The End of Days? Or a Bright New Dawn?

[Paul in NZ]

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/...ility-control/

Egad....

[onearmedbandit]

Always thought skill was over rated...

[bogan]

Always thought skill was over rated...

Well I do alright without it...

... and in just 73 rather difficult payments to KTM I could do even better

Actually looks kinda cool though, but need to see some vids of a rough cunt giving it the beans.

[EJK]

Will there be an "auto knee down" button?

[Road kill]

Gimme a break,I'm still getting over the fact my bike has an electric start, 5 gears and no oil leaks.

[nudemetalz]

Will there be an "auto knee down" button?

Yup,...you just push the "VR46" button on the dash.

[Paul in NZ]

Yup,...you just push the "VR46" button on the dash.

No - a thumb swipe at purchase will analyze your prior riding history including traffic offences, insurance claims and bike ownership history. Sort it against your personality/age profile, automatically write the bike off instantly (saving you time) and deposit the insured amount minus likely traffic infringements, financing costs, rego and other assorted taxes plus a short DVD of a simulation of you sitting on the bike and riding it to prove to your kids that you were cool once...

It makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of time and medical expense. ACC should be well pleased...

[Gremlin]

I haven't had in incident where that would have helped, but certainly, when things go wrong, a riders first instinct is to slam the brakes on even if mid corner. I can see the benefit.

It doesn't help if your tyres lose grip though (that did go wrong for me), plus, being a first edition if it goes wrong it's going to be bloody expensive. I have a BMW, I know all about expensive parts

[onearmedbandit]

but certainly, when things go wrong, a riders first instinct is to slam the brakes on even if mid corner.

An inexperienced rider maybe.

[Gremlin]

An inexperienced rider maybe.

True... and technically, you messed up before you even got to the corner... argh, the number of disclaimers you have to put in... no such thing as a quick post.

[300weatherby]

An inexperienced rider maybe.

Yup, first instinct should allways be "go for the gap" and stop the fuck looking at the problem in front of you! When you are driving your car to work every day, you can practice building the "evolving escape plan" until it becomes automatic, once it becomes automatic it will save your arse on a bike in the real world.

Should be mandatory avoidance training with a practical test, to get any two wheel licence.

[Banditbandit]

Gimme a break,I'm still getting over the fact my bike has an electric start, 5 gears and no oil leaks.

I was happy with just no oil leaks ...

Now I have six gears .. and I get lost in them occassionally ...

Electric start ?? Never trusted the buggers ... and it makes wimps out of riders ...

[breakaway]

I used to be fiercely against driver/rider assist systems such as ABS/ESP etc, but the fact of the matter is that the average rider doesn't have the skill of Rossi. So a system which poll a bunch of sensors tens of thousands of times per second and make braking corrections is a very good saftey net.

[aderino4]

It's pretty nice system and will help in tricky situation.

Now, I wonder if it will allow people to get their knee down on gravel road without crashing.

[onearmedbandit]

I used to be fiercely against driver/rider assist systems such as ABS/ESP etc, but the fact of the matter is that the average rider doesn't have the skill of Rossi.

The average rider doesn't need the skill of Rossi. In 25yrs of riding all my crashes (half a dozen) have been my fault, and I've learnt from them. They have taught me what is possible and what is down right stupid.