This guy installed a computer in the tail end of his bike. It's no GS500, of course, but the whole thing is kind of impressive.
I guess.
http://bike.owns.com/
Smooth Dave
When motorcycle enthusiest meets computer Geek. LOL :lol: :lol:
Check out him overtaking a couple of cars in the first video: http://bike.owns.com/videos/burrito2.mpg (fast forward to 1 min 50 sec into the video)
Dangerous IMO :nono: . Road Rage might be more dangerous with bikers b/c some people are jealous and really resent the freedom we have on our bikes. They could have easlily followed him to the burrito hut and confronted him or slash his tires or something even worse.
If I were to do a borderline maneauver to someone else (like overtaking a vehicle or passing rather closely) l would sure as heck be sure I was long gone down the road so I would avoid possible confrontation.
When motorcycle enthusiest meets computer Geek. LOL :lol: :lol:
Check out him overtaking a couple of cars in the first video: http://bike.owns.com/videos/burrito2.mpg (fast forward to 1 min 50 sec into the video)
Dangerous IMO :nono: . Road Rage might be more dangerous with bikers b/c some people are jealous and really resent the freedom we have on our bikes. They could have easlily followed him to the burrito hut and confronted him or slash his tires or something even worse.
If I were to do a borderline maneauver to someone else (like overtaking a vehicle or passing rather closely) l would sure as heck be sure I was long gone down the road so I would avoid possible confrontation.
not a very curtious rider at all, he would be riding alone very quickly
is that next on your mods list, Dave? :)
No way, man. I would never do that. Not a chance. You'd have to be an extreme geek to do something like that. I'd never even consider it.
:roll:
Well, maybe.
:mrgreen:
Smooth Dave
Bad moves, just not good policy for good moto conduct. :x It's only 1 or 2 cars for cryin out loud, cool the jets. Cool camera though!
atleast he didnt rip the engine out to convert it to solar power, or run off coffee grounds and banana peels like Doc Brown with "Mr. Fusion"
After you guys ripping on him for passing cars going into a parking lot...I'll never post videos of me!
Watch his other movies, he seems to pull that stuff a lot. At one point he behaves himself for a few blocks but only because he pulled up behind a moto cop. :mrgreen:
Lane splitting in jammed up traffic is one thing, but stuff like that just reflects poorly on all of us.
that guy has SQUID written all over him, he probably buys race warn tires and sands knee pucks to look like a racer :)
Eh, I would be more impressed if he had replaced the bike's ignition computer with the UNIX machine and IT was running the bike. Mounting PC in a bike or any other vehical isn't that big a deal...
I agree James...that's what I thought he did when I saw the post title, but he just mounted a PC on the bike.
Mmmmm. Mr. Fusion.
8)
Smooth Dave
y'know, I've considered putting a microcontroller on my bike (kinda a mini-computer, very small circuit board), but haven't been able to think of any real advantage. I mean, I could install an audio system and then use the microcontroller to control the headlight and taillights, strobing the turn signals to the music, or some such, but really, what would you do with it?
I can turn on and off switches, vary voltages, detect buttons or switches... and I would build a mod of some sort for my motorcycle using a microcontroller, but I can't think of anything to put on it.
Only ideas I have come up with would be to replace the tach/spedo... it wouldn't be horribly difficult to make my own digital (heck, anything I can control electrically) spedo/tach, but I'd need to come up with something that would send an I/O signal (even just closing a line would work) each time the cable went around to really make it work well... if I could detect how fast the cable was going around, the only tricky part would be calibration, and that wouldn't be all that bad. I mean, what diff does it make if it's 100rpm off?
Seriously, though, aside from doing something like this (which you wouldn't want to use a PC for anyway, linux or otherwise), a computer on a motorcycle is rediculous. only useful things you can do with a PC on a bike that I can see are A. GPS, and B. recording video. Sure, there are probably a few more. GPS units are a lot cheaper, though, and for recording video you can get something like the Archos AV340, AV360, or AV380 (40, 60, 80 gig of space) that is built to do stuff like that.
I'm all about the geekiness factor, but it's gotta be useful enough to make it worth the money. a microcontroller tach/spedo project, if I could find a way to detect the speed of the cable, would prolly only cost $20-$30 for the parts... I don't even want to know how much the computer on this guy's bike cost.
Not for me, dude. I've got a dual processor BLENDER with 1GB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, and 17 inch LCD panel. It's soooooo cool. When I fire it up, I get a graph in 3d showing the blender RPMS, estimated time to beverage completion, and projected viscosity of the finished product. My wife says it's overkill and takes up too much counter space, but I had to do something with those old Xeon chips and motherboard.
Okay, I'm kidding. :lol:
Sorry.
Smooth Dave
hmmm... now that's an idea... I was going to try to build a web server into one of these microcontrollers, and install it in the *toaster*... however, I think the blender might be a more entertaining choice, as there are more options.
And with a microcontroller, it wouldn't be much (if any) bigger.
Quote from: richardI'd need to come up with something that would send an I/O signal (even just closing a line would work) each time the cable went around to really make it work well... if I could detect how fast the cable was going around, the only tricky part would be calibration
I seem to remember reading about aftermarket electronic tachometers. I don't think they detected the RPMs of the cable though - I believe they have some sort of "pickup" that works off of the electrical spark timing impulses.
Quote from: richardhmmm... now that's an idea... I was going to try to build a web server into one of these microcontrollers, and install it in the *toaster*... however, I think the blender might be a more entertaining choice, as there are more options.
And with a microcontroller, it wouldn't be much (if any) bigger.
OK a webserver that servers up pages of your ride, up to the minute weather reports, video's of the ride all hosted on the linux webserver that will be controlling your bike, and in fact the website will have a portal, where it will accept commands and stra your bike or have it drive up to the curb to meet you as you step out of your office.
Cool.
Srinath.
All that just for a video recorder? :? Geez I thought it was going to be something more advanced. Not just some video squid. Yeah, run the bike with it...now that would be trick.
and airhorns... :roll:
btw... he does buy race take-offs. Maybe I could sell him my worn knee pucks :lol:
The web server interface for Mileage, tach, avg tach and/or speed, and maybe even mpg probably wouldn't be impossible (though the mpg would take a bit of playing, as it would require some sort of sensor to detect how much gas was going through the lines) if, again, I could find something to detect the speed of the cables. I know you can get some with magnetic pickups, but much more efficient if you can use what is already there.
You could probably even make it so people could connect wirelessly to it to check it out.
Having it controll the ride would certainly be possible, but the customizing of the gyros and motors involved is a little above my realm of experience. ;-)