to the Motorrad app, then once connected your phone and app to your TFT, you will get the turn by turn directions on the TFT display. Note, that when there is some distance between an action eg a turn or a roundabout, the TFT does not display directions. It is only when you are close enough the next direction that it will display. Regarding the deselecting the fast/direct options, yes you can also do this in the app settings. You can set the app up to default winding or fast. Lots of settings to choose from. I have another video on the functionality of the app here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_nS3RFjkY5E.html Let me know if you have any more questions. Stay safe. Billy
@@BillysBikeAdventures Thanks Billy, I will pass this to Simon Weir whom I know well. He’s from Ride Magazine fame and now designs bespoke GPX routes for peoples tours. I’ll ping him here!
Great video thank you, question if i may, I also invested in the Nav 6, but have been using "my route app" as my main route planning tool before i bought my GS late last year, how can i tell the BMW where to search to get routes from "my route app" (either on my i phone or Mac) into the BMW app via the "import routes" setting you mention ?. Sorry for the naivety of the question. I want to utilise my i phone XR and the great K Moon phone mount which seems very good on initial use.
Hi Ian. Thanks for your question and for watching the video! You won't get the apps to talk to each other but you will be able to export the GPX files from 'My Route' into the Motorrad. Export your GPX files from My Route to iCloud file so that your Mac and iPhone can access them. When you click the import option on the Motorrad app, you can then choose the iCloud file where your GPX files are stored and then import to the Motorrad app. Thats what I do. I don't know of a way that the apps would talk to each other. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. Stay safe. Billy
Hello. The application seems practical for daily route planning. However, I need a program running on a PC, such as Garmin Basecamp, so that I can plan a few days' route with a program on the computer and just press the "go" button at the beginning of the motorcycle. The routes I made with Basecamp do not work compatible with BMW Motorrad Connected Ride. Frankly, I couldn't figure out how it recalculated and made the route different from what I planned. 1-BMW should develop a software that runs on the PC, with which we can make 1-10 day mid-range planning. 2-Routes must be transferred to the BMW Navigation device via software. I would be happy to know, if you have any practical suggestions on this matter. Best regards,
Excellent video but please talk a little more slowly. However, I have two older - non-digital BMW bikes that I obviously cannot connect to the app so I can only use the app for a trial period of 14 days! Does anyone have a solution for this? The app works perfectly, I love it.
Hi Ernie. Thanks for watching, your comments and question. You are not the first to say that I speak quickly. Since receiving the feedback when I made this video I have tried to slow my talking down a bit. You can adjust the play speed to slow the video down just a bit if that helps. You ask a great questions to which I do not have an answer. Hopefully one of the BBA community can help with this. Stay safe. billy
I don't believe that you can, I just double checked as well. Best to export the route and load to a planner and then reverse it in that and import back to your device. A bit of a faf but only way that i know of in this app at the moment. Cheers Billy
when I go to the maps screen in the Motorrad Connected app,...I do not have the 3 dots in the top right corner.....only the search bar. Any idea what's going on?
Hi Brian. Thanks for watching and your question. You are right! I have just checked mine and they are not there. BMW must have updated the Connected app. What is it you are trying to do? Let me know and I will see if I can get the answer for you. Cheers. billy
Thanks for the video. It's particularly useful as I'm hoping to buy a new R1250RT soon, but you can't yet get to a showroom easily and the latest version of the BMW app won't even load without connecting to a bike first. I have a very specific question which I hope you can answer. I've taken extensive holidays in Europe over the past 15 years. I plan the (very) detailed routes at home and use a BMW GPS while away. I always set the routing option to "Do Not Recalculate" because if I come across a closed road or a herd of goats down a back street, or I just miss a turning I want to be able to find my own route round the local difficulty without losing the route I've carefully crafted because the GPS thinks it knows better . In your video there doesn't seem to be any setting for this and I wonder if the default behaviour is to recalculate or not recalculate if you import a GPX file and then deviate from the specific route you've entered?
Hi and thanks for your comment / question and for watching the video. A really good question! In short, the app will recalculate once you have moved from the planned route. It will recalculate back to the the planned route either quickly or via winding route (depending on settings). There is not an option to 'not recalculate route' if you alter from the planned route. That is a great questions and one to put to the developers at BMW. They welcome feedback. No sure how much goes in to the next update but always worth giving them feedback. Sorry I could not help more. Stay safe. Billy
hi and thanks for watching! Great question but alas I don't think there is. I will have a look on the internet to see if I can find anything. Sorry I could not be more help at the moment. Cheers billy
HI Jean-Claude. Thanks for watching and getting in touch. For route import, click on 'rides' from home screen and there should be a 'route import' button to click on at the top in a blue bar. Do you have this? Cheers. Billy
Maybe I missed it....If you've carefully laid out you track before hand and you DON'T WANT any recalc's done by the connected app, will it just do that. Will it just navigate the way it's told per the imported GPX without changing anything? Suppose you just want to enter your route from the closest waypoint instead of from the beginning point?
Hi Rob. Thanks for watching and your question. Yes, the app should recognise that you are not near the start position and ask if you want to go from start to finish or jump in to the route via the quickest route to get you on to the navigated route. Hope that helps. Cheers. Billy
@@BillysBikeAdventures Thanks for the quick reply man! How about the first question? Will it navigate as told by the upload without changing the route/track or recalculating if you stray from your route for any reason?
