One of the biggest concerns among motorcycle riders about the automated vehicle future is the ability of these vehicles to... Read More
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 easier for hi-tech cars to detect them. In fact, the radar reflector could make motorcycles easier for police to detect with radar guns! Suzuki have filed a patent in Japan... Read More
A worldwide program to find, encourage, test and develop innovative technology that will improve motorcycle road safety is being launched.... 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 be included in rider training curricula, an American conference has found. The recent “Intelligent Transportation Systems and Automated Vehicle Applications Impacts on Motorcycle Safety” hosted by the Motorcycle Industry Council... Read More
In the not-too-distant future motorcycles will be banned because they are the last dangerous vehicles in a world of electric... 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 was compiled by former Indian Motorcycle External Relations Manage Robert Panda, moto journo Guido Ebert and a group of industry luminaries cleverly called Give a Shift. “There is a very... Read More
Yamaha is already working on a Motobot road motorcycle that rides itself and is now developing an autonomous self-driving off-road... 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 traffic before they can see it. The technology uses public WLAN standard (ITS G5) and was initially developed for use in driverless cars. Cohda Wireless technology has been trialled on... Read More
Self-driving cars, trucks and even motorcycles, are coming faster than we think, but experts have assured riders there is nothing... 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 a riderless model-sized motorcycle. Could the bikes of the future ride themselves and not need rider input? In the above video, micro-engineering student Eric Unnervik, from the Research institution in... Read More
More than half of Generation Z future motorists under 17 believe that autonomous self-driving vehicles will make the roads safer.... Read More