How to use P-MotoRide

First setup

The first time you open the app, a Quick Setup appears. Do the four steps in order; if two of them are skipped, notifications won't reach the bike or navigation will stop when the screen turns off.

1. Allow permissions. Tap ALLOW to grant Bluetooth and location.
2. Turn on notification access. Settings → App → Notifications → TURN ON NOTIFICATION ACCESS. Calls and messages reach your bike's display through this.
3. Remove the battery restriction. Settings → App → Power management → REMOVE THE RESTRICTION (FOR GPS). Otherwise navigation and ride recording may stop with the screen off.
4. Add your bike. Switch the ignition on, tap SCAN and tap your scooter in the list once. If the phone shows a pairing window, accept it.

Extra settings for your phone brand

Some brands stop apps when the screen turns off. If needed, the app shows a "this phone needs an extra setting" notice under Settings → App → Power management.

• Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO: App info → turn ON Autostart, set Battery saver to "No restrictions". Also lock P-MotoRide in recents (the padlock).
• Samsung: Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → P-MotoRide must not be in the "Sleeping apps" list.
• Huawei / Honor: App launch → manage P-MotoRide manually and turn on all three options.

Connecting to the bike

After the first pairing there is nothing to do: when you switch the ignition on, the app connects by itself. Once connected, the screen shows "Motorcycle ready". Switching the ignition off disconnects, and the app waits for the next start.

• To have it connect after the phone restarts too, keep Settings → App → Power management → Wait for the bike when the phone starts on.
• Don't tap the bike repeatedly while connecting; tap once and wait. If the connection drops, the app retries by itself.
• Switching to another scooter: Settings → About → Forget the saved device.

Dashboard

While connected, the Dashboard tab shows speed, revs, fuel, range, outside temperature, altitude, this ride's distance and total mileage live.

• 🏍️ Ride mode — a full-screen dashboard for when the phone is on the handlebar mount. The screen stays on; speed, fuel, range, temperature and trip at a glance.
• 🧭 Find my bike — your parking spot is saved when you end a ride and stop. This button shows a compass arrow and distance back to it.

Map and navigation PRO

Once navigation starts, turn instructions go to the bike's own display; you don't need to look at the phone.

Choosing a destination

• Search: type into "Where do you want to go?" on the Map tab and press the keyboard's search key. Recent searches appear when you tap the box.
• Home and Work: a short tap routes there. The first time, press and hold to save your current location as Home or Work.
• Press and hold a point on the map: choose Go here, Add to saved places or, on a group ride, Make it the meeting point.
• Links in messages: tap a Google, Apple or Yandex maps link sent in WhatsApp or similar, choose P-MotoRide, and a route to that point is set up. A Google Maps directions link (start, stops and destination) becomes a route through all of its stops; the stops are numbered and named on the map.

Starting the route

Route options are shown with distance, time and arrival. Pick one and tap Start. If your fuel looks too low for the route, the app warns you.

While navigating

• Arrival time, remaining distance and the road's speed limit are shown. Speeding alerts appear on the phone and on the bike's display.
• Leave the route and a new one is calculated automatically.
• END ROUTE stops navigation. On arrival you get a "You have arrived" notification.
• On a group ride, SHARE DESTINATION WITH GROUP suggests the same destination to everyone.

Other

• Load a GPX route and follow it. If its start is far away, you are guided there first.
• Share location sends your position as a map link.
• Full screen riding, Heading up / North up, Center on me.

Navigation settings

• Settings → Navigation → Navigation preferences: route type Fast, Short or Scenic (avoids motorways, prefers twisty back roads). Avoid toll roads, ferries, unpaved roads, motorways and tunnels.
• Settings → Navigation → Map appearance: map colour, 3D buildings, live traffic, compass heading.

Bike display

While connected, the scooter's dashboard shows:

• Turn instruction and remaining distance — while navigating.
• Info card — altitude and the phone's battery level. On a group ride it shows the group's status instead (how many, who is behind). While music is playing the card shows the song title; when the music stops it goes back to normal.
• Alerts — weather (rain, snow, storm), speeding, destination and "You have arrived".
• Incoming calls — the caller's name; unanswered calls appear as missed calls.
• Messages — SMS, WhatsApp and Instagram notifications show for 15 seconds.

Choose which notifications go to the bike under Settings → App → Notifications. They need notification access to be on (step 2 of the setup).

The dashboard's own settings

Settings → My bike → Motorcycle display: panel colour (red, blue, gold), units (kilometres, miles) and dashboard language. Choose, then tap APPLY TO BIKE; it is sent while the bike is connected.

Voice

Navigation instructions and group alerts are read out in your helmet headset. Music doesn't stop; it ducks during announcements.

• Settings → Navigation → Voice: turn navigation instructions, group alerts, reading group messages aloud and joined/left announcements on or off separately.
• With Only when a headset is connected on, nothing plays through the phone speaker.
• TEST THE VOICE plays a sample sentence. If a "voice pack not found" warning appears, tap INSTALL THE VOICE PACK.

Group ride PRO

Ride on the same map as your friends. No account needed.

