FEATURE
BOSCH MOTORCYCLE TECHNOLOGIES
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STATION 3—MYSPIN/2-WHEELER APPS EXHIBITION
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tarting in 2018 on select
OEM models, software
called mySpin could be used in
conjunction with Bosch's new
ICC display hardware to bring
the rider's smartphone content
onto motorcycles displays—in a
rider-friendly way, of course.
Communication between
smartphones and the bike's
dash will happen via Bluetooth,
WLAN, or USB cable, and con-
trol over the smartphone and its
apps would be done via buttons
and rotating wheels found on the
handlebars.
The types of functions these
apps will cover will eventually
be unlimited but there are early
adopters like Rever, Genius Maps
by Mireo, DASH Radio, Calimoto,
NaviRider and Glympse. There
will also be the ability to access
the cloud and offline GPS naviga-
tion, trip routing, trip sharing and
route suggesting, contact lists,
calendars, messaging, media
players and real-time following
of members on a group ride, to
name just a few of the options.
A certification process for
each new app much be ap-
proved by Bosch in advance and
each OEM will be able to choose
which apps will be made avail-
able on which bikes.
I strongly recommend to
anyone interested in these tech-
nologies to research the above
apps mentioned. Each had their
own unique offerings, simply too
many to flesh out here individu-
ally. Colorado-based Rever was
a particularly cool standout.
MySpin apps are able to tap
into the bike's own proprietary
systems. For example, if a GPS
signal coming from an equipped
antenna on the motorcycle is
stronger than the one found on
the smartphone in our pocket,
the app can use the bike's supe-
rior GPS signal if it runs the app
more efficiently. Further sensors
on the bike like accelerometers,
lean angle and G-force could
also be utilized by the apps.
You can vary the information and how it's displayed
easily with the mySpin system.