Seeing as how we're at the beginning of a new quarter century, what are your wishes and thoughts for two-wheeled powered travel in another 25 years?
Will there be flying motorcycles?
Here are some fanciful things I'd like to see in motorcycling:
- Lightweight, almost invisible protective garments. We're almost getting there with D30 armor getting thinner and more lightweight. Like a personal forcefield in the event of a getoff.
- What if helmets were 100% clear? Again, with the invisible protective garments. You'd have an amazing field of view and be way more protected than just wearing a beanie, plus no bugs in your teeth. Drawback is everyone around you would see how ugly you were... okay, scratch that.
- All telemetry be on a heads up display. Choose what you want to see, when you want to see it with a thought. Cool.
- Dedicated and accessible routes and land for recreational traffic, separate from commuter traffic. No policing. Choose from scenic cruise to MotoGP-smooth, twisty tarmac to hardcore Dakar Rally dunes without having to pony up airfare and travel time.
- a near future one would be an online configurator for accessories where you could see and hear the exhaust you're looking to buy on your bike (through AR/VR maybe)? Or how any rear rack would look on your current ride with hard or soft luggage? You could test ride it in VR to see how mods would affect your ride, would that tank bag get in the way cause it's too large?
Just pie in the sky stuff. Let's try to leave the "Ya, that'd be nice but it'll never happen because blah blah blah"
But really... Flying motorcycles. Make it so.
Will there be flying motorcycles?
Here are some fanciful things I'd like to see in motorcycling:
- Lightweight, almost invisible protective garments. We're almost getting there with D30 armor getting thinner and more lightweight. Like a personal forcefield in the event of a getoff.
- What if helmets were 100% clear? Again, with the invisible protective garments. You'd have an amazing field of view and be way more protected than just wearing a beanie, plus no bugs in your teeth. Drawback is everyone around you would see how ugly you were... okay, scratch that.
- All telemetry be on a heads up display. Choose what you want to see, when you want to see it with a thought. Cool.
- Dedicated and accessible routes and land for recreational traffic, separate from commuter traffic. No policing. Choose from scenic cruise to MotoGP-smooth, twisty tarmac to hardcore Dakar Rally dunes without having to pony up airfare and travel time.
- a near future one would be an online configurator for accessories where you could see and hear the exhaust you're looking to buy on your bike (through AR/VR maybe)? Or how any rear rack would look on your current ride with hard or soft luggage? You could test ride it in VR to see how mods would affect your ride, would that tank bag get in the way cause it's too large?
Just pie in the sky stuff. Let's try to leave the "Ya, that'd be nice but it'll never happen because blah blah blah"
But really... Flying motorcycles. Make it so.
