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46robbie46 wrote:ZXR400 Lee you should be an invetor or something mate! Some good ideas there


I've been looking into the auto dip mirror thing and it looks like a goer!


Gaza, sorry mate....

Sorry to piss on your fire but its not hard to do. Most new cars have them as Std.
I think we will see it next year or maybe already on bike like Pan Euros etc.

Oh dear

It's gonna be Plan B then...

The "Ever-Lasting-Pint" -

Make mine a double please

Actually, a quick google search would show that they already exist! haha.. ooopss.. you can buy them direct fitment for Harleys

Arghhhhh

Oh well i guess i'll have to keep thinking then. Its more about how you write it all up anyway than what the actual project is, but i also have to somehow make what i design so it cant be too complicated.

How about an anti-car device? A couple of cannons / hellfire missiles should do the job

Massaging seat to stop numb bum syndrome for long distance tourers.

Bondy wrote:I think most of us need Self canceling indicators.

I got 2 1970,s Yamaha,s fitted with em

Paddle shift.

Just pull the Clutch for going up the box and a little thum lever for going down.

Bondy wrote:Paddle shift.

Just pull the Clutch for going up the box and a little thum lever for going down.

Aprilia Mana - clutchless semi-automatic gearbox can be fully auto, or shift with foot lever or buttons on left handlebar assembly

TLS-Moose wrote:

Bondy wrote:Paddle shift.

Just pull the Clutch for going up the box and a little thum lever for going down.

Aprilia Mana - clutchless semi-automatic gearbox can be fully auto, or shift with foot lever or buttons on left handlebar assembly

But will it fit an R6 my good man or any other bike.

Inflatable Topbox



Reversible pillion seat pad/solo seat converter. Rather than having to swap cover for seat before you go any where or having your 'emergency' passenger having to carry a cover.

If it's a goer I want my share.

Bondy the aprillia one won't but the dynojet or techtronics button operated quickshifter will do just that

If a bike manufacturer hasn't already thought of a good idea what are us numptys going to come up with other than missiles lol

I was having a little think about this, and wondered if there was something you could design as an aid for instructors to gauge student's controls use. To explain...

I know that when I was learning, it would have been helpful if the instructor would have been able to tell me if I was in the wrong gear, or using the back brake too much, or the not the right order/combination of front/back brake, etc. When you learn to drive a car the instructor is right there with you and can see very clearly what you are doing and give you more feedback. Also, when my sister passed her test, I discovered that she had used her back brake all the way through her training, instead of front brake, and the instructor had never picked this up. So, something that feeds back to the instructor whilst you're out riding what gear you (the student) are in, what speed, whether you're applying the front brake or back brake, etc, so that he can give you feedback at the time. Or perhaps something where the ride is recorded and all the controls use also recorded and you and the instructor can review it back at the training centre - you know like the formula one cars have! (Boyfriend, who's sat beside me as I write this, is suggesting a datalogging programme??) You could perhaps have one on the student's bike and one on the instructor's bike, and then back at the training centre the two rides could be compared side by side..?

As per the above earlier response - if this is a goer, I want my share!

What about a head light that is controlled by G-force/gyroscopes. That raises as you lean into a bend so points up where your heading and not into the kerb.

It would need to be speed/lean angle sensitive (even include some steering angle input) and could also stay level under braking or accelerating – a bit like a cross between the barrel on a tank and the car lights that turn when going around a corner – (back in a while after I've finished drawing up my patent application )

Lots of scope for mechanical/motorised design and integrated computer systems.