Hint to app developers - don't name your navigation app Missing In Action

Thanks a lot for this review, exactly what I needed. I was able to see that the MIA isn't for me. Saved me 200$ champ !

Thanks a lot for your explanations !! I am planning on buying a V85TT soon... I probably won't necessary look for a travel version of it anymore.

Thank you. Just the sort of review I was looking for before I parted with my cash. Stay safe

Gracias por su tiempo. Buen resumen

Good points. The navigation of my moto morini xcape has the same issues. No avoidence options, road closures and is subscription based. Luckily it mirrors gmaps on the 7 inch display.

Thanks for saving me 200 bucks buddy. I was trying to figure out what the point of Mia was when I watched your video. I use my phone for navigation with either Calimoto or Google. I use the Uclear Motion communicator with my helmet. I thought Mia would work like Android auto does for automobiles and that I'd be able to see my phone's screen on my Guzzi dash. I guess that's not the case at all. Thanks again for sharing this review!

Thanks for the Demo! I just bought the V85tt Travel version and found the Nav App was slow and primitive and thought i was doing something wrong. You're absolutely correct, charging 200 bucks for 1990's GPS technology is not cool. Otherwise, i love the bike and have your videos to thank in part for the choice. Looking forward to more vids from you. Cheers!

Thanks mate you just saved me 200 bucks! I realy like your videos. 👍

dig the tft dash on the v85. That camera angle on gopro is great.

Thanks for the great video. I see it the same way, 170 euros are too much for it. Greetings from East Frisia (Northern Germany)

Thanks for the review! I am planning on buying a V85 very soon, in fact I was just at Gateway Cycles today looking at them. I wasnt sure which model I wanted to get. I stumbled onto your video while trying to figure out if the Nav system was worth the money. Thanks to you I am going to save some money! I will be cheking out your others videos shortly. This video is 2year old. Do you still like your V85? New sub for a fellow Kentuckian!

If you already have a music/voice system working as you like it, no, the MIA is not worthy. Another thing I don't like it is the search system, it is impossible for me to find any special place as "John's sports bar", or places like that, I have to enter the address. Also, I cannot place a mark in the MG map and navigate to it. I ended up using Google Maps for roads and Osmand for off road and track following. Great vids, btw. Greetings from Spain.

Bonjour cubbysue, Merci pour ta vidéo, mon anglais n'est pas top, mais je comprends les grandes lignes de ce que tu dis, désolé je suis français 😁😂, merci encore et au plaisir de te voir. Ciao

Thank you for this informative video. Great shirt and Gadsen flag also.

while MOST of the people use the google maps nowadays it is BEYOND me what the MG were thinking with trying to incorporate their own navigation software into the app. such tiny things just spoil the whole experience. now in 2024 they are releasing the new V85tt and there is no way the useless MIA app gets any substantial update. what a shame.

Do you know how to adjust the headlight vertically? Thanks

Give them a Chance! They are still working on it. There are still better ones, but I hope, they are still working ... My V85TT is coming Saturday :-))) And please excute my bad english - rolleyes

I appreciate your review of the MIA. I really liked your phone holder and it's placement too. Can you tell me the brand and if you had to do anything custom for that location? Thanks,

Hi! Greetings from Spain. I've just bought one v85TT and I agree. The Maps are like they use as a roadbook in rally. Much better Google on the phone and if you have music in your phone...whats the point? The screen probably its bigger than the guzzi's dash.. thx for sharing and apollogies for my poor english if I made many mistakes😅

Is there a Report function in the map app so folks can report issues or closures? Is the map online and updates? Or is it some kind of static offline map? Interesting video. I really like this bike. I have been riding a modified DR650 for 12 years and am starting to want for something different. Scooping up my dads old R1200RT since he stopped riding, but its not the kind of bike I want to ride to work or take short day trips on.

@Cubbysue…thanks for the video. I have the phone paired and connect to see phone calls and get extra bike data. The challenge I am having is paring my Sena 20 with the bike…what do you do? Put the headset in paring mode then look for it in the MG app? Not seeing it…any tips would be appreciated. I have an iPhone.

There's more to it than the navigation. For example it lets me increase and decrease volume on my headphones using the bike's switchgear.

Did you play music through the MIA? It is impossible for me to go to next track or previous track. When I go up/down with the bike's button it skips 4-5 tracks. I can never go to te previous or next track.

have it on my travel but I prefer using my phone with a quad lock and tomtom go much better

App want your position because it has some activity tracking, which is recorded with some kind of telemetry. You may review it later in the app. Like consumption, altitude, traction intervention, RPMs etc. and you may see it on the map on each spot you travelled. Pity is that is not possible to extract it to some usable form. I hate Here maps because you cannot use point and go function, you have to know exact name of the street which is something for me while standing under sun in gear and googling correct name of street while engine on idle and I am sweating as a pig :D Also it is only a map, not dynamic map with traffic. It is possible to use it only on long way travels where you need to remind when turn left or right in less building density villages. I can’t imagine to use it in city. Sometimes App crashing or not connect to the bike if you switch off the bike... So yes definitely not worth to buy it. I had it with my Travel packet.

I like the MIA app, but def not worth the money. I feel that all it offers can be done directly through the phone and helmet headset. I use a dedicated satnav as the nav on the app is not great. I do like being able to see the bike stats on my phone, but with the dongle on the bike not having it's own GPS, the find my bike is pretty pointless and can't even be used as a security device to find the bike if it gets robbed.

Were other navigation systems informing you about the road closed?

Ugh they should have used Google Auto/Apple Carplay maps reflected from the phone, not roll their own!

What gps mount did you use?

Seems underwhelming so thank you for the review! One thing though, how could a navigation system give you directions if it didn't know where you are all the time???

Please explain this, I understand that it is not worth $200 BUT is it the MIA problem that the road is closed or the application on the phone is crap? The screen on the bike mirrors your phone , it’s not the bike that doesn’t have the latest navigation traffic or closed roads. Unless of course I didn’t understand everything here. Unless the phone is incapable of receiving updates or has cellular signal the MIA won’t do anymore than being a mirror to your phone. Therefore, I conclude that the application on your phone is at fault

$200 every two years??? P-U...no way.....Love my Garmin

6:03 right through a stop sign. Don't know if you were distracted by making the video. Be careful out there dude, just saying.

Peut être que c'est ta barbe qui donne des interférences entre le smartphone et le tableau de bord de la moto 😂🤣

No benefit?? how about not having some clunky holder plus phone on handlebar???

It would be interesting if there was an official response to your video by MotoGuzzi or Piaggio. It is true app nav sucks. Not accurate or intuitive at all. Most of the time, it does not get me where I want to go..

6:04 The stop sign ""doesn't apply"" to me in many cases, but at least I'm slowing down