Harley-Davidson

My first Harley is a 2006 Softail Deluxe which I still have. I love my Softail Deluxe for its nostalgic looks. But my Street Glide pulls out all the bells and whistles. It performs better in the rain and the ABS breaking system is the best. I also enjoy listening to the infotainment system when touring or just riding around town. I recently added lower fairing which made a substantial difference in reducing wind buffing, I though the lowers would take away for the more streamline look of the Street Glide, but it’s a cool addition to the bike. I removed the stocked seat and replaced it with the CVO solo seat and matching pillion. The stock seat was very uncomfortable for my wife as a passenger. However the matching pillion is comfortable for her and a great substitute as far as styling is concerned.

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After trying to seriously use the boom navigation and this app. at the recent regional Curves to Cores HOG rally, I find the app has good points and bad points (proprietary induced restrictions) with the route planning and navigation aspect being close to the bad end of things. I have experimented with the app since it was published and find the ride planning and navigation lacking and still difficult to use, even on my 2019 Ultra Limited BoomBox Nav system, although I understand there is a point where the bike Nav system is separate from the app., neither the app ( via PC or phone) or BoomBox Nav system are user friendly with a few exceptions and trying to map out a ride is frustrating at best. I tried use my phone and Maps with Car-play (a great feature, if access able) which is user friendly however the phone doesn’t fit in the phone cubby. I purchased the HD phone mount at the HOG rally thinking it would work but phone falls out of that. So far, not a fan! The BoomBox nav system, prompts, screen info and features compared to Maps, Google, Garmin etc is lacking.

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I thought I would take advantage of the free membership with the purchase of my new bike. I do like the fact I can track my rides with the app. It has been very nice as have gone some places and just made some turns that I would like to repeat. The issue I’ve had is the app keeps telling me that the bike has low voltage. Took bike into dealer to have charging system looked at. Turns out it is fine, but still get low voltage warnings even after 200 mile ride. Dealer called Harley to find out what the issue could be. After several hours of trouble shooting still no idea what is causing the problem showing low voltage. In fact battery was showing very good voltage. Harley’s response is they don’t know what the parameters are to trigger the warning. It would be nice to be notified of a problem if there was a problem but repeated warnings for no problem is irritating. The fact no one seems to have an answer is even more frustrating

Really like the way this app works with Harley ride planner and going back-and-forth and being able to email/ message routes to different people. Like that my HOG card is displayed so I don’t have to carry it in my wallet. It would be nice to be able to view the routes with better detail. Like when you go into your saved routes being able to tap a route and have it expand and check it out in detail with streets names. The ride challenges are fun but there’s Gotta be a better way to verifies these peoples mileage and check ins. And you shouldn’t be able to use other brands of bikes to collect the mileage.

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One thing I noticed after making a couple trial runs with this app. First thing is it is a little clunky in use. I’m hitting way to many icons to get back to the scene I wanted to be. This could be me still learning the nuisance of the app, I feel it could be more user friendly. Secondly is the ability to share routes with others. That’s where my title for this review comes from. We all know Harley-Davidson is a culture and a community, being able to share our routes with others on this app would be huge improvement. As an example, I used the route record tool to record a trip along the backroads of Florida. I have a buddy who can’t always ride when I ride, so it would be nice to be able to text, email, etc the route to him and he be able to download that into his phone to be used through this app. Great start but needs improvements. I will probably end up using this as a ride planner to find out of state dealers when I do my long out of state runs, then add those locations to the other Route Planning/Navigation App I currently use.