Ah yes, that along with the majority of other navigation apps (i don't know any that don't do this), straying away will mean a recalculation of route back to point at which you left the planned route. It's so annoying! Cheers. Billy
Great video but where does the map data itself come from? I can plug a Garmin Edge bicycling GPS device into Basecamp and then design a route and export it as a .GPX file onto my iPhone, but judging from file size the map of the state(s) is not included. The maps do NOT live on Basecamp (only uses them when Edge GPS is connected). Do the maps themselves get downloaded onto iPhone from somewhere (how?) then how does the Motorrad App pickup on the maps and transfer that data to the TFT. Or can it use the built-in Apple maps (TomTom/OpenStreetMap) as long as the cellular connection stays up? If I drop cellular, my iPhone can't find the maps anymore beyond what it has just automagically downloaded, so what if I need to expand on that area? Does the BMW app even reference those maps - else where does it get the map? Nobody ever talks about the map data itself, without them a .GPX route is useless. What am I missing? I'm picking up my RT in a few weeks and won't have time to spend sorting all this out so thanks for any guidance!
Hey MrBikeBasher. Thanks for watching and your questions of which these are very good and interesting ones. But ones I don't have the answers to at the moment. I will do some research and try to find out for you. Cheers. Billy
@@BillysBikeAdventures HNY Billy! Just an update since I took delivery my new '22 Rt1250 recently. The Motorrad app is where you can easily download all the maps for the GPS onto the iPhone, so I'm questioning if I'll use basecamp at all? I can transfer GPX files no worries, but still not sure about how to get the maps on the iphone to share (perhaps it would use those from the Motorrad App itself?) It would still be nice to make a custom route so I'll play with it more as that might be the ticket :)
@@MrBikebasher HNY also. Hope you had a great time. For custom routes just use another app and then export that and download Ito the motorrqd app. Good luck and stay safe 👍
Hi - thanks for the video. In the process of changing bikes and NAV so goodbye Nav 5 and hello TFT BMW Connected. I'm working with MyRouteApp which seems to work well with the app on the couple of test rides have had but I have the choice to save my routes in various formats including .gpx1.0 and .gpx1.1 - any idea of the merits of either?
Hi Simon. Thanks for watching the video and your question. The difference is quite important for your travels. 1.0 means that your waypoints are 'alerted', meaning if you miss a way point the nav will keep trying to take you back there. 1.1 means your way points are considered = if you miss a way point you just keep going to the next waypoint. Hope that helps. Stay safe. Billy
Nice tutorial, but when you imported your route you had two files, one with 55 support points and one with 3654 support points. Why did you only import the one with 55 points? Would the other file with more points not have been more precise?
HI Declan. Thanks for watching and your comments and question. I agree with you that the route with more waypoints would have been more accurate but as this was just a demonstration I did not consider that for this purpose, nice point though! Cheers. Billy
Hallo. Ta vidéo est peut-être bien faite, mais ton commentaire est beaucoup trop rapide de cette forme on perd beaucoup de ton explication. Mon conseil : vidéo à refaire plus lentement, pour la bonne compréhension générale. Merci
Hi Serge. Thanks for watching and your comment? You are not the first to say this and in later videos I am talking slower. For this video and all my videos you play at a slightly slower speed to suit your needs. The bottom right hand corner of the video is where you will be able to do this. Hope that helps. Cheers. Billy
I’m not familiar with this app. Is it intended for these routes to be uploaded on the optional BMW/Garmin Nav units on bikes such as the R1200GS? Or is the intent of this app to use your phone on your bike?
Hi BradB. Thanks for you question. Intended use is with your phone as a navigation app. You can of course export routes and load them to your Garmin but you will need an extra cable to do that. I don’t have a Garmin at the moment so unable to help you in that regard. Cheers. Billy
This is about the BMW Connected app, which works together with the BMW TFT screen, the app will create the directions (including voice) which will be show as arrows on the TFT screen, while at the same time the phone will show an actual map.
Hi Chris. You will need to use basecamp to do this. This is what seems to works best. -GPX file saved to your computer -Open Basecamp on your computer -Locate your GPX file and then drag on to the map section of basecamp, this will load the GPX file onto Basecamp and you should see the name of the file on the bottom left corner of basecamp (not on the map but in the data section bottom left) -Now plug your nav6 to t your computer and wait for it to appear on your desktop as a drive -go back to basecamp, top left hand corner the 'device' icon will now be visible (not greyed out) -select the map GPX file name in the bottom left hand corner of basecamp -now click the device button (arrow pointing up) to begin the transfer -once complete eject you Garmin from computer and that's its Hope that works for you Chris, any other questions please let me know Stay safe, Billy
Hi bike01red. Thanks for watching and your question. On the app home screen tap on the rides section and you will see all the rides you have recorded. On the white bar for each of the rides where the data is you will see a star to the right hand side. Tap this to highlight blue and this is then a favourite. This will only work if you have connected your app to the bike within 6 months of the last time you connected your app to your bike which is part of their usage policy. Any more questions let me know. Cheers. Billy 👍🏼
@@BillysBikeAdventures Thanks for the prompt reply. Currently I am in the house as it is pouring rain. In the app, on the Rides section on the white bar for each ride, there is NO star on the right side. I just had the phone & app connected to the bike yesterday. I will connect the phone & app to the bike tomorrow to see if the star appears. Thanks again !!
Oh that is strange. In that case I can’t help at the moment. I am running version 3.2.1. You can check this by clicking on 3 dots bottom left hand corner of the Home Screen and then scrolling all the way to the bottom.
@@BillysBikeAdventures I just checked, I am running the same version as you 3.2.1... I will connect to the bike again tomorrow and then give you an update.. Thanks again..
Are you using iPhone or android? I am on iPhone. That’s the last reason I can think of that you would have a different set up to me. I will do some research 👍🏼
