Motorcycle navigation, explained

Understand the route.
Choose your setup.

Read practical guides to offline maps, phone connections, and handlebar displays. Explore V-NAV’s proposed approach to showing navigation directions on a separate screen.

🛡️ Simple directions
📱 Connected display
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Illustration of the V-NAV display concept

Before choosing a device

Get the navigation basics right.

A screen, a position fix, and a route are different parts of a navigation system. These guides help you work out what a setup can actually do.

01 · Offline use

What still works when the internet stops?

Separate GPS, downloaded maps, destination search, and route recalculation. Includes a practical parked test.

02 · Choosing equipment

Choose a display by its limitations.

Compare phone mounts, companion displays, and standalone navigation. Check readability, power, and evidence.

03 · Connections

GPS, Bluetooth, and maps do different jobs.

Understand the path from a location fix to a direction on screen, and diagnose where a connection fails.

All navigation guides →

The V-NAV display project

V-NAV is a prototype currently in testing. Lite and Pro describe two intended configurations; the product is not final. The features below are design goals, not completed test results. Final hardware, compatibility, pricing, and availability have not been announced.

Lite

V-NAV Lite

A proposed configuration focused on essential directions.

V-NAV Lite
  • ✓ Compact round display (size and resolution to be confirmed)
  • ✓ Bluetooth Low Energy
  • ✓ Animated worm path navigation
  • ✓ Voice + Visual guidance
  • ✓ Route recalculation (performance to be tested)
  • ✓ Day & Night mode
  • ✓ Basic ride history
  • ✗ Offline maps
  • ✗ Ride analytics
  • ✗ Junction Assist
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PROPOSED
Pro

V-NAV Pro

A proposed configuration exploring additional map and ride features.

V-NAV Pro
  • ✓ Larger round display (size and resolution to be confirmed)
  • ✓ BLE + Wi-Fi connectivity
  • ✓ Animated worm path navigation
  • ✓ Voice + Visual guidance
  • ✓ Route recalculation (performance to be tested)
  • ✓ Day & Night mode
  • ★ Junction Assist — clear junction view
  • ★ Offline maps — ride without internet
  • ★ Ride analytics & stats
  • ★ Frequent ride shortcuts
  • ★ Map sharing compatibility to be tested
  • ★ Support arrangements to be confirmed
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Illustration of the proposed navigation display

Why use a separate navigation display?

A separate display can present a smaller set of route cues than a full phone map. The trade-off is context: a simple arrow may not explain a complex junction. V-NAV’s intended design explores a route line and supporting information, while the phone supplies navigation data. Actual readability and routing behaviour need testing.

Route cues Phone connection Route recalculation Android app concept
V-NAV display illustration

What outdoor use needs to prove.

A useful motorcycle display needs a secure mount, readable directions, suitable power, and documented resistance to its intended environment. No weather-resistance rating, battery endurance result, heat test, or vibration test is published here for V-NAV. Check a finished device’s manual and test evidence before relying on a claim.

Outdoor-use target Weight to confirm USB-C Charging BLE / Wi-Fi

The intended navigation workflow

1

Search Your Destination

Plan the destination in a compatible phone app while parked. Supported apps and destination-sharing methods are still to be confirmed for V-NAV.

2

Tap Start

Review the proposed route before starting. Calculation speed depends on the app, available map data, device, and connection; no V-NAV timing is promised.

3

Pocket Your Phone

The intended connection uses Bluetooth. A Bluetooth connection alone does not provide GPS, maps, or offline routing. Screen-off operation and power use need separate testing.

4

Follow the Worm

The proposed display presents a route line and supporting directions. Follow signs and road conditions; stop in a safe place before adjusting the route.

5

If You Miss a Turn

A missed turn requires the phone app or device to calculate another route. Whether it can do that without internet depends on the routing system and downloaded data.

6

Arrive & Review

Ride history is a proposed feature. Available records, storage, and data controls will need to be documented before release.

Features being explored

🗺️

Animated Worm Path

A proposed simplified route display.

🔀

Junction Assist

A closer junction view is being explored.

🔄

Route recalculation

Missed-turn behaviour needs testing.

🌙

Day & Night Mode

Light and dark themes are proposed.

🗺️

Offline Maps

Offline capabilities need confirmation.

🔊

Voice + Visual

Visual and audio guidance are proposed.

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Specification status

V-NAV close-up
Display Round screen; final sizes and resolutions to be confirmed
Connectivity Bluetooth planned; Wi-Fi being explored for Pro
Processor Final hardware not announced
Battery Charging and runtime to be confirmed
Frame Rate Performance target not published
Latency No measured result published
Reroute Depends on the final routing implementation
Enclosure Handlebar-mount concept; no certified rating published
Weight Final weight not announced
App Android companion app proposed

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