Traditional and electric motorcycles have been omitted from a major academic report that claims to be a blueprint for future... Read More
Suzuki Motorcycles have developed a radar reflector, not to detect or jam a police speed radar, but to make motorcycles... Read More
A worldwide program to find, encourage, test and develop innovative technology that will improve motorcycle road safety is being launched. The Motorcycle Technology Evaluation Challenge (MotoTEC) program is being developed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute with $US400,000 from Australian company Transurban which operates toll roads both here and in... Read More
Lane filtering riders have scored two big wins with General Motors compensating a rider hit by one of their automated... Read More
Autonomous vehicles have several positive outcomes for riders including greater safety, improved riding experience and attracting new riders, and should... Read More
In the not-too-distant future motorcycles will be banned because they are the last dangerous vehicles in a world of electric automated cars, trucks and buses. That’s the fear of many riders and it’s also the subject of a three-part series called The Last Motorcycle on Earth featuring Morgan Freeman that... Read More
It seems ridiculous that there could be any advantages to riders in developing a riderless motorcycle, yet there are several... Read More
The introduction of autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles could kill off motorcycles, a comprehensive American industry report has predicted. The report... Read More
Yamaha is already working on a Motobot road motorcycle that rides itself and is now developing an autonomous self-driving off-road vehicle. While most car manufacturers are developing and testing self-drive vehicles there has been limited work done on autonomous vehicles by motorcycle manufacturers. Honda and BMW have only developed self-balancing... Read More
Australian governments have issued guidelines for trials of autonomous vehicles on our roads but made no mention of motorcycles. The... Read More
South Australian company Cohda Wireless has partnered with Ducati and Bosch to develop radar technology that warns riders of nearby... Read More
Self-driving cars, trucks and even motorcycles, are coming faster than we think, but experts have assured riders there is nothing to fear. In fact, BMW Motorrad spokesman Karl Viktor Schaller says they will make riding safer because autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be virtually crashproof. His announcement comes in a week... Read More
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication and infotainment systems across a broader range of motorcycles have been identified as important safety technology trends over... Read More
Yamaha is testing a robot motorcycle, Kawasaki is developing a bike with artificial intelligence and now an engineering student has built... Read More
More than half of Generation Z future motorists under 17 believe that autonomous self-driving vehicles will make the roads safer. This comes as Yamaha has announced it wants to have a self-riding motorcycle available for sale in the next decade. Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ Day joke –... Read More