Seat Vibrators coming....

?Motorbikes could soon be sporting collision detection
and other safety features more usually found on cars.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12266406

 

'One system tested works out if riders are travelling too fast to
negotiate upcoming bends. Mira has developed software that acts as a
"co-pilot" which, with the help of a digital map, knows what speed they
should be travelling to make it round a bend.'

Want!

 

Heh - I saw that and liked the bit about
"Mira has developed software that acts as a "co-pilot"
which, with the help of a digital map, knows what speed
they should be travelling to make it round a bend"
There's nothing like a target to act as an incentive.

 

Arse .
Ginged as I was typing...

 

Who the **** pays for this shite?

I'll bet leg protecting crash bars/fairings, standard fit ABS and a decent
CE test for tyres on bikes would make more difference than any of that
shite.
Add a mandatory eye test every 2 years for all cage licences and Bob's you
Auntie.

 

Do you really think the box will tell you anything more than 60% of
the maximum possible speed? There will be a _huge_ safety cushion.

 

What it will do is tell the authorities exactly what speed you did crash at,
too.

--


Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

Shouting, "oh shit not again." has always worked for me.

-1

 

Leg protectors don't work, and have been proven not to work.
ABS is for people who don't know how to brake.
Bike tyres are already far superior than 99% of riders.
Nice troll...

--
Veggie Dave
http://www.iq18films.co.uk

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

I first thought it was a link to this:
http://www.viberider.com/
and I was going to type:
Ginge!

 

Crash bars/K1100LT fairing work *very* nicely protecting knees and ankles
while falling over at lights. Or carelessly filtering. Apparently. So I'm
told.

Most people on bikes don't know how to brake (1). Ergo...

There are some *woeful* bike tyres on the market. Particularly when
cold/damp

(1) and even people who do get caught out by the unexpected on cold damp
roads when the High School girls are demobbing. Apparently. So I'm told.

 

Applaud my reply more like you cnut

 

I bet it thinks the speed you 'should' be going is considerably slower
than the speed you'd actually want to be going. Once you'd worked out
what the margin of error was you could just add 20mph or whatever to the
suggested speed.

 

Reminds me of an acquaintance who thought that he could get round the
bend by the devil's punchbowl at hindhead at 70 on a cx500. The bike
hit the crash barrier and bounced off but he somehow ended up astride
the barrier for a bit. Apparently the bruising on his bollocks took
sometime to go down. I did go back on my then t140v and see how fat I
could get round myself but made several passes starting at around 50
and working up. Never did get up to 70 so still don't know if it's
possible.

 

No *I* am right

 

I quite like the crash bars on BMWs and some cruisers, but that's purely
for low speed or nearly stationary falling over events.

I'd be quite interested in some links or reference to the proof, rather
than anecdotal evidence. Just morbid curiosity, haven't visited the gore
gallery for at least 10 years.

You called !

I prefer to ignore any comments about chicken strips.

Heh.

 

Which is exactly what I said. From personal experience...

 

I've told the story on here before and Alex and Dr Zoidberg might
remember it. The posted limit was 30mph and there used to be a layby
just past it. On summer Sundays an ice cream van would park there and be
joined by numerous 'spectator'. Bold local lads would go off back to
Stourton, turn round and proceed towards Bridgnorth attempting to do the
'60 bend' at, well, 60. After the inevitable comings to grief and the
crowd getting ever larger the highway authority eventually removed the
layby.
--
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Aprilia Shiver Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

I remember writing something very similar in Superbike, nearly 30 years
ago, and Tony Middlehurst (the then editor) added "Nothing to do with
me" in italics after it.

It's still a good rule of thumb.

 

It was. Test of the BMW R65LS (my first ever test bike) on which The
Doctor and I went around four or five French motorcycle factories.

Um... Siccardi, Peugeot, and some others.