DIY electronic cruise control

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[Nobby the Bastard]

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Cruise control's one of those features that's relatively easy to implement with a "fly by wire" throttle. The ECU (or piggy-back if you offload the task to an Arduino) can then do little niceties like automatically cancelling cruise control when you touch the brakes or clutch. All done in software with loads of scope for safety tweaks like distance radar.

Electro-mechanical? No thanks, don't fancy a servo jamming on me.
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[Bhud]

Hi chester240, I'd like to be helpful and constructive.

To be honest, I don't think this idea has merit. Of course it's possible to do this, but the reason it isn't offered on all bikes is that there isn't demand for this feature on all bikes. The added utility is marginal, and comes with R&D and production costs, which may only be justified on higher end models which can command a higher price in the market. I think you'd be better off with a bike that already comes with cruise control, if that's what you really want.

There are possible engineering and safety issues with this electronic solution. It hasn't been tested and approved by authorised regulatory bodies, and I'm not sure it's wise to proffer this as a home brew solution. If you'd like feedback on it, perhaps take it up with the manufacturers themselves.

My suggestion is this: take your Arduino and motorisation skills, and devise a method to save millions of motorcyclists' lives, instead. Design and make an automatic wiper that fits onto a helmet's visor. Every year millions of motorcyclists die when it starts to rain. This is a tragedy, and you with your skills can surely step in here and put a stop to this menace, once and for all. Put up a Gofundme right away, get those preorders in, and get to work on it. I apologise for any spelling and grammatical errors in this post. I will come back and revise it as many times as necessary. Good luck.

[Ste]

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I assume this visor wiper is a joke. Putting something on a helmet is considered foux pas since the Schumacher accident. Event on a trackday they asked me to remove the camera for safety issues.
And as to why there is no cruise control on older bikes. It is probably money. All big touring Harleys since the 90’s have a cruise control. As well as Honda Golding. Also triumph tiger 1200 had a cruise control from the start. You could not have heeted grips but CC was standard.
Now almost every new bike has a CC even bmw s1000rr have one. New tracer gt wich is not a premium bike have an adaptice CC with radar and all the bells and whistles. It is a lot cheaper to implement with ride by wire. Many bikers do not know they want a cc because they never had a bike with one. I for once, when it comes to next bike, CC will be a priority. Over power, looks and sound.
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[Ste]

You have to find a radar unit to use or get one custom made from somewhere cheap in China because then you could have Throttle Friend™ with the benefit of being adaptive.

That version could be called the Throttle Friend with Benefits™.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Schumacher got quadrospazzed because he hit his head on a rock and not because he had a camera on his helmet.
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[Ste]

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It’s clever, interesting, seems well executed (by yourself) and you didn’t need to scam the public crowdfund to make it. Great stuff. However, your insurer would deny all liability if you crashed, or even if someone crashed into you. There’s a reason you haven’t told them.

Approval for road use would be an expensive exercise I’ll bet, and marketing the device without approval puts you at huge risk of being sued should someone else decide, rightly or wrongly, that your design caused or contributed to an accident.

I’ve never had a problem with the throttle hand. The clutch hand though… sometimes ‘Ouch!’

Firmly, no. Well done though. Have fun. Don’t die.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Pretty sure headfirst into a boulder with an impact that split the helmet in half and gave him a skull fracture wasn't particularly affected by the camera.


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I don’t know how insurance companies work in UK or other parts of the world but that’s not the case here. My fiend some time ago bought a cbr f4i from Italy. The bike had no insurance, no MOT. Hell it was not even registered. The license plate was from a scooter. And the friend in question had no bike drivers license. Within a week he had an accident. Some guy in a van did not give the right of way and he ended up in hospital for almost two week. He got full refund from the vans drivers insurance. And the insurance insurance co does not ask about that kind of stuf. And anyone who would like to sue for that kind of reason probably would loose. No one is forcing to install it. Even self driving Tesla is not liable when you crash due to faulty operation. You are not supposed to sleep/wach tv/ read a book during driving. All those systems require constant supervision. You do it at your own risk. People are very keen to risk if there is someone else to blame.
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[Ste]

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[Nobby the Bastard]

Plus van drivers insurance paid out and not illegal riders insurance cause van driver was at fault.
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[Ste]

"Hi, I’m @chester2400 chester240.mk@gmail.com
I’m interested in developing a cruise control.
you can back me up with a donation via paypal on https://paypal.me/[donked]"

https://github.com/chester2400

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[Ste]

So you can do any modifications you want to your car or bike and there's no need to tell them about it?

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[Nobby the Bastard]

As you say not all dumb ideas get implemented.

Yours won't be implemented by anyone else.
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