Quote Originally Posted by oldxtreme View Post
Phone as a "riding companion"...no way! I just completed an 8,000 mile solo to the west coast and back to Ohio and never looked at the phone other than to send a text or two updating the "stay at homes" that I still had the bike on two wheels!

I did find that many locals were interested in the F6B, wondered what it was and wanted to know how it rode on such a long cross-country trip. I did find it interesting conversation from other bikers and lookers about how fast the F6B looked just sitting still! The F6B and Ohio plates was a sure conversation starter.
For business reasons, I cannot put my phone down for very long, but I would love to be able to "disconnect" like that some day. Since I'm checking my phone on the regular, I go ahead and fiddle with it. The only time I really feel I get away with that is on a cruise. I check the internet once a day and that is it. I need to start practicing that.