If you are a motorcyclist, then there is no doubt that the excitement of riding, the gust of wind, and the anticipation of a short adrenaline trip next week will keep you away.

Along with the helmet, boots, or jacket with protections, the mobile cannot be missing as part of the basic equipment on your trips on two wheels. This is the selection of free applications that we consider worthy of occupying space in the memory of your Smartphone.

Although mobile devices may be the last thing you want to worry about during your Easter weekend trip, it has become a must-have for those who want to plan their trips, track various expenses, and make contributions. A community of like-minded motorcyclists.

In the same way, these applications will be of great help for the day-to-day of all motorcyclists to make moving within the city more pleasant onboard your adventure companion.

Some newer models of motorcycles have GPS navigators installed on their dashboard but if you bought used and older models from ZeCycles.com, you still could enjoy these computer and mobile phone applications, making your life easier while riding.

Here is a list of 11 applications that cannot be missing from every biker’s smartphone.

1. Direct Line App

Direct Line App: it is the Direct Line application with utilities for all drivers. Its functionalities include: the location of the motorcycle on the map once parked; a comprehensive guide to what to do in the event of an accident, as well as a BAC calculator. Customers have access to their insurance and services, such as requesting travel assistance, a replacement vehicle, or tracking parts. Free for iOS and Android.

2. Rain Alarm

Rain Alarm: It is a weather application that warns of any type of precipitation that is approaching and may interfere with our trip. The data is presented reflected on a map (available for Spain, a large part of Europe, and the US). Free for iOS and Android.

3. iCoyote

iCoyote: The “Coyote Community” reports everything that happens on the road so that you increase safety on your motorcycle. From detentions and accidents in real-time so that you can plan alternative routes, to information on fixed / mobile radars and controls. It offers the possibility of reporting by voice. Free for iOS and Android.

4. Waze

Waze has the title of the world’s largest transportation and navigation application. This companion program is touted by various motorcycle blogs as one of the best real-time browsers that can help you get rid of the morning rush. In addition, it was developed by the company to provide drivers with reports and routes used by car and motorcycle drivers. With such a large ecosystem and accurate data from various sources, motorcyclists will certainly benefit from Waze like any other traveler.

5. Sygic

Sygic is a really awesome GPS navigation app. If you are wondering why we shouldn’t use Google Maps for this purpose, let me tell you; There is a great aspect of this application that beats Google Maps and that is that it does not need a connection to run. Another added part of Sygic is that it doesn’t drain your phone’s battery as fast as Google Maps does. And how to finish talking to you. This application is used by more than 200 million drivers in the world.

6. WeRide

WeRide is the best social network for motorcyclists. Provide each driver with a new way to connect with friends and find new friends. WeRide is full of useful features, allowing you to share your passion with your existing motorcycle friends. You can also invite others to join your circles and make new friends and contacts. This application provides GPS real-time location tracking. When you leave, you will see that other passengers are also using this app, and their location will be displayed on the map, so you can easily find them.

7. Guardian angel

Guardian Angel is an application that will detect any possible accident you may have suffered and will automatically send your exact location to those users of your choice, to the relevant emergency response teams, and will keep up to three of your loved ones informed. The sent alert will be received by a professional response team who will then dispatch mobile units to your location. Your situation could be one of four instances; Safety, Medical, Fire, and Non-Critical.

8. Drivvo

The application allows you to easily manage your fuel log, fuel consumption, and motorcycle services. Your records will allow you to keep track of what you spend on your motorcycle. There is also a collaborative feature where it allows you to check fuel prices at nearby stations.

9. ParkMe Parking

ParkMe Parking: With this application, you will have three utilities in one, find parking, save it to know where you have left the motorcycle, and use the map to get to it. Free for iOS and Android.

10. Wikiloc

Wikiloc: This application is very interesting since it allows you to record your motorcycle routes on a map and take photos throughout your trip. Discover itineraries that other users have uploaded and download their routes on your GPS to navigate. Free for iOS and Android.

