Safety
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EICMA 2018: Arc joins forces with Knox and Hedon. Reveals SMART armour and helmet.
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One of the most hotly anticipated bikes to be revealed at EICMA 2018 comes from British electric start up Arc. Set to be officially unveiled later today, the Arc Vector is described as one of the most advanced electric motorcycles to make it into production. And in an attempt to justify the bikes £90,000 price…
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CHANGES to the Highway Code to help PROTECT bikers and cyclists. NEW method for opening car doors.
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The Department for Transport is considering adding the Dutch Reach to the Highway Code – meaning you may soon be obliged to open car doors in a whole new way. For the uninitiated, the Dutch Reach is a method for opening cars doors which was thought to have been pioneered in the Netherlands in the ‘70s.…
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Pirelli joins forces with the UN – to improve global road safety
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Pirelli has joined the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund, helping to fund efforts to make improvements to global road safety. Pirelli’s foremost concern is to increase driving safety through the application of its own innovative technologies – but the iconic Italian rubber specialist has also contributed in excess of £450,000 to help the United…
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Harley-Davidson to use SENSORS to monitor RIDERS. For its NEW ‘Emergency Autonomous Braking System’.
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It’s all go at Harley-Davidson. Over the last few weeks, the Milwaukee-based brand has made the headlines multiple times, first challenging to Donald Trump’s new taxes and tariffs, before late last week unveiling a raft of new bikes it has in the works. And recently we’ve been sent details of a set of patents, which…
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VIDEO: NEW plastic road signs ‘will save bikers lives’
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European vehicle safety experts DEKRA are trialling a new range of plastic road signs in Germany – to minimise the risk of injury for motorcyclists involved in accidents. The majority of road signs are currently manufactured from steel – and as a result, they can be a real hazard for motorcyclists. And that’s why DEKRA…
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FIRST LOOK: Inside the Bosch jet thruster system that’ll save a front end wipe-out. Apparently.
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When we first brought you the jet thruster sytem being pioneered by Bosch a month ago we never thought that we’d get more of a view of weird set-up than the video and diagrams released by the company. But how about this little collection of snaps and a further video that’s doing the rounds…
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Ducati: We’ll have a motorcycle with FRONT and REAR radar soon. It’s in the pipeline for 2020!
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Ducati has just made this announcement about a double-radar motorcycle which is OFFICIALLY on its way. Yeah! Here’s what the factory has just said: Ducati brings forward some of the innovations from its “2025 Safety Road Map”, the strategy aimed at introducing new safety systems and technologies. Phase one already started: ABS Cornering to…
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SECRET! Check out these AMAZING plans from Suzuki for live light projection tech to keep us safe (and make us faster…)
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Suzuki has filed designs for a new warning and rider aid system that projects complex LED lights at the ground to both help the rider see what’s in front of them AND act as a bright, warning beacon to other road users. The system projects lights to the relevant side of the bike as it’s…
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Video: dguard – the world’s first eCall system for motorcycles
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dguard, an innovative new product from German company digades is the world’s first eCall system for motorcycles. It can automatically detect a crash and quickly contact the emergency services – and it’ll let you know if your bikes on the move without your presence too. Sounds amazing, right? *In the last issue of MCM we reported that fitting…
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SignalWear Smart Gloves – innovative new tech to help you be seen on the road!
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These clever new smart gloves from SignalWear, automatically blink when you change lane or turn – to help you be more visible when out on two wheels. If you ride a bike, you’re inevitably well aware of the risks and dangers facing you out on the road. And although there’s already a raft of existing…
