http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhx4cQq1sA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhx4cQq1sA)
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That is great but the problem I see with it was the advertising "So anyone can enjoy riding a sports bike" My first bike was a semi-automatic shifter. I was around 10 years old and it was a 70cc Trail bike not a 1200 some 150 or more horsepower sports bike. I don't have a problem with the concept just the advertising.
I agree, but no one in advertising has been know for being responsible. I wouldn't mind seeing this idea migrate over to cruisers and even touring bikes. And before before someone suggest that if you can't shift you don't need to be on a bike, I beg to differ, I know guys and gals with plenty of bike savy that are quite limited by something a common as arthuritis in the hands. If all that was keeping me from riding was pain from clutching all day I would gladly take an automatic over not riding or only riding short distances. I like the option and personally hope it catches on in all calsses of bikes :cool:..
The idea of being able to select the shifting program to suit different riding conditions seems like it has some merit. Might save some Maalox moments in the rain or other iffy surface conditions. Of course, that assumes the shift control and throttle management programming is free of glitches like those recently attributed to some of the Japanese automobiles. :roll: The electronic brains are no better at decision-making than the organic brains that program them, but they can make mistakes much faster than is humanly possible! :lol: Wait, that's not funny... :shock:
Indeed. Human brains can make mistakes at the rate of 6-10 per minute, while a modern computer can make them at several billion a second...