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YellowDog
12th December 2012, 17:25
But what if the bike could stand up by itself and would take "a baby elephant pushing it" to knock it over?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9776325.stm
hayd3n
12th December 2012, 18:05
cool minus the fairing!!
slofox
13th December 2012, 05:38
It's got a friggin steering wheel!
Banditbandit
13th December 2012, 09:38
It's a piece of shit and I would not ride IN one ... but if it runs on gyroscopes to keep it up - how well does it lean into corners ??? Would it take "a baby elephant" to make it lean?
oneofsix
13th December 2012, 09:49
how do you get your knee down?
Is it a bike or a two wheeled car, it enclosed :gob: can't be a bike.
Now with some tuning to allow a degree or 10 of lean, loose the roof, I can imagine this in the 2014 Goldwing, its got airbags already so why not?
Gremlin
13th December 2012, 10:45
That customer rides a GS... what could be more comfortable? :rolleyes:

Interesting tech tho. Sounds like it will be app enabled, so combine that with self drive and could it fetch you and valet park itself? :lol:
Tigadee
13th December 2012, 13:12
It's a piece of shit and I would not ride IN one ... but if it runs on gyroscopes to keep it up - how well does it lean into corners ??? Would it take "a baby elephant" to make it lean?

Perhaps the faster it goes, the gyros would disengage and you lean it around a corner like normal? But this tech takes the fun out of riding a motorcycle though...

I want more useful tech like stands that automatically retract into the body once you've put the bike into gear and extend down once you've turned off the bike, or extending mirrors that adjust according to the shoulder width of a rider so that said rider can actually see behind himself instead of his elbows.
YellowDog
14th December 2012, 13:39
I suspect that it will be so damn expensive that we'll not ever get a go on one :no:
Hopeful Bastard
15th December 2012, 18:46
It has a Steering wheel, A door, Is fully inclosed... ITS A 2 WHEELED CAR!

Nice bit of technology going on however. You will never see me on/in one...
TheTengTheory
4th January 2013, 08:49
how would we get our knee down!!!!!:eek5:
tigertim20
4th January 2013, 18:58
it has a roof, - it aint a fuckin bike!
Grizzo
4th January 2013, 20:15
That's just not cricket:oi-grr:
Danzano
6th January 2013, 14:14
Good tech but ive also seen a one wheel bike like a segway that transformed from 1 to 2 wheels same principle. I think things like this will take time and need to be perfected to take into account lean and conditions etc.

The human brain and our inner ears are still better than programming and gyroscopes in my opinion. I'll stick to a real bike for now.