News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on It will take a 'baby elephant' to knock over this bike [video]. Parent comment

Re:It will take a 'baby elephant' to knock over this bike [v... by barrkel on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @09:18AM (#4904576)
It has a steering wheel. Can you imagine counter-steering with a steering wheel? Swerving to avoid something on the road? Gyros would greatly reduce agility if they were not deeply tied into the steering, so I wonder if the steering isn't a direct mechanical linkage.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It will take a 'baby elephant' to knock over this bike [v... by Adirael on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @09:26AM (#4904598)
Not sure, maybe. I think they'll be trying to target people who likes MCs but are too afraid to hop in one, so it would make sense to have the counter steering mechanically done instead of giving you the full control... I also couldn't find anything about speed and power.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It will take a 'baby elephant' to knock over this bike [v... by a-priori on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @02:30PM (#4906320)
I presume that it's actually a fly-by-wire (drive-by-wire?) system where the steering wheel directs a controller to 'do the right thing' with a combination of steering and gyro changes, rather than directly controlling the front wheel as in a normal motorcycle.
[ Parent | on HN ]