For riders
Motorcycle route planner for roads worth riding
Most planners answer 'how do I get there fastest?'. Riders ask the opposite question. GuruMap searches a radius you draw for twisty passes, coastal roads and hidden connectors, then builds a loop around them with fuel, tolls and rest stops already costed.
Why a car route planner fails a motorbike
A satnav optimises for arrival time. On a bike that logic is upside down: it pushes you onto motorway slab, avoids the switchbacks that are the entire point, and treats a 20 km detour over a pass as a penalty rather than the best part of the day.
It also ignores everything that decides whether a ride works — where the next fuel is on a mountain stretch, which café actually welcomes a group of bikes, whether a pass is still shut for winter, and which viewpoint is worth pulling in for.
How GuruMap plans a ride
- Set your start, and the radius you're willing to roam. 30 km for a Sunday blast, 150 km for a weekend. Results stay strictly inside the circle — no result 40 km outside it dressed up as nearby.
- Tick the rider criteria. Twisty mountain passes, coastal cliff roads, hidden connecting roads, enduro roads, motorcycle gems, GPX routes, waypoints and viewpoints, biker-friendly cafés and stops, motorcycle garages.
- Get up to 12 stops, reordered into the shortest practical loop using live traffic — so you finish where you started without doubling back.
- Read the warnings before you commit. Seasonal pass closures, permit-only roads, timed access and opening hours appear on the spots that have them.
- See the ride costed. Fuel for a bike, tolls, tunnels and local charges as one number.
Roads riders search for, by region
Europe
Alpine passes in Switzerland, Austria and Italy; the Amalfi and Costa Brava coast roads; the Transfăgărășan in Romania; the Cabot-style coastal loops of western Ireland and Scotland.
United States
The Blue Ridge Parkway and Tail of the Dragon in the Appalachians; Highway 1 along the California coast; the Beartooth and Million Dollar Highways in the Rockies.
Asia
The Mae Hong Son loop in Northern Thailand; the Hai Van Pass and Ha Giang loop in Vietnam; Leh–Manali in the Indian Himalaya; the Iroha-zaka switchbacks in Japan.
GuruMap doesn't ship a fixed list of famous roads. You point it at a region and it finds what fits your criteria there — which is how you end up on the connector nobody blogs about.
What GPX gives you
A GPX file is a plain track of coordinates. Because it is an open format, the same route loads into a Garmin or TomTom rider satnav, a phone app, or a friend's device — no shared account needed. It is also the only realistic way to hand a group ride to five different bikes and have everyone follow the same line, including the section with no signal.
Questions riders ask
- Can GuruMap plan a motorcycle route rather than a car route?
- Yes. Motorcycle is a transport mode, so distance, riding time and fuel are estimated for a bike rather than a car, and the criteria list opens a motorbike group with twisty mountain passes, coastal cliff roads, hidden connecting roads, enduro roads, viewpoint waypoints, biker-friendly cafés and motorcycle garages.
- Does it export GPX?
- GPX routes are part of the motorbike criteria set, so a planned ride can be taken out as a track for a satnav or phone app instead of living only inside GuruMap.
- How is this different from drawing a route in Google Maps?
- Google Maps optimises for arrival time, which usually means the motorway. GuruMap searches inside a radius you set and ranks roads and stops against the criteria you tick, so a longer twisty pass can beat a faster straight road.
- Can I plan a ride outside Europe?
- Yes. The radius search works anywhere the underlying map data covers, so the same flow plans an Alpine loop, a Blue Ridge run in the US or a Northern Thailand mountain circuit.
- How many stops can one ride have?
- Up to 12 stops in a tour circuit, reordered in real time with live traffic into the shortest practical loop.
Prefer to look before signing up? The sample trip runs on fixed data and needs no account.
Try it on your own map
Set a place, drag the radius, tick what matters to your crew. The sample trip needs no account.