Export your Calimoto or Kurviger ride as a GPX file, import it into MotoMeteo and choose when you'll leave. Calculate the forecast, then check the route on the result map before planning around its weather details. Keep the original planner for editing the roads and preparing navigation.

Check both the roads and your schedule. An import can succeed even if the file follows the wrong route or your schedule doesn't allow for an hour at lunch.

1. Export the route you want to ride

Finish choosing your roads before you export. Remove test waypoints and check that the route goes in the right direction. For a multi-day tour, export each day's riding separately so you can use the right date and departure time.

  • Calimoto: open the saved ride and its menu. On Android, choose the GPX export option; on iOS, export the file and select GPX. The official Calimoto instructions also cover the website.
  • Kurviger: open the three-dot menu, choose Export and select GPX in the file-format options. Check the preview before saving. See Kurviger's export guide for the current options.

Save the actual .gpx file on your phone or somewhere it can access. A screenshot or route-sharing link won't do, and renaming another kind of file to .gpx won't turn it into a route.

Track, route or waypoints: which should you export?

Choose an export with the detailed line of the roads you want to ride. A GPX track stores a sequence of positions along that line. A GPX route can work too, but if it has only a few shaping points, the lines between them may skip the roads. Standalone waypoints, such as a list of hotels and cafés, aren't a route or track.

MotoMeteo accepts track and route points. Choose a detailed track when your planner offers one, then check the result. The .gpx extension doesn't tell you how much detail the file contains.

2. Check the export, then import it

Before importing, open the exported route in your original planner or a GPX viewer:

  1. Does it start and finish in the right places?
  2. Does it go around a loop in the direction you want?
  3. Are the important roads, passes and detours still there?
  4. Are there unexpected straight lines between distant sections?

If a file contains several unrelated tracks, export just the ride you want. Otherwise, a line joining the end of Saturday's ride to the start of Sunday's could look like part of your route.

Use MotoMeteo's GPX import to select the saved file. Check the imported name, distance and point count in the route summary. You'll be able to check the map in MotoMeteo after calculating the forecast.

The GPX feature guide explains how MotoMeteo uses the imported route. Check navigation separately in the app you'll use on the road.

3. Choose the date and departure for this ride

A recorded track may contain times from its original ride. MotoMeteo doesn't use them as the departure schedule for a new trip. Set the date and time you actually plan to leave.

MotoMeteo estimates your progress along the imported route. Does the estimated journey time fit your plan? A café marker in the file doesn't automatically include an hour for lunch.

Here's a made-up timing example: you leave at 10:00, ride for two hours, stop from 12:00 to 13:00, then ride another hour to a pass. You'll reach the pass at 14:00, not 13:00. Check the afternoon leg separately with a 13:00 departure, so you get the pass forecast for the later arrival. After an overnight stop, give the next day's ride its own date and departure too.

4. See where the weather changes

First, compare the route on the forecast map with your original. If it's on the wrong roads, fix the export and calculate again before using the weather details.

Look for the first section that might change your plans or what you need to pack. Check rain timing, temperature, gusts, visibility and exposed roads together. Then see how long those conditions last and when you'll reach them.

If the weather looks poor, try another departure and recalculate, or change the roads in your original planner and import a fresh file. MotoMeteo PRO can compare departure times across a chosen window. The free tier includes a limited number of route forecasts.

A better outward forecast doesn't tell you what the ride home will be like. Check a separate return-journey forecast.

If the file won't import

MotoMeteo accepts files up to 5 MB and 20,000 points. Start with the problem you're seeing:

What you see What to check or change
File missing from the picker Save the actual GPX in a folder your phone can access. Finish any cloud download first.
Empty or invalid route Export a track or route with at least two distinct positions. A waypoints-only file or downloaded web page won't work.
File too large or too many points Split the trip into riding days or simplify a copy in your original planner. Check bends and detours afterward.
Long straight lines or unexpected jumps Check for sparse route points or multiple tracks. Export just the ride you want, using a detailed track if your planner offers one.
Wrong start or loop direction Correct the route in your original planner and export it again.

Wait until the calculated route matches your ride before using the weather details. Keep the unsimplified original so fixing an import doesn't overwrite your only detailed route.

Recheck official warnings and the route forecast shortly before leaving. For the other weather checks, see how to check weather along a motorcycle route.