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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by Neil955i on March 26, 2024, 08:24:48 PM »
Then again, I suppose I did a good few 10s of thousands of miles on motorcycles before mobile phones were even invented!  Are we getting soft in our old age or just sensible?…
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by rjs987 on March 26, 2024, 02:30:11 PM »
RE: cell phone in glove box on bike... I always have my BT head set connected and can make calls from that. It has a fairly good range.
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by randyo on March 26, 2024, 01:34:49 PM »
Regarding shirt pocket:
Have read EMS comments, "Cellphone can become a weapon to the heart if shattered when a cyclist is hit."

Regarding storing cellphone in or on the scooter:
Member here:
Thrown from his Yamaha Majesty at night, in a single vehicle accident (= no one around to help), had to drag himself back to his scooter where his cellphone was stored.
He lost a leg.

I wonder...in a single vehicle accident, (@25% of motorcycle accidents involve the bike and no other vehicle), no one around....where is that bar-mounted cellphone going to come to rest?
It's one thing to drag yourself back to your bike, but where did your bar-mounted cellphone come to rest?
Can't see anyone destroying a few motorbikes to give these mounts any real-life impact tests.

Neil - thanks for the prompt - I'll look into that.

Stig

I wear my SPOT GPS tracker on a lanyard around my neck, I suppose a freak accident could strangle me, nothing is 100% safe
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by Stig / Major Tom on March 26, 2024, 01:15:21 PM »
Regarding shirt pocket:
Have read EMS comments, "Cellphone can become a weapon to the heart if shattered when a cyclist is hit."

Regarding storing cellphone in or on the scooter:
Member here:
Thrown from his Yamaha Majesty at night, in a single vehicle accident (= no one around to help), had to drag himself back to his scooter where his cellphone was stored.
He lost a leg.

I wonder...in a single vehicle accident, (@25% of motorcycle accidents involve the bike and no other vehicle), no one around....where is that bar-mounted cellphone going to come to rest?
It's one thing to drag yourself back to your bike, but where did your bar-mounted cellphone come to rest?
Can't see anyone destroying a few motorbikes to give these mounts any real-life impact tests.

Neil - thanks for the prompt - I'll look into that.

Stig


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General Discussion / I never stop here without a look over my shoulder~!
« Last post by Stig / Major Tom on March 26, 2024, 12:53:53 PM »



Took a pic along here a couple years ago when a big guy in a Wife-Beater with a couple of pits emerged out of the darkness behind me. He was from a farm back down the road.
"Whatcha dooon?"

'Taking a photo of the moon.'

He grunted, took another bite of bacon, and went back to his breakfast.

I think of my buddy every time I stop along this road.

Stig
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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: That celebrity....and a coffee ride
« Last post by Neil955i on March 26, 2024, 12:03:59 PM »
Looks a great morning for a ride Stig.
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by Neil955i on March 26, 2024, 12:01:30 PM »
Usually right hand jeans pocket with (c)Realrider App* activated.

* https://realrider.com/
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by rjs987 on March 26, 2024, 01:58:03 AM »
Depends if I'm just riding around the local area (shopping with a short ride or...) or on a longer trip across the state or several states.

Shorter riding close to home my phone is in the left pocket of my riding pants.

For longer trips across the state or across several states my phone is plugged into the USB charge port in the left glove box... being used as my navigation device through Noodoe.

Although, I am beginning to rethink using Noodoe for navigation since they updated the phone app at the end of Feb 2024 and dropped one feature I used extensively... The Journeys list where I saved all my pre-planned routes. It's gone now. If I don't figure something out about that I might just have to go back to installing the mount on top the dash and mount my phone there to use Google Maps for navigation.
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by randyo on March 26, 2024, 01:55:29 AM »
I don't own one
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General Discussion / Re: Where is your cell phone when you're riding?
« Last post by Iahawk on March 26, 2024, 01:33:20 AM »
Left riding jacket pocket
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