Native iPhone Motorcycle Automation Project

Ride Connected

Ride Connected coordinates the repetitive parts of a motorcycle ride—starting music and navigation, preserving the ride through temporary stops, and guiding the completion workflow when the motorcycle returns home.

In Development · Real-World Testing

Sanitized Ride Connected main screen showing a temporarily stopped ride, generic home location, playlist, navigation, and ride-message settings

One ride, from connection to home

Ride Connected works with user-configured iOS Personal Automations. Those automations notify the app when the motorcycle’s Bluetooth connection connects or disconnects; the app does not continuously monitor arbitrary Bluetooth devices.

Recognizes the ride

A connection starts a new ride only when there is no active one. After a temporary stop, reconnecting resumes the same ride.

Classifies disconnects

A configured home location helps distinguish an Away stop from returning Home without treating every disconnect as the end.

Keeps choices visible

Music, navigation, and optional ride-message choices remain reviewable at the beginning of a ride.

Records useful history

Local diagnostics retain important lifecycle results for troubleshooting during real-world testing.

The ride lifecycle

Temporary stops remain part of the current ride. Returning home begins a deliberate completion workflow rather than silently ending the session.

ConnectThe configured automation hands off the Bluetooth connection event

Start RideChoose music, navigation, and messaging

RideThe active session keeps its current context

Away StopThe same ride is preserved while stopped

ReconnectResume the existing ride instead of replacing it

Return HomeBegin the confirmed completion workflow

Ride Connected Start Ride screen showing Favorite Songs, shuffle, Google Maps, an optional ride message, and Begin Ride

Start with clear choices

A fresh ride offers the configured Apple Music playlist, shuffle preference, available navigation choices, and the optional START ride-message request.

Ride Connected Resume Ride screen showing Continue Current Music, Change Playlist, Google Maps, and Continue Ride

Resume what was already underway

After an Away stop, Ride Connected recognizes the existing session and offers Continue Current Music or a deliberate playlist change before continuing.

Home completion: A disconnect near the configured home starts the ride-completion workflow; the ride is finalized only after the required confirmation.

Ride Connected riding control panel showing a playing track, music controls, quick-launch tiles for REVER, Spotify, Apple Maps, and Waze, and a Main App button

Music and navigation for the current ride

Ride Connected brings the selected ride controls into one screen while leaving the external apps responsible for their own content and behavior.

Apple Music choices

Select a library playlist and optionally shuffle it when beginning a ride.

Continue Current Music

On reconnect, Ride Connected asks Apple Music to resume the retained system queue when that queue remains available.

Basic playback controls

The riding panel provides previous, play or pause, and next controls for Apple Music playback.

Navigation choices

Choose an available Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze installation. Ride Connected opens the selected app; it does not control the navigation app itself.

Built around temporary stops and real rides

Away means paused, not finished

When a disconnect is classified Away, the active session is preserved. The next Bluetooth connection returns to that same ride and presents the resume workflow instead of creating an unrelated session.

Motorcycle workflow

An optional helper-assisted workflow can open the Harley-Davidson app and prompt for start or finish acknowledgement. This is a focused workflow, not a claim of universal motorcycle, model-year, infotainment, or Harley-Davidson compatibility.

Optional ride messages

START and END ride-status message requests can be configured separately, and both are optional. A helper acknowledgement does not establish carrier delivery or guarantee fully unattended sending.

Real-world diagnostics

Local diagnostic history records important Bluetooth automation handoffs, ride-state changes, Home or Away classifications, music actions, and external-app opening results to support troubleshooting.

Ride Connected iPhone splash screen showing the motorcycle and Bluetooth app artwork

In Development · Real-World Testing

Ride Connected is an active personal software project being refined through actual motorcycle use. It is not currently offered as an App Store release, public beta, or public download. No release date or future availability is being announced.