Questions riders ask

RoadBee keeps track of your motorcycle so you don’t have to — the fuel you put in, what the bike actually costs you per kilometre, when parts and papers fall due, and every ride you take. It is free, on Android and iPhone.

Yes. Logging is free and always will be. A few screens that analyse what you have logged — your running cost, your parts wear — are unlocked with RB Miles you earn as you use the app, or are permanently on with Premium.

Android and iPhone. Get it on Google Play or the App Store.

Yes. Your rides, expenses, documents and reminders are tied to your account, so nothing is lost when you change phone.

No. Log as many rides and as many expenses as you like, on the free plan. There is no monthly cap.

Yes. Put the real date on the entry — that is what your cost figures use. RB Miles are worked out from when you logged it, not from the date on the receipt, so back-dating an old bill will not earn Miles for it.

It stops counting towards your totals, and any RB Miles it earned are taken back. That is why new Miles stay pending for a short while before you can spend them.

Miles are what you earn for using RoadBee. You spend them unlocking the screens that analyse your riding and your costs. You never buy them — you earn them by doing what you were going to do anyway.

At the moment:

• 10 miles for every expense of ₹50 or more
• 25 miles for every 5 expenses you log
• 1 mile for every 5 km you ride

There is a welcome bonus when you first sign in, too. The app shows the current list under RB Miles — that is always the authority, since the rates can be adjusted.

No. Miles count from the day the scheme started. Everything you log from then on earns, whether you joined RoadBee last week or three years ago. Older entries do not earn, and your first entry after the start date is not skipped.

Newly earned Miles are held as pending for 24 hours before they become spendable. This short wait lets us take Miles back if you delete the entry that earned them.

Something that had earned Miles was deleted — usually an expense or a ride. When an entry goes, the Miles it earned go with it. Miles you have already spent are never clawed back.

Unlocking these, each for a set stretch of time:

• Cost of Ownership — Total cost of owning the motorcycle and the effective cost per km so far.
• Motorcycle Health — How long each spare part has been in use, and what is due.

More are on the way.

No. Miles you have earned stay in your account. If that ever changes we will tell you well before it does.

Permanent access to every analysis screen without spending Miles, no sponsored cards, and priority support. Everything else — unlimited logging, live tracking, reminders, the community — is on the free plan too.

No. If you would rather earn your way in, keep logging and spend the Miles. Premium is for riders who want the numbers open all the time and would rather not think about it.

On the free plan you will occasionally see a sponsored card — usually from gear and service brands. Premium is ad-free.

Yes. Share a live link before you set off and they can watch the whole ride as it happens.

No. The link opens in any browser — no app to install and no account to make. That is deliberate: the people who most want to know you arrived are usually the least likely to install a riding app.

Your route and distance, how long you were out, your average speed, and how much of that time you were actually moving as against stopped for chai.

Browse clubs in your area from the Clubs tab, and filter public rides by how much time they take — a breakfast run, a full day, or a multi-day expedition. On the site, that is riding clubs and rides.

Yes, and if nothing is planned near you that is the fastest way to fix it. Say where you are going and when, and other riders can ask to join — a Sunday morning run or Ladakh in September.

Everything the bike has cost you — fuel, servicing, repairs, insurance, accessories — divided by the distance it has covered. It is the honest number most riders never work out, and it is usually a surprise the first time you see it. More on cost of ownership.

You tell it when a part was fitted, and it counts the kilometres since against that part’s expected service life. Engine oil, filters, brake pads, tyres, chain and sprocket all get watched, and anything close to the end shows as due. More on service and spare parts.

Yes. Add the expiry dates once and RoadBee warns you before they lapse. You can store the certificates too, so they are on your phone when someone asks to see them.

It is almost always a phone setting. RoadBee uses your GPS, and both Android and iPhone stop apps using your location in the background unless you allow it. That is what causes the straight lines across your route.

On iPhone
Settings › scroll to RoadBee › Location › set to Always. Go back one step and turn on Background App Refresh.

On Android
Settings › Apps › RoadBee › Permissions › Location › set to Allow all the time.

Then check battery optimisation, which is the usual culprit on Android. In the app go to More › Settings › App optimisation. A green tick means you are set. If not, tap it, choose Go to settings, switch the filter to All apps, find RoadBee and set it to Not optimised.

Yes. Tracking accuracy and battery behaviour are the things we improve most often, so an old build is the most common reason something behaves oddly.

Write to us at hJ4eEKlKBpK6@9BrFGoGMa24d1LbMNeV7e3B.B1i52n31 — questions, problems, or a feature you wish existed. We read all of it. Do be patient with replies; the team is small and occasionally out on a ride.

Instagram is where we are most active — @roadbee.in.