V100 Stelvio Merged Threadfest

[Clifton]

Agreed.  Everyone will want it, and bikes without it will suffer at resale.

Another one here that doesn't want adaptive cruise or lane keeping assist. Or electronic suspension because I had trouble with it on a GSA. In fact I think I'd shy away from a used bike with electronic suspension.

[dave1068]

No visible beak!  Looks good, on the short list

[inditx]

Nope! That's why I hate it most. At that point the guy behind you currently fighting with his wife on the phone and already following way too close smashes into your rear. The other issue is when your driving sanely in the slow lane doing 70 in a 70 and you finally realise you are only doing 50 now because you caught up to the guy in front and your car just calmly kept slowing down.
JMHO

This!

[blackcat]

"The other issue is when your driving sanely in the slow lane doing 70 in a 70..."

I'd get run over if I was doing 70 in a 70.

[azccj]

No visible beak!  Looks good, on the short list

That is one fine looking bike.

[AH Fan]

I can’t seem to find the cost to add this option but it must be reasonably priced consider it’s going on scooters.  The bonus is that the system will let other vehicles radar devices know of your presence and in an increasingly large tech world on cars, trucks,etc., this could be a worthwhile investment.

“Now Piaggio has filed a patent application for another type of radar reflector—again drawing on marine-based systems—that uses active tech rather than simply an array of passive mirrors. Piaggio’s idea is to build a smaller, simpler, cheaper version of the large high-powered active radars that boats use, that would work over just a few hundred yards on the road.

Piaggio’s patent points out the problem it’s trying to solve, saying that radars “under certain conditions do not allow effective identification of narrow-profile vehicles, such as motorcycles.” The firm’s active radar reflectors are extremely simple pieces of electronics, consisting of a receiving antenna, a control chip, an amplifier, and a transmitting antenna. Unlike passive reflectors, the active ones could be hidden on a bike—Piaggio suggests one in the headlight and a second in the taillight would provide nearly 360-degree coverage—and actually boost the “reflection” that they send out, making the bike a stronger radar target than it could otherwise be.

In its most basic form, the reflector receives the signal from a car’s radar, amplifies it, and transmits it back, but Piaggio’s design also allows for the addition of a signal modulator to compensate for any delays in that process and to ensure the return signal gives the right information to the radar that emitted the original wave.“

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/piaggio-developing-active-radar-reflectors/


Sh-t what happened to just going for a ride..............   

Ciao

[guzzisteve]

I would get the stuff they make now sorted like"my wings don't work right"
Today reading over on GT site a guys V100 doesn't start when under freezing and the temp sensor reads wrong temp. The guy parks bike outside all the time. I told him to buy an electric blanket, batt operated.