Interesting bike design, by an Insurance company

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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:43 pm

PDF File, Swann Motorcycle of the Future

Pics and further bumph can be found here:

http://www.industryresearch.com.au/motorcycle/

I particularly like the blindspot indicator

and the Tyre pressure warning

Although there's lots of features worthy of note!
The actual bike itself doesnt look too shabby a design either..

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:18 pm

Beats me, how advanced bikes are yet they rely on the most primitive of drive trains

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:27 pm

True.

A better system than Chain, Belt or Shaft?

Gio · #4 Post by **Gio** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:38 pm

Kwackerz wrote:True.

A better system than Chain, Belt or Shaft?

Must admit for me a shaftie is best as we have all sorts of crap littering our roads that can damage a chain or belt.

Fausto · #5 Post by **Fausto** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:05 pm

How about Drive By Wire. Sort of like the latest Throttle connections.
A sensor at the drive shaft transmits the engines output to a small electric motor at the back wheel which powers the rear sprocket. It could be done wirelessly

Hell, it may even be possible to lose the actual sprockets as well as the chain.

It would be very clean.

Should I patent it?

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:07 pm

I would...

Just before barricading the door from the men in white coats..