Many of my riding buddies are in their 80's with some in their 70's. I take my little Suzuki motorcycle on my big remote rides especially where cell phone coverage is poor. It's important to know where you have cell phone coverage. I'm thinking hard about a 4 seat Talon R for the extra room. I would keep one of my 2 seat Talons for the buddy rides.
On the topic of cell coverage, the next full generation of phones from both Apple and Samsung will have Satellite capabilities, currently the iPhone 14 Pro can emergency text on a different network as Garmin iReach devices.
However Samsung has a deal with the Iridium Sat network (what Garmin iReach uses)that will allow actual emergency calls via Satellite, this may likely happen as soon as Feb 2024 with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. There is still some discussion as buying Sat minutes in advance to allow non emergency calls out of cell networks.
Most commercial pilots have Sat phones on the Iridium network as well as some deployed military as it's fully encrypted.
Where I ride in East TN, cell is very spotty, to The point where you can go 30 miles+ without any signal. So I've been keeping an eye out for this tech. Future versions are trying to get a deal with Starlink for both voice and data on top end cell phones, which could be beneficial for remote excursions.