Creating and joining a group

1. Tap CREATE GROUP, give it a name and tap CREATE.
2. Send your friends the join code or use SHARE LINK. The code is valid for 24 hours.
3. Your friends tap the link, or tap JOIN WITH CODE and type the code.

While riding

• Everyone appears on the map. When someone falls more than 400 metres behind, and when they catch up, you hear it.
• FOLLOW: follow a rider and their path's turn instructions appear on your bike; no destination needed.
• Meeting point: press and hold a place on the map, or use "Set my location as the meeting point".
• Message the group: "Need fuel", "Let's take a break", "Slow down", "Wait for me", "OK", "Something's wrong". Typing while riding isn't safe, so only ready-made messages exist; they're read out in helmets.
• The creator uses END GROUP; others use LEAVE GROUP.

Ride recording

• Automatic recording: starts when the engine runs. Breaks along the way stay inside the ride; it ends when the engine has been off longer than the time you set. Tap Stop the ride when you park to save it at once.
• Settings: Settings → Riding → Ride recording — park-to-end time, minimum distance and duration to keep.
• Photo at a break: a photo you take while stopped is attached to the ride with its location.

Ride analysis

Tap a ride in the Rides tab history. The report shows total and break time, route and stops, distance and speeds, total climb and highest altitude, estimated fuel use, highest lean angle, hardest braking and ride score.

• 📸 Share this ride — a ready-made share card.
• 🖼️ Add to a photo — place the ride summary over your own photo and share it.
• 📤 Share as GPX — to open the ride in other apps.
• Long-press a ride in the list to delete it.

Ride video PRO

Add your ride's speed, lean angle, altitude and heading to a video from your action camera.

• Sync: during a recording, tap SYNC CAMERA. When the screen opens, film it with your action camera for 3 seconds, then tap to close. The sync must be at the start of the video.
• Add the video: in the ride report, tap 🎬 ADD TO VIDEO and pick the video. The result is saved to your Gallery in Movies/P-MotoRide.
• If the video does not match the ride's time or has no sync code, the app tells you.

Service and battery

• Mileage is read automatically while the bike is connected; otherwise the value you enter is used.
• Service items: oil, filters, spark plug, variator belt, brake pads, tyres and more. Tap an item and record the mileage, and optionally the cost and a note. The next service is estimated from your riding pace.
• Service reminder: you get a notification when an item is due or overdue.
• Battery health: measured from the voltage drop every time you start the engine; results appear after a few starts. The charging system is monitored too.

Safety

Crash detection

If a hard impact, a sudden stop and stillness happen together, the alarm screen opens. Potholes and hard braking don't trigger it. Unless you tap I'M OK within 30 seconds, members of your group ride are alerted with your location. Riding alone, the alarm still appears but nobody is notified.

See the screen in advance with Settings → Riding → Safety → TRY THE ALARM SCREEN; the test sends nothing to the group. Crash detection is free.

Speed limit

• Settings → Riding → Riding safety: turn the speed limit warning on or off and use the tolerance to choose how far over the limit you're warned.
• Adjust speed limits for motorcycles applies the Turkish motorcycle rules in Türkiye (50 in town, 80 on rural roads, 90 on dual carriageways, 100 on motorways). It only applies in Türkiye; leaving it on abroad changes nothing, and the road's own speed limit is shown as is. When it is off, the road's recorded limit is shown too.
• Speed limit data is currently available for Türkiye, France and Italy.

Other settings

• Garage: your scooter's model, its name, your name and a photo of your bike.
• Appearance: light, dark or automatic theme. App language can differ from the phone's; voice announcements use it too.
• Altitude: if it looks wrong, use CALIBRATE ALTITUDE and enter the real elevation where you are.
• Support: if something goes wrong, send the log with SHARE THE LOG. Message content is not logged by default.

Pro and subscription

Always free: dashboard data, notifications on the bike's display, service and battery health, garage, ride recording and history, ride analysis and crash detection.

Pro: map and navigation, address search, destination sharing and group ride.

• First 7 days free: On Android, Pro features unlock automatically the first time you open the app; no payment details needed. On iPhone, the 7-day free trial is offered on the App Store subscription screen; cancel before it ends and you are not charged.
• To see the plans: Settings → Pro subscription → See plans and details. The monthly and yearly plans are shown side by side; the yearly plan shows its monthly equivalent and the percentage you save. Prices come from Google Play (Android) or the App Store (iPhone) in your own currency. The "See plans and details" link on Pro-locked screens opens the same page.
• Subscribe monthly or yearly; it is managed through Google Play on Android and the App Store on iPhone. Cancel any time. On Android: Play Store → Payments & subscriptions or Settings → Pro subscription → Manage subscription (Play). On iPhone: Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. It stays active until the end of the period you paid for.
• When the trial ends: once the 7 days are over, a "Your trial has ended" window appears one time when you open the app; See plans takes you to the plans page. You can always reach it later from Settings.
• When the subscription ends, Pro features close and the rest of the app keeps working. Your records are not deleted.

Why is it paid?

Maps, routes and address search rely on metered services, so every use costs the developer money. Group rides and live location sharing need a server that is always on. The subscription covers these two costs. The bike display, notifications, ride recording and crash detection run on your phone, so they stay free. There are no ads in the app.

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