Where to from here for motorcycles.

[Mikkel]

Citroen trialled that in the 50's.

What can I say? They're french. They make cars (sort off).

On a bike it would be much more technical since the headstock doesn't turn (at least not a significant amount).

What I would propose is either a sensor on the bike that detects the direction the helmet is facing and directs the lights accordingly. Or a transmitter in the helmet itself.

[skidMark]

Future for bikes when everything already invented eh..

Perhaps not?

Here a few things I can think of:

- Able to lean bike but not wheels
- Front and rear wheel steer
- No chain or shaft as power transferred to front and rear wheel by magnetic drive
- Frame stretches as speed increases
- Rake changes with speed to change trail
- Proper windtunnel design to make rider stay fully dry
- Automatic gearbox for bikes becomes better then manual
- Automatic sensing and setting of suspension based on weight of rider and pillon
- Limiting of HP by electronic means so that learners can use any bike
- Gyro to stabilize bike at low speed (able to sit at lights w/o putting feet to ground)
- Petrol will become something old men tell their grand children about as all will use power cells.

And my favorite: When bike parked an anchor is automatically drilled in to ground (3 meter deep) to stop thieving scum!

So you are basically talking about an easy to ride bike, with all the fun taken out of it, automatic, are you mad.

Dear god, one of the things i love most about bikes is to hear that engine roar, have full control over it myself, auto.

I really cant imagine automatic r1's etc.

just sounds like taking the fun out of it really.

[Big Dog]

I don't know where they will go becuase market forces will dictate that not reality.
In a perfect world they will take it upon themselves to provide a stiffer frame that is the same weight or less without the same fragile reaction to stress.

And there will be a fuckwit sensor installed on the bikes CPU.
If your a fuckwit you will not be able to turn the bike on (unless the transponder detects you are on a racetrack).
If your a fuckwit a lot of the time you will only be able to use the bike with all the features enabled (eg in nana mode with the abs on etc)(unless the transponder detects you are on a racetrack).
If your riding ability exceeds your boasting and aspirations the full glory of the 250hp 100kg bike will be released.

Some people on this site will not need a visit from the plod to find themselves walking home....

[Big Dog]

So you are basically talking about an easy to ride bike, with all the fun taken out of it, automatic, are you mad.

Dear god, one of the things i love most about bikes is to hear that engine roar, have full control over it myself, auto.

I really cant imagine automatic r1's etc.

just sounds like taking the fun out of it really.

Nah he is describing the fuckwit mode for the R1. (see my above post)

[musicman]

What I would propose is either a sensor on the bike that detects the direction the helmet is facing and directs the lights accordingly. Or a transmitter in the helmet itself.

Headlamps?

[AllanB]

The auto thing is starting already - Aprilia have a 750 and its getting good reviews plus it is a option on a Big US Yahama tourer. If you think about it the box should end up as good as the cars with trip-tronic. Foot change if you desire as per usual, push a switch and auto mode for town running etc.

I expect to see advances in materials used - someone must be playing with ceramics etc. I foresee the 'plastic' (for want of a better term) engine on its way.

Bind you I also foresee Governments stepping in and lowering outright HP.

[KS34]

This thread is similar to bike design and design in general. Some nay sayers the out in left-feild group and the evolution band. One thing all manufactures do is develop/evolve old technology (chains, sprockets, combustion engines etc) or cheap new technology (computers, sensors) until consumer and environmental pressures force them to break out the new expensive technology under raps at present. When I look at my bike (2006) apart from some fancy cheap computer stuff it is very basic, when enough pressure is placed on the manufacturers we will see big change but at the moment we get incremental updates it's cheaper and we still say WOW.

[inlinefour]

So you are basically talking about an easy to ride bike, with all the fun taken out of it, automatic, are you mad.

Dear god, one of the things i love most about bikes is to hear that engine roar, have full control over it myself, auto.

I really cant imagine automatic r1's etc.

just sounds like taking the fun out of it really.

I'd like to have a bike that I could ride as a paraplegic and one of the things needed would be an auto. You need to think outside what you think a motorcycle should be Mark as for there is a reason why the motorcycle comes in so many forms. I'd love a HONDA that could assist me to stop falling off it due to the lack of control I have to 81% of my body. My car is auto, but has the tiptronic option with the controls also at the steering wheel. Which is a friggin cool way to wind out the turbo. Being to do that on a bike ot a trike with the same engine as my car would be fucking cool for my needs.

[inlinefour]

Nah he is describing the fuckwit mode for the R1. (see my above post)

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