Topic: lean angle gauge

[skamagedon]

does anyone have interest in a led guauge that acts like a level so you can have a redline for leaning on curves? anyone?

[malcolmgb]

Why? the art of riding a motorcycle is to feel the varying road conditions and ride accordingly, much better to concentrate on the road ahead than be looking at various gauges on the bike.

[joe29]

Sounds like a dangerous distraction.  You should be looking through the turn and not at gauge.   

[lone*X]

Agreed.  No distractions.  To me it is a balance of speed, traction, and road conditions.  I look thru the curve or turn and never take my eyes off my track.  A gauge cannot "feel" the bike or detect loss of traction or metal starting to scrape.  IMHO you need to pay attention to what you are doing, not a gauge. 

[Bakeoff]

Do you have a premeasured shampoo dispenser in your shower too? 

Okay, obviously road conditions are not always the same.  Air/tire temp. Tire inflation. #$%*, just the kind of tire.  Rider weight.  How far you're leaning out off the bike.  Plus, how do you see this LED thing when you should be looking FAR away from it to corner aggressively?  Sounds like one more do-dad that you'd see in a cheesy video game that wouldn't work in the real world.  Remember the $5000 hockey pucks they used in the NHL for a while so you could see the puck on TV?  That lasted...  lol

Ps: if this seems harsh, shrug it off.  I'm not trying to be a dick.  I just don't see any serious rider taking this seriously.

[Kevin400F]

When the little ball-shaped part scrapes, you have leaned far enough.

Its not led, it's steel.......led doesn't make good sparks to excite the guy following you.

Kevin

PS... OK the reference to "lead" when the OP was talking about light emitting diodes was a bit of a stretch, but seriously........when you're leaned over to the max, your eyes better be focused way down the road, around the curve.

[Quorthon]

Do you have a premeasured shampoo dispenser in your shower too? 

HAHAHAA

[Retro Rocket]

When the little ball-shaped part scrapes, you have leaned far enough.

You can lean a lot further over than that, the reason i use rear sets now is because the stock pegs scrape right back to the peg bracket then try and lift the rear wheel, they are too easy to scrape.....A guage is a total waste of time and would only increase the risk of accident, imagine being half way through a corner with a tightening radius and you glance at your guage and its at its limit, panic sets in and down you go....not a good idea at all

[xsmooth69x]

Do you have a premeasured shampoo dispenser in your shower too? 

mines hands free with a sensor

[allhonda]

Best guage is when your jeans get holes torn in the side next to your knee. Good indicator you have been at or near max lean angle.

[Tripps]

Why? the art of riding a motorcycle is to feel the varying road conditions and ride accordingly, much better to concentrate on the road ahead than be looking at various gauges on the bike.

+1

[Really?]

There are a couple curves on one of the sisters in the Hill Country where the crown goes the wrong direction.  Its like you lose half of your lean capability.  In this case the gauge would be useless.

[skamagedon]

only reason i ask, is because i have sensors that record that and othe data  and like to make things. i like to know how my riding meets science, how mileage and performance is affected by measurable variables. did i mention science...lol, cause when i ride its eyes on the prize. I do not like fighting with the road. i was just curious how other people felt about it so, Thanks Everyone.

[Retro Rocket]

I think there are too many variables for this to be that relevant. There are a few different things that will effect lean angle, Tyres, riders ability, type of pipes, what is actually in the way {foot pegs, centre stand} and of course the surface to be ridden on, road camber  and the weather.
Interesting but not very practical.....

[Deltarider]

Why? Do you intend to ride in thick fog?
If you like to make things that indicate other things do a search for the desired engineguard once proposed in this forum. Gauges? No. Warning system? YES.

[Bakeoff]

My question is how would you even make one?  If you used something with a swinging pendulum switch to light the LEDs, they wouldn't work once you got up to speed as centrifugal force would swing the switch at nearly the same angle as the bike.   

Sorry for ribbing you, man.  I just see it being about as useful as a thermometer that only works in complete darkness.  Sure, you could do it.  Sure, it would work.  But would you ever see it when it would do any good to warn you? No.

[skamagedon]

my sensor has a gyrometer and accelerometer to feed data to my "Black box". ever since i crashed and have no idea what exactly happened i like to have data on my rides. i was just thinking, how simple to add leds and show it, and if anyone wanted such a thing, i love to make electronics. i dont think id use one myself, but asking never hurt anyone. i have a fuel level sensor, led tach, voltage meter, sigma 1106 speedo, lean sensor, rear wheel speed sensor,engine temp sensor,  a switch to make my tail light look like a hand flipping the bird, and rearview cameras. though the cams are gonna get edited into front and rear nightvision cameras. and i built all but the sigma and volt meter.

[Deltarider]

Can you inform us some more about your lean sensor and engine temp sesor?

[bollingball]

I have looked at some of your pic if you put any more gadgets on them bars your gonna need a co pilot.

[skamagedon]

I have looked at some of your pic if you put any more gadgets on them bars your gonna need a co pilot.

i know it looks a bit much but having the right info at the right time paid of more than once for me.

Can you inform us some more about your lean sensor and engine temp sesor?

the temp sensor is a thermosistor circuit run by an Arduino, and the lean sensor is a gyrometer and accelerometer also run through the arduino. the arduino sends data to the netbook which records it for my pc to analize. i will post a link to my instructables as soon as i get them as plain english as i can.

[Deltarider]

Oh, you meant that kind of 'lean'.