Electric vehicles galore
So the market for electric vehicles, including two wheelers is absolutely exploding (from a supply perspective). Even Harley Davidson is planning on releasing an electric motorcycle. While demand remains uncertain (and why we should remain agnostic as to the engine … Continue reading Electric vehicles galore
Peugeot Tilting Vehicle
So, the tilting small vehicle is officially a thing now with mainstream companies such as Peugeot officially in the game. Of course, like a lot of Peugeot’s vehicles it’s bland. It’s got four wheels narrowly spaced together making it look … Continue reading Peugeot Tilting Vehicle
Yamaha is Going AI
Even major motorcycle motorcycle manufacturers are moving in the direction of adding AI to bikes. For example see this prototype from Yamaha: https://newatlas.com/yamaha-2017-tokyo-motor-show-artificial-intelligence-motorcycle/51753/ As I’ve imagined the super cycle, the Yamaha can recognize its owner and is like a living … Continue reading Yamaha is Going AI
Every New Design Seems to Confirm Our Direction
BMW has unveiled a new scooter which wouldn’t normally be too exciting except this is not for current development but rather guiding its development for the future. Additionally, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see some features on this design … Continue reading Every New Design Seems to Confirm Our Direction
Bike Brains
One of the key features of the vehicle among safety and fun will be its brains. That means its ability to collect use and display information in a useful manner. There will be sensors all over the bike collecting information … Continue reading Bike Brains
Intermediate Steps
Obviously, we aren’t going to go from zero to SuperCycle in one step. We aren’t even going to go from drawings to SuperCycle in one step. There will many steps forward and some steps backward during this process. Once we … Continue reading Intermediate Steps
Feel the Vibration
Energy recapture, particularly for an electric vehicle is important as it enables more miles to be driven before recharging is necessary. I’ve seen in some technology not related to motorcycles that energy can be captured from vibration. I wanted to … Continue reading Feel the Vibration
One Helmet Controls it All
If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan (and you should be!), then you’ll appreciate the title of this post 😉 You might wonder though, what it has to do with the Supercycle. Basically, it is the hub of information … Continue reading One Helmet Controls it All
The Future is Now or Maybe Later for Self Balancing Two Wheel Vehicles
Self balancing vehicles are entering a golden age of sorts. While sales are yet to materialize, entrants are showing up anticipating that people will want to purchase such a vehicle. They may not be wrong having seen an embarrassing fall … Continue reading The Future is Now or Maybe Later for Self Balancing Two Wheel Vehicles
So we have some idea of the requirements for the bike. What goes into a traditional motorcycle ? Below is a list of parts necessary for a motorcycle to be legal. I tried to highlight in italics things that we … Continue reading
Tradeoffs
When going for innovation such as the SuperCycle, one needs to make tradeoffs. I’ve realized that this is not a vehicle for everyone and in fact, certainly at the beginning, production volumes will be low. A certain amount of education … Continue reading Tradeoffs
Carbon Fiber and Batteries
We have some idea of what we want to build. It’s a industrial/futuristic looking two person, two wheeled vehicle which self-balances and uses smartphones and its helmet to communicate with its driver. It will be oversized compared to traditional motorcycles … Continue reading Carbon Fiber and Batteries
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