Three companies are stepping up to the proverbial plate and contributing to the grey zone between gasoline and electric vehicles....
German automotive electronics company claims it has developed the world’s first split-screen instruments for a motorbike capable of showing app...
Soon your motorcycle, helmet and/or phone could contact emergency services if you crash with Bosch the latest to join the hi-tech safety revolution. The Bosch system uses an “intelligent crash algorithm installed in the vehicle’s inertial sensor unit” to identify a crash via the various sensors such as an accelerometer...
As smart motorcycle helmets with head-up display (HUD) technology are starting to hit the market, Bosch has designed a HUD...
Kawasaki will beat Ducati and KTM to the punch by introducing Bosch’s full suite of Advanced Rider Assistance Systems in...
Technology dominated motorcycle news this year with jet thrusters to prevent low-siders, sidecars with a drone launching pad, plus self-riding, self-balancing and even flying motorcycles. While most of these are fanciful or far-off innovations, there was some advance in more useable technology. Ducati and KTM have made giant leaps forward...
KTM has demonstrated adaptive cruise control and blind spot alert systems which will be introduced to their range in 2021....
Rocket-style thrusters that blast a jet of air out the side of your motorcycle could be used to prevent low-side...
A company that has developed vehicle-to-motorcycle (V2M) technology will join the Connected Motorcycle Consortium to develop an industry-wide uniform motorcycle platform for V2M communication. The Autotalk V2M system, launched in June 2017, detects motorcycles not visible to the human eye, cameras or other sensors and alerts riders and drivers to...
Ducati has announced that by 2020 it will add front and rear radar sensors to its motorcycles to warn riders...
German auto electronics company Bosch has developed car sensors that will detect cyclists and will soon also detect motorcyclists who...
Australian governments have issued guidelines for trials of autonomous vehicles on our roads but made no mention of motorcycles. The 24-page Austroads and National Transport Commission report does not mention motorcycles once, although bicycles are mentioned. Austroads boss Nick Koukoulas says the guidelines draw on international best practice and have...
South Australian company Cohda Wireless has partnered with Ducati and Bosch to develop radar technology that warns riders of nearby...
The Kawasaki Versys-X 300 (pictured above) will be the first production motorcycle to use the new Bosch 10 ABS unit which is...
BMW Motorrad riders may soon be able to use their smartphone with their instruments and helmet, automatically call for help in a crash, while plotting and sharing their routes. The Bavarian company has used the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan to launch their Concept ConnectedRide as “the next advancement in motorcycle...
A VicRoads brochure has given the wrong impression of ABS (anti-lock brake systems) and even offered advice that riders fit...
Bosch is working on safety systems such as a blind spot alert and a hill hold control as the German company...
The leading manufacturer of ABS equipment for motorcycles, Bosch, has unveiled their smallest, lightest and most effective unit yet as they suggest that mandating ABS is coming closer to reality. The new Bosch ABS10 motorcycle unit is up to 30% lighter and 45% smaller than the current ABS9 unit. Bosch...
Future riders will have bikes that connect with their mobile phone, the internet and even activate the engine immobiliser and...
As the KTM 1290 Super Adventure pierces the Canary Islands mountain fog on treacherously narrow roads with precipitous unguarded cliff...
Car stability control experts Bosch have won Australian road safety awards for the motorcycle versions of their anti-lock braking system (ABS) and motorcycle stability control (MSC) systems. The first bikes to feature Bosch’s Motorcycle Stability System (MSC) are KTM’s 1190 Adventure and Adventure R. Bosch claims the systems prevent side...
The new KTM 1190 Adventure follows its biggest competitor, BMW’s R 1200 GS, into a more road-focused market. Both are...