Cardo Relaunches RISER App as Cardo Ride
Cardo Systems has relaunched its motorcycle app as Cardo Ride, expanding its rider ecosystem beyond device control to include route planning, ride tracking, community features, and social ride sharing.
Cardo Systems has relaunched its motorcycle app under the new name Cardo Ride, positioning it as a broader digital platform for riders to plan, track, and share rides.
The app builds on RISER, the motorcycle riding app Cardo acquired in 2023, and carries forward core functions including ride tracking, route discovery, ride planning, experience sharing, and rider community features. According to Cardo, riders have already recorded more than 200 million kilometers through the platform, with thousands of groups created.
For sport touring riders, the update is notable because Cardo communication systems are already widely used for group rides, long-distance travel, rider-to-passenger communication, and navigation prompts. Cardo Ride extends that ecosystem beyond the headset itself, giving riders a single app focused on route planning, ride recording, group activity, and sharing the experience after the ride.
Cardo says the existing Cardo Connect app will continue to handle device settings, pairing, and system management. Cardo Ride becomes the company’s dedicated app for riding, community, shared experiences, and broader digital engagement.
The relaunched app adds a redesigned newsfeed with rides, stories, updates, and community moments. It also introduces a new reWind experience, a social ride-summary feature that lets riders share trip highlights using a 3D map.
Cardo is also adding a single group for Cardo riders, intended as a place to connect, share “Supercurvy” routes, and make fuller use of Cardo communication technology. The app also links back to Cardo Connect, allowing riders to move between ride-focused features and device control.
On the Cardo Ride website, Cardo describes the app as a place to “plan, track, and share every ride,” with upgraded newsfeed features, reWind highlights on a 3D map, and a dedicated space to connect with Cardo riders worldwide. The site also lists route planning, nearby route discovery, joint ride planning, motorcycle-specific routing, turn-by-turn navigation, and round-trip generation among the app’s functions.
For riders who build trips around back roads and multi-day routes, those tools could be useful. Cardo Ride’s emphasis on route discovery, motorcycle-specific navigation, group planning, and post-ride sharing fits naturally with sport touring use, where the ride is often defined as much by the roads selected as by the destination.
Cardo says many existing features are available in a free version of the app, with a Cardo Ride Pro trial available for riders who want to unlock the full experience. The company also says existing RISER Powered by Cardo users will transition to Cardo Ride while keeping their profiles, ride history, and community connections.
Cardo says additional feature updates and integrations will be announced in the coming months.
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