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More technology to go wrong.
https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/10...on-surface-sensitive-traction-control-system/
https://canadamotoguide.com/2020/10...on-surface-sensitive-traction-control-system/
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I believe BMW is also working on adaptive cruise control for bikes. As most of you know, that is where the cruise control varies speed to maintain a safe following distance.
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Harry
The autopilot part to take care of steering is interesting.
BMW and Honda both have self-balancing concept bikes.
Maybe autonomous motorcycles are not so far off after all!
I will stick to my airheads, I have never seen the big desire to make a motorcycle more like a car. I have no radio, no GPS, no nothing to distract me or for me to fiddle with while I am riding. Pure motorcycle, nothing else for me is needed.
I have all the high tech stuff on my cars and it is all fine except when it isn't. Case in point is the number of all wheel drive cars on the road. All wheel drive is great for getting going in the snow but morons have taken that to mean they can drive like hell in all kinds of road conditions thinking it will help them steer and stop. AS such, I love the first few days of ice and snow on the roads counting the four wheel drive and AWD dingbats in the ditches.
I have traction control on my motorcycle, it is in my head and works via my wrist, clutch and brakes. Is it perfect, no, neither is the factory stuff. To me it just adds expensive stuff and more stuff to go wrong, to what is supposed to be something fun to ride and not a substitute for a car. St.
Steven, I can agree somewhat with your perspective if we are talking about riders who actually ride a bike enough to develop the skills needed to be an accomplished rider. However, a large percentage of riders never put more than maybe a couple thousand miles a season on their bikes, and for them, all the new fangled safety measures make sense. Even folks who have voiced that they have been riding since they were old enough to pick up a Honda 50 cc scoot and ride off into the sunset, if they only put a couple of Thousand miles a year on their scoot and maybe one or two long tours over a thousand miles during that 50 years of riding, still don't have the abilities it takes now days to navigate the army of drivers out there intent on running over us while texting on their phones. So for them, things like abs are an important element of getting all the pleasure they can out of their seasonal abilities. So for those of us who have the abilities (not sure if I put myself in that category, even with close now to 200,000 miles in the past 13 years) those gadgets are a great equalizer allowing us to incorporate an opps factor into our daily riding so we can feel capable enough to keep riding.
I think I want to buy a horse.
When BMW first introduced ABS on the K100 at a press conference they had a test bike with outriggers and a wet skid pad. If I remember correctly none of the motorcycle press people - many of whom are former competitive racers - could not keep the bike upright as well as the ABS. I have no problem admitting I don't have the riding skills anywhere near the level of ABS or traction control systems. I do prefer simple systems and solutions, but in some cases higher technology is the only way to make some things possible.
I think I want to buy a horse.
I grew up with horses, they are too argumentative for me. You can tell them which way to go, and if they don't want to. they won't!
I grew up with horses, they are too argumentative for me. You can tell them which way to go, and if they don't want to. they won't!
A horse will override your inputs if it doesn’t like them, much like a modern vehicle with all the driver/rider aids.
If that's a knock against the TFT screen on the recent GS bikes, i agree with you. I found the dash of my 2016 GSA gave me faster at-a-glance access to more information than the TFT. The connectivity features are irrelevant to me, YMMV.....
What I am not interested in is hi-tech gadgety screens with integrated phone systems etc. I see those as contributing to distracted driving. I prefer a quick glance at an analog tach and speedo so my eyes aren’t off the road for more than a second.
A horse will override your inputs if it doesn’t like them, much like a modern vehicle with all the driver/rider aids.