Guides
Get to gripswith Vroom
Short guides, step by step and on video, to get the most out of Vroom GPS: rides, navigation, voice guidance, road trips and settings.
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Navigation
Break-in
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Search for a destination and pick your route
A town, an address, a place: type it in the search bar, Vroom computes your motorcycle route and suggests alternatives.
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Cruising
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Choose your riding style: Discover, Touring, Fast or Direct
Discover, Touring, Fast, Direct: the same trip can give four very different routes. Here is what each style is for.
6 steps · Read the guide →
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Start and stop motorcycle navigation
A destination, one button, and off you go. Here is how to start guidance, read the navigation screen and stop it once you have arrived.
4 steps · Read the guide →
Cruising
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Find a petrol station, a restaurant or a hotel nearby
Running low on fuel, getting hungry or need a bed? The tiles under the search bar ask what you are after, and the places around you show up.
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Cruising
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Speed cameras: shown and announced where the law allows it
Where the law allows it, Vroom shows fixed speed cameras on your route and warns you as you approach, on screen and out loud.
6 steps · Read the guide →
Break-in
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Discover the Vroom GPS home screen
Everything starts from the bottom panel: search, ride, plan a road trip or a ride with friends.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Break-in
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Understand the Vroom GPS navigation screen
One glance is enough: the next manoeuvre at the top, your speed and arrival at the bottom, everything else within glove reach.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Knee down
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Simulate a ride before you leave
Before you leave, watch the road unfold: bends, villages, scenery. Sped up, and even in satellite view.
4 steps · Read the guide →
Cruising
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Avoid tolls, ferries and U-turns
No toll roads, no boat crossings, no forced U-turns: three switches, and all your routes follow.
4 steps · Read the guide →
Road trips
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Create a motorcycle road trip with the AI wizard
Start, length, riding time per day, interests, budget: the AI wizard suggests three road trips and builds the one you pick.
7 steps · Read the guide →
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Create a road trip by hand in the editor
A long press on the map to drop a stop, the search to add more: the editor then works out the route on the best roads.
5 steps · Read the guide →
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Rider view in the editor: spot the best roads
Where are the small twisty roads? Rider view colours them on the editor map: green for riding roads, orange for the ones to avoid.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Map
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Long press on the map: Street View and go there
Spotted a place on the map with no address? A long press is all it takes: check it in Street View, then go there.
4 steps · Read the guide →
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Add and manage your favourites in Vroom GPS
Your home, your biker café, your favourite pass: one heart to keep them, always within reach.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Voice guidance
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Guide: a Premium voice for voice guidance on iPhone
By default, iOS uses a compact voice that sounds robotic. Download a free Premium or Enhanced voice in your iPhone settings and Vroom GPS guidance becomes far more natural and easier to hear in your helmet.
7 steps · Read the guide →
Cruising
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Set up voice guidance: voice, speed, volume
A clear voice in your helmet makes all the difference. Pick your voice, its speed and volume, and boost the sound if announcements are too quiet.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Settings
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Change the rider icon on the map
Dot, arrow or your own bike: choose how you show up on the map, and enlarge the icon to spot it at a glance.
5 steps · Read the guide →
Cruising
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Customise the map: dark theme, 3D, relief, satellite
Light, dark or automatic theme, 3D buildings, relief, points of interest, road labels, satellite: set up the map the way you like it.
7 steps · Read the guide →
Break-in
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Change the app language and switch to miles
Vroom speaks 18 languages. Pick yours, and switch to miles if you prefer: distances and speeds follow.
4 steps · Read the guide →
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Clear the Vroom GPS cache
Map not showing properly, or the app feels slow? Clearing the cache gives a clean start, without losing any of your rides.
2 steps · Read the guide →
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Set up Vroom GPS notifications
Crew invitations, yes; the rest is up to you. It is all in one place, in two taps.
4 steps · Read the guide →
Ready toride?
Install Vroom GPS and find your next ride this weekend.