@M.-Schrijver said:
A day never goes as planned.
Well that may because the planning is poor
I agree with your point about using tracks to navigate, I loved my TomTom 410 as that was how that worked but that is also the beauty of MRA you can choose to ride as Route or Track
I cannot understand peoples urge to plan fuel-stops, coffe-stops, etc, add time for them also and use Viapoints for those stops. Just enjoy the ride and see what happens during the day.
This would be a YOU problem, with only 130 miles fuel range on a sports bike you HAVE to know where the next fuel is when you plan to visit the more interesting out of the way places, avoiding the towns & people so you can have fun.
Likewise in these sparsely populated areas, restaurants & cafes are also few & far between, if you don't plan them your going hungry & thirsty
Serendipity is wonderful when your riding solo, not so great when you have friends pillions desperate for facilities
We all do it different, the fact MRA allows this is IMO great, I would hate we all have to do it the same