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Milts
22nd October 2013, 18:36
So maybe I'm a bit of a tech geek, but this looks to me like the turning point where I finally buy an electric motorcycle gadget - functionality and design seem spot on to me.

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GPS nonsense aside, ignore it when you want, use the 'rear view mirror' while on the motorway, and play music how you want - I'm sold.

More here: http://www.skullyhelmets.com/heads-up-display-helmet/

(And a story I stumbled across this morning... safety police say, always wear your helmet (http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/north-canterbury/9240634/Dog-killed-in-test-drive-crash))

AllanB
22nd October 2013, 18:51
So you could watch porn while riding?

Looks distracting to me.

Milts
22nd October 2013, 18:56
So you could watch porn while riding?

Looks distracting to me.

Definitely has the potential to be distracting, but I think if you just leave it on the rear view camera it would be perfectly fine. I'm not a fan of the GPS side of things but you could pick and choose what to keep - as I said, I'd buy it just for the rear view and the music.

Tazz
22nd October 2013, 18:59
Riding a bike, listening to music, taking phone calls, being told the weather (that does seem stupid though, pretty obviously the sun is out eh...), getting GPS directions, using a GPS map, camera viewing behind you.....you're obviously over estimating the ability of the average KB rider going by the GPS voice direction only thread :banana:

I think it's awesome =D Might be more suited to the city though (wind noise? etc =()

nodrog
22nd October 2013, 19:26
Cars have all of that shit :scratch:

tigertim20
22nd October 2013, 19:29
could see it being handy in town, but potential to be quite distracting.
i get on my bike to get away from technology and society though, i dont need any gps, and i sure as hell dont want to answer the fuckin phone when im on a ride

Flip
22nd October 2013, 19:39
Where do I get one?

Can I get it to talk to my mobile hf-uhf-vhf radio?

Do they come in a style for real bikers not honda riders?

Vinz0r
22nd October 2013, 19:50
Very cool. I'd be keen for a proper HUD, RPM and speed etc. The speed at least should be doable via GPS pretty easily. Video capture feature would be nice too.

Jeff Sichoe
23rd October 2013, 08:58
How much does it weigh?

bogan
23rd October 2013, 09:08
Hmmmm, will be interesting to see how the actual picture quality turns out.

F5 Dave
23rd October 2013, 09:52
. . .

Do they come in a style for real bikers not honda riders?
Honda riders are the real Bikers based on numbers. The rest of us are just fringe elements, 'WannabeHonda riders' if you might.

. . .(I do hope Husi doesn't see this thread)

The Reibz
23rd October 2013, 11:37
Can it display real time AFR readings wirelessly? Datalog? Engine temp? Air Temp? Oil/Fuel Presure?

Sounds like a load of shit if you ask me. Just another way to end up under a truck and in a closed casket

Grubber
23rd October 2013, 11:54
Can it display real time AFR readings wirelessly? Datalog? Engine temp? Air Temp? Oil/Fuel Presure?

Sounds like a load of shit if you ask me. Just another way to end up under a truck and in a closed casket

I agree. the whole idea when riding is to be 100% focussed. Not sure you will be with this contraption on!:crazy:

R650R
23rd October 2013, 16:03
Beginning of the end, rise of the machines and all that stuff. Sounds like cool gadgetry but it wont be long before technology like that is OEM on all helmets whether you want it or not.
Like the dataloggers in trucks it will be like riding with a cop as pillion as all that data and vid will end up being accessible to authorities.
Isn't operating a cellular device 100% illegal on motorbike under the new laws even with handsfree or Bluetooth etc...?
I can see a time coming when old classics and those with old style ignition coils will be popular bikes as the electrical noise will block the GPS from recording any ahem inadvertent overspeeds...

Thaeos
23rd October 2013, 16:07
Would wait until it's actually released to see what it's like. But I would say it takes away from the point of riding a bike in the first place, at least for me.

varminter
23rd October 2013, 18:36
It's all very well, but can it fry an egg?

G4L4XY
24th October 2013, 06:08
Does it tell you you're awesome when you get your knee-down?

Conquiztador
24th October 2013, 16:29
Do they come in open face??

babysteps
29th October 2013, 09:18
I just signed up for Beta testing :niceone:

imdying
29th October 2013, 10:15
More vapourware... let me know it they actually produce one.

Paul in NZ
29th October 2013, 10:38
Sweet - imagine where this is going...

It will just project the image of you riding the bike into the helmet without you actually having to go to the bother and expense of actually riding or even owning the bike... Awesome...

Tazz
29th October 2013, 11:57
This reminds me of some of the stuff I read when smart phones were taking off. 'Why would I want to surf the internet on my phone, that's what my computer at home or my laptop is for.....'

'Why would I want a GPS in my helmet, that's what the one I've ziptied to the handlebars is for....' hmmm.

Dam fangled technological advances. Take your fancy doohickeys and leave us to yell at kids to keep off the grass from the safety of what is tried and tested in peace! =P

Monkfish
29th October 2013, 13:02
Does it tell you you're awesome when you get your knee-down?

No but your mate, wearing one, following you could.

I reckon they're awesome, Id love to own one. But hey they will be a million dollars when they come out, and rule of thumb is you never buy the first generation of any "new" tech. always buy the mark 2.