Getting Started with the Kurviger Website

Planning a route is the core functionality of Kurviger. It is very easy to plot a route on the website. A route consists of two or more waypoints. The Kurviger algorithm tries to connect the waypoints with an enjoyable route. Waypoints can be used to mark stops or can be used change where the route goes (Shaping Point).

There are two ways to set a waypoint:

You can us the sidebar on the left, or you can use the map. In the sidebar there are input fields, where you can search for cities or places (e.g., London) or you can enter coordinates (for example 51.541274,-0.277684 for the famous Ace Cafe in London). You can add new points using the + button, reorder points with Drag&Drop and give names to the waypoints.

You can use the map. Right click on the map and choose any of the Set as options, like Set as start. If you like to place waypoints with a left click, you can either hold the Shift key (upper case key) and click or you can enable the left click mode in the Settings (in the Sidebar, click settings).

So to get started, plan a simple route. For example right click on the map and select Set as start and then right click on the map and select Set as end. You should now see a route from your selected start to your selected end.

By default Kurviger will provide you with a route that is curvy and fun to ride, but everyone has a different taste and depending on the location, different parameters can be more suitable.

There a 4 different modes:

• Fastest route - ignores curves, just the fastest route.
• Fast and curvy - uses motorways and curvy roads in a mix that avoids extensive detours, but should be still reasonably fun to ride.
• Curvy - routes are fun and can contain some detours to increase the fun or avoid cities.
• Extra curvy - can contain significant detours and tries to maximize fun while strongly avoiding cities.

With these different modes, you can set the general type of route you are looking for. If you are a Kurviger Tourer, you can see all three curvy modes at once, which can help to combine different alternatives into a great route.

In addition to the curvature modes, you can define avoidances, to avoid certain types of roads. You can avoid:

• Using the same road twice - will result in a different way back
• Avoid toll roads
• Avoid ferries
• Avoid motorways
• Avoid main roads - this will result on a route mostly using smaller back country roads
• Avoid narrow roads - smaller back country roads and single lane paths are avoided
• Avoid unpaved roads

If you are a Kurviger Tourer, you can even change how strongly these avoidances should factor into the routing calculation. So you might decide to have only a slight ferry avoidance, but still using a ferry if the detour would be too long.

Kurviger includes a lot of POIs that might be interesting for your tour. We provide both curated content and content from OSM. These are the blue icons on the map, you can click on these icons to see more information about the POI. We show you the following types of POIs:

• Motorcycle friendly Hotels (Curated)
• Motorcycle Tours (Curated)
• Motorcycle meeting points / biker cafes (Curated)
• Fuel stations (OSM)
• Mountain passes (Curated + OSM)
• Motorcycle friendly tourism (Curated)
• Technical Museums (Curated)
• Mechanics and Motorcycle Shops (OSM)
• Tourist Attractions and Interesting Places to Stop (Curated + OSM)
• Viewpoints (OSM)

This is how the POIs are shown on the map:

If you click on an icon, you will see an info window showing your more details about the POI:

If you know of a POI that is missing, please let us know: Submit a new POI (hotel, meeting point, museum, etc.).