"I do enjoy planning routes, almost as much as riding them."
I feel exactly the same way.
When planning, it’s very important that you somehow manage to get the routing engine on your motorcycle’s device to follow your planned route exactly.
MRA has an online route algorithm – actually, three of them. You can also test your planned route against the other routing engines. That’s what RouteXperts do.
For me, the time spent planning is usually a bit longer than the ride itself. Many motorcyclists don’t understand this and simply let the routing engine of their choice generate a route.
Navigation whilst on the road often uses the manufacturer’s online algorithm, but also the one built into the device. These aren’t always exactly the same; the online version is enriched with traffic information and road closures. But these aren’t always up to date either. Offline, with stored maps, they’re even less up to date.
The solution is navigation as a track – not from point to point with large distances, but from small point to small point with short distances. In this case, the device’s routing engine on the motorbike hardly plays a role at all.
Navigation devices internally convert a route into a track for navigation before the journey using their routing engine. ‘Interesting’ effects cannot be ruled out here.
For my summer trip, I used the Iron Curtain routes as a basis. On the road, I use MRA Navigation on a waterproof Samsung active.tab.
It’s not comparable to your distances, but there are certainly more bends
RT
[image: Gesamte Iron Curtain Strecke von Witzenhausen nach Posthotel Strengen in Arlberg.png]
