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Posted on 05/21/2024 11:25:26 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe
During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Honda pulled back the curtain on its "Riding Assist Technology." The demonstration showed a rider standing tall on a Honda bike, both feet on the foot pegs, and arms fully stretched while Honda's Rider Assist Technology kept the bike from tipping over.
The prototype borrowed from Honda's UNI-CUB personal mobility device. Skirting some of the heavier technology that other self-balancing motorcycle concepts used, the Honda Riding Assist Motorcycle keeps itself upright without gyroscopes. It was impressive to see in 2017 and remains so years later. However, since CES 2017, other manufacturers have stepped forward with their own self-balancing motorcycle concepts, each one tweaking how they keep rides from toppling over.
Read More: https://www.slashgear.com/1583869/self-balancing-motorcycles-how-they-work-can-you-buy/
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Agreed.
Okay, and when will the first 20-something rig up a throttle, stand on the bike, and go off down the road? (...and die)
This is no doubt going to be welcomed by many guys going through mid-life crises!
Not only that but the bar for professional motocross racing skills could eventually be lowered.
“Riding Assist Technology.”
We used to call that “training wheels”.
Reminds me of a joke when I was a kid.
Little Johnny riding his bike passed by mom and said: “Look mom, no feet” (his feet off the pedals)
Little Johnny makes another pass by mom and says: “Look mom, no hands” (his hands held high in the air)
The third pass by mom little Johnny says: “Look mom, no teeth”.
“These could be dangerous to those who get them without riding skills.”
My first thoughts too. All this automated and AI junk is still subject to fail like any other man made object. If the balancing system faults or fails altogether the rider is so screwed if he has no riding skills at all.
As a kid I had a Honda 90 trail bike and rode it perfectly the first time on it. That’s because balancing was learned with a few years of bicycle riding.
Technology made to satisfy people who don’t want to even buy the product.
In other words, a lot of effort to go through to appeal to people who have no idea what they’re looking at.
Like a trike.
Flame on, trike owners :)
Then buys a regular bike. What could go wrong?
Kind of like the line assist on new vehicles.
It tries to fight with you and runs all kind of warning constantly.
I had some rental car, could not figure it out and almost crushed.
I hated this, but I could not figure out how to turn this off!
Heck, I could do that on my old 1969 BMW R69S. Sometimes rode it for miles hands-off (but sitting) out on the superslab.
Why not just buy a trike...?
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Hopefully they have a switch to turn the thing off.
Learning to ride a bicycle has always been a prerequisite to riding a motorcycle. The good thing is that once you learn, you never seem to forget how. Another thing about riding a motorcycle is that you learn more about skill in avoiding accidents. Many who have never ridden don’t seem to understand this; they only know that “riding a motorcycle is always dangerous & should never be done”. I am old now & don’t ride anymore,but rode for most of 30 years with no broken bones or serious accidents.
Why not just learn how to ride? Quite honestly keeping the bike upright is not difficult. What people have to learn how to do is to do low speed cornering and breaking and cornering in general. But a bike is very stable when it’s moving in a straight line.
I see this technology as definitely more problems than solutions. It’s probably dangerous in the real world.
Solution looking for a problem? Won’t this be detrimental when trying to get some lean-over in a corner or a u-turn?
Technology cannot replace the efficacy of developing basic skills.
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