Just one timy problem; it steers backwards . . .
Posted on 04/12/2009 1:00:01 PM PDT by BraveMan
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Taking a page from the aviation industry-and, truth be told, video games-Honda has created what it calls the SMARTrainer (Safe Motorcycle Awareness and Recognition Trainer).
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Timmy!
Looks like a good training tool for beginners.
Counter Steering requires intuitive retraining
Training on this thing can set up exactly the
wrong muscle memory
Funny they did such a poor job with the handling model. Honda engineers use this in development:
http://www.carsim.com/products/bikesim/index.php
It’s been used in lots of simulators and comes from the good ole USA.
Next time yer on two wheels, notice which hand pushes and which pulls going around a highway curve. You'll be surprised.
I use the game Burnout Paradise as my driving trainer.
yupper..wanna go left?? then ya PUSH left..counter steering 101..
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The point of my post #8 was that the COMT variant gene
is a real concern, not necessarily in the case of THC use
but in the larger arena of
Clinical Medicine and Behavioral Neurology
It is suspect in multiple pedigrees of
families with hereditary forms of
thought disorders and disorders of pain
I suspect the authors of this paper are engaging in
Post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
ooops
wrong thread...
Nice logo.
However, it’s easier to make a Harley simulator. Put a saddle on a full drum of oil, then mount it on an industrial paint mixer/shaker. Poke holes in the drum so oil will spray everywhere, sit on the contraption and turn it on. Voila - instant Harley simulator! :D
Good weed tho'. ;)
Gotta lay off the stuff man
Can't blow weed an ride my bike
screws with my reflexes
Can't give up the bike
Ride Hard
Ride Safe
Why do this? So one can sit on one's frozen throttle hand to get the blood flowing enough to stave off frostbite. Switch hands sort-of regularly. But don't rely on this technique in heavy traffic.
The other responders this thread are correct --- when you push on the handlebars on one side, or pull on the other, a bike will lean into a turn, opposite the direction the front forks are turned. Push, or conversely yank rapidly or hard, and the bike will *very* rapidly be thrown into a turn. The tough part is recovering, and yanking the bike the OTHER way, under full control, for this also entails shifting ones body weight up (away from the turn one is presently in) and getting it to the high side quickly. All this action is why high-speed motorcycle track racing is something of an athletic event. The best bike racers usually fairly young men, and weigh less than 175 lbs.
Racing should be only be done on closed circuit courses, or course. Unless one just loves road rash, broken bones, and/or death.
I’ve ridden that thing- the simulator. I impulsively stopped off at a Honda dealership on the way back from Winchester, VA one day, and they had one. It was kind of cool.
Thanks, I’m well aware you push left to turn left. The problem is the simulator software writers din’t take this into account. Read the article . . .
The simulator steers like a car.
Two words; Heated Grips!
Harry Hurt makes note in his Hurt Report that many motorcyclists involved in accidents actually turn into the obstructing vehicle rather than away from it. IMHO, this is caused by riders not really knowing how motorcycle steering really works. Hence, they turn the bars the wrong way and steer into the obstruction they’re trying to avoid.
Not too bright of Honda to overlook this in their simulator . . .
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