BeeLine navigation

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22-06-21, 10:36 AM
wiltshire builders

BeeLine navigation

I'm after a sat nav and after much research, reading magazines and watching YouTube reviews, I decided the BeeLine moto was the way to go.
https://beeline.co/pages/beeline-moto
It links to your phone and gives very simple instructions via the small screen attached to the bike's bars.
It arrived yesterday so I downloaded the app and plotted a route to Hexham in Northumberland. Obviously I don't want to ride 300 miles and 6hrs on the motorway so checked the "Avoid highways" option.
It comes back with a 10hr route. I try again. 11hr route.
After 2hrs of messing around and an email to Beeline HQ, It turns out "avoid highways" avoids all major A roads! and there's no option to avoid motorways.
Why would this even be an option?
The BeeLine moto is a nice idea but too flawed to be of any practical use.
22-06-21, 11:57 AM
BB

Interesting. Not a lot of help then. I think that may be what Last Train has got recently?
22-06-21, 01:57 PM
Trev_P

Not sure why the "Avoid Motorways" option seems to plague a lot of sat navs. My TomTom does what you ask of it (for the most part) but the one I use for biking which is MS Maps when set to Avoid Motorways also includes A roads which is a bit of a chit as it sometimes says cannot set route as no roads exist to destination, so I have to have Motorways enabled and use the grey matter to avoid them and let the sat nav recalculate which it finally does after trying a 1001 times to get me to do a U turn. I did try using paper maps but they keep blowing off the tank !
I think that Beeline is the one TMF has and did a feature on
22-06-21, 04:14 PM
Trev

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiltshire builders

I'm after a sat nav and after much research, reading magazines and watching YouTube reviews, I decided the BeeLine moto was the way to go.
https://beeline.co/pages/beeline-moto
It links to your phone and gives very simple instructions via the small screen attached to the bike's bars.
It arrived yesterday so I downloaded the app and plotted a route to Hexham in Northumberland. Obviously I don't want to ride 300 miles and 6hrs on the motorway so checked the "Avoid highways" option.
It comes back with a 10hr route. I try again. 11hr route.
After 2hrs of messing around and an email to Beeline HQ, It turns out "avoid highways" avoids all major A roads! and there's no option to avoid motorways.
Why would this even be an option?
The BeeLine moto is a nice idea but too flawed to be of any practical use.

Avoiding all major A roads would be of interest to me, I'm not usually a sat nav user (on a bike anyway) but may take it off our hands if you don't want it
22-06-21, 05:31 PM
jer r1

Can you plot a route on a laptop and then export file to run on the planned route.
22-06-21, 05:34 PM
wiltshire builders

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trev

Avoiding all major A roads would be of interest to me, I'm not usually a sat nav user (on a bike anyway) but may take it off our hands if you don't want it

Luckily Sportsbike shop who i bought it through do 365 day free returns so I'll be asking for a refund.
I usually use chinograph pencil on the fuel tank but thought I'd move into the 20th century.
23-06-21, 08:14 AM
WR6133

I was pondering buying one of these based on rave reviews from someone I know with one. However losing all A roads when dodging motorways seems a bit crap. Do you know if it uses it's own routing or just piggy backs google?
23-06-21, 11:31 AM
Badger-Roy

I just use the tomtom app on my phone with headphones, £12.99 a year and very regular updates, been using it for about 8 years and never seen me wrong. Good thing about it is iv always got my phone on me so always got the satnav on me.
23-06-21, 12:23 PM
Trev

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiltshire builders

Luckily Sportsbike shop who i bought it through do 365 day free returns so I'll be asking for a refund.
I usually use chinograph pencil on the fuel tank but thought I'd move into the 20th century.

Sportsbike shop are hard to beat, definitely first stop for kit.

I still use chinagraph pencil for the 'trip' when filling the Enfield even though it seems to run forever on a tankful ; )
25-06-21, 07:37 AM
wiltshire builders

Quote:

Originally Posted by jer r1

Can you plot a route on a laptop and then export file to run on the planned route.

You can import GPX files but I don't fancy taking my laptop with me on long trips incase I fancy a spot of the moment change of plans.
25-06-21, 07:38 AM
wiltshire builders

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badger-Roy

I just use the tomtom app on my phone with headphones, £12.99 a year and very regular updates, been using it for about 8 years and never seen me wrong. Good thing about it is iv always got my phone on me so always got the satnav on me.

Sounds like a good idea.
25-06-21, 07:42 AM
wiltshire builders

Quote:

Originally Posted by WR6133

I was pondering buying one of these based on rave reviews from someone I know with one. However losing all A roads when dodging motorways seems a bit crap. Do you know if it uses it's own routing or just piggy backs google?

It uses Google maps but without their features.
Their email reply said that they were thinking of adding avoid motorways in their next update. Could be one to watch.
25-06-21, 09:22 AM
Last Train

I quite like mine. Nice & unobtrusive.
I takes a bit of learning, mind I’ve never really used a sat nav before either.
I’ve not found any hassle with the non highway option but I can see the issue. Let’s hope they address that. They do seem pro-active in improving their product.