[MikeSteelBe]

People need to learn how to ride bicycles before motorcycles. These could be dangerous to those who get them without riding skills.

[kiryandil]

Agreed.

[Reno89519]

Okay, and when will the first 20-something rig up a throttle, stand on the bike, and go off down the road? (...and die)

[Ciaphas Cain]

This is no doubt going to be welcomed by many guys going through mid-life crises!

[equaviator]

Not only that but the bar for professional motocross racing skills could eventually be lowered.

[moovova]

“Riding Assist Technology.”

We used to call that “training wheels”.

[redfreedom]

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”.

[redfreedom]

“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.

[Celerity]

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 :)

[LouAvul]

I've got my ride (Triumph Tiger Explorer) but, I can see issues with "self balancing bikes." Say, a guy buys such a bike as his first. Learns to ride. Comes to depend upon the bike to level itself.

Then buys a regular bike. What could go wrong?

[AZJeep]

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!

[mewzilla]

Why not just buy a trike...?

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[grobdriver]

As one who rode bikes for most of my life, from a Honda 150 to a Goldwing, That's the dumbest thing I ever heard of.

Hopefully they have a switch to turn the thing off.

[Dead Corpse]

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.