11. Monster Energy Supercross

Monster Energy Supercross: As good Gamers, we could not miss a motorcycle application for our entertainment on the list. Compete with your pilot in different game modes: a single-player Career mode in which you will alternate between four different types of races, a multiplayer mode to compete against other real players, or tournaments from around the world in real-time during the championship weekends. Live the dream of becoming a Monster Energy Supercross superstar

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Electronic devices contain valuable resources, such as gold, palladium, copper, and other rare metals. Computers also contain copper, mercury, cadmium, materials that can be toxic if they come into contact with groundwater or are incinerated. Generally speaking, it is always better to reduce the amount of waste to dispose.

Before you start, do you really need to get rid of it? Check out our guide to help you determine whether you need to upgrade or replace your computer. Often times an upgrade will speed up and modernize your system and surprise you. But with aging PCs, they often just have to be reused, donated, or replaced and recycled.

The law on recycling computers and computer equipment is very strict. No way to drop them off anywhere, or give them to anyone.

Computer recycling: strict regulations

European directives have imposed strict regulations on the recycling of computers and the recycling of WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) more generally.

Recycle computers to protect the environment

It is absolutely forbidden to throw a computer in the trash. Indeed, this material contains dangerous and polluting substances which must not be found in nature. It also contains rare components that can be recovered and reused. Recycling computers and IT equipment are therefore necessary.

The principle of “one for one”

The collection and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (D3E), of which computers and IT equipment are part, are the responsibility of the producers (manufacturers, importers, or resellers). For this, they must join an eco-organization such as Ecologic or eco-system or organize the collection themselves. Since 2014, according to the “one for one” principle, the legislation obliges the distributor to take back the computer equipment when the customer buys an equivalent product in his store.

WEEE tax or eco-contribution

Recycling is paid for by the end-user through a tax, the famous eco-contribution, which is systematically added in a transparent manner to the selling price of IT equipment. This tax is paid in full to the body responsible for the collection and recycling of WEEE.

Devices with and without a screen

Recycling of printers, laptops, hard drives, processors, motherboards, mice, keyboards, USB keys, scanners, headsets, GPS…. Almost all of this equipment can be recycled. However, not all of these devices are recycled in the same way. When you decide to get rid of computer equipment, it is, therefore, necessary to separate the equipment “with screen” from those “without screen”.

Recycling of computer equipment without a screen

Put on one side, all that is said to be “screenless”, that is to say, devices that run on battery, battery, or mains, such as printers, central units, internet boxes, external hard drives, helmets …

Attention small trap with the GPS which falls under the category “without a screen” because this one is less than 7 inches. All these devices go to one of the 17 processing centers in France which will manage small electrical and electronic devices. The famous WEEE or D3E.

Computer recycling with screen

You will understand all devices with a screen of more than 7 inches (i.e. a diagonal of 18 cm) go into another recycling and depollution route. You will therefore not put them in the same bin.

Computer and hardware recycling: who to give them to?

You can’t put your computers anywhere when you’ve decided to dispose of them. And above all, we cannot drop them off at the recycling center! Specialized organizations will take care of their collection and recycling.

Computer recycling for an individual

Before you throw away your devices, sort them. Remove the batteries and put them in a separate recycling bin. Be sure to separate equipment with a screen from those without a screen which, as we have just seen, do not recycle in the same way.

Drop off your computer equipment at collection points

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The first rule that may surprise you: do not put your computers on the sidewalks or in bulky items. Did you think you were doing well? Well no! If your computer equipment arrives in bulky items it will not be cleaned up or recycled.

Where to drop them off then? There are 12,000 collection points throughout France (waste reception centers or solidarity networks), and in the US there are almost everywhere. There is bound to be one in your city. By depositing them at these specific collection points, you have the guarantee that they will be treated in accordance with European WEEE recycling standards.

If you are thinking of getting a new computer, stores are obligated to take back your old machine free of charge on the condition that you purchase a new one.

Donate to associations or resource centers

Your computer is still good for use. Consider donating it to associations, schools, institutions, resource centers. You will make people happy! NGOs or reintegration companies can take care of restoring them to working order or repackaging them in order to give them away or sell them at a low price.

Recycling of business IT equipment

You are a company and you need to renew your computer equipment which is starting to date. But what to do with your old computers piling up in a room? There are many specialist providers in your area who can get rid of it. For free or for a fee, they will remove and recycle your old computers. Some may also buy your PCs, laptops, central units, flat screens, or tablets from you if they are still in working order in order to promote them on the second-hand market.

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