2020 KTM Adventure.

[2112]

Radar = active cruise control = disappointment ! Our electric Kia has the super swanky active cruise control and it's very frustrating. When on the motorway or dual carriageway and someone pulls out in front of you it slows you down to their speed, fair enough. BUT, it takes ages to realise that the people that once pulled out in front of you have now accelerated away and slowly dawdles back up to the pre-set cruise speed. Also it leaves a HUGE gap, so people undertake or overtake you and fill the gap in, slowing you down even more, ggrrrr....

The idea's great, if they can get it right and it's a big step forward in safety terms. It has once (as also did a former Mercedes GLC) nearly put us through the windscreen when it thought a traffic bollard was a hazzard and decided to just STOP. This could be an 'issue' on a bike... Not anti-tech, just saying it needs to be right.

[TLPower]

My DAF tanker has the same system, I can adjust the gap to the vehicle in front in the settings menu. I've adjusted it to the maximum distance because it weighs 26 tonnes. I use the accelerator to over-ride the system if it starts to slow and it is safe to overtake. Once the object has been cleared (no longer in front) I release the pedal and the cruise takes over. I suspect the DAF system is fairly crude but it does it's job in a way. Regardless the system can't look into the distance and observe traffic flow and react accordingly.

I think cruise on a bike is a great idea for the long boring grind to the interesting bits, the adaptive part is a progression.

Marketing as well.

[TLPower]

[UK_Vstrom650]

I can see the use of adaptive cruise control (if it works well) but I can't see why a motorbike requires blind spot warnings in the mirror. What's wrong with a shoulder check which you'd do anyway before changing lanes 

[TLPower]

I quite agree.

There is also an ash tray option.

[Rusty Nuts]

ACC would ideally also need to be linked to CVT,  I reckon. You could easily grab 40 winks with that setup.

[TLPower]

40 winks you say....hmmm....

Do you think it could ride itself down to Worcester?

[superteso]

now they look more and more like cars, they almost don't look like bikes anymore.
mah 

never again so