Cool anti-flip device

[Misc]

Just been browsing the net for wheelie schools & found this little device, bit diffrent from what i posted some time ago as it says it actually helps you wheelie.

In practical terms this means you can just whack the throttle open and the device will not just control the wheelie but allow the wheel to stay up until you run out of revs! Here's a video in which you can hear the WheelySafe controlling full-throttle wheelies: (Has a video of this)

Pretty cool stuff if starting out, off course it would be better to learn without it but practicing on you're nice & shiny sportsbike holds most people back & i wouldn't mind giving this a try.
I'm guessing when it's released it won't be cheap either.

https://www.wheelysafe.com/introduction.html

[Jamie S]

i belive there is a thing called a wheely bar

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[CoronaBoner]

Ram, was that an accident by doing a wheely?
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[Misc]

[Luke_Retrofly]

may as well tape the throttle on full and sit there smoking a fag, because you wont actually be doing anything.
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p.s Misc I wouldn't trust that "device" as far as I could throw it. It's an accident waiting to happen
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But what if it malfunctions
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[Misc]

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[lllN30lll]

they use similar devices at wheelie schools mate

little carbon fibre stick that protrudes from your numberplate, when your bike reachs the set height the stick hits the floor and it kills your engine by activating your sidestand switch
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[Ariel Badger]

It is just a tilt switch that cuts your bike at a certain angle. I guess it will stall you on the "Pass of the Goats" or Hardknot.
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[G]

It doesn't mention how it detects the angle.
Seems it's more of a prototype than a product.
Be interesting to know how it works.

I wouldn't entirely trust it to cope with someone being completely cack-handed.

The suggestion that learning to wheelie is particularly dangerous seems to be similar to the perception by non-bikers that biking is particularly dangerous.

[Misc]

[G]

Sorry, I read that - I meant how the wizardry-electronic-gubbins work to detect the angle.

[Misc]

Something about a Gyro sensor,

The invention comprises a rate gyro sensor (which senses the rate of change of rotation) to calculate, in real time, the current attitude of the motorcycle. Using the rate gyro, only relative angles can be sensed, so an accelerometer is also used to provide a known reference attitude.

Determining whether the motorcycle has reached a critical angle is a simple matter of comparing the calculated angle with a preset value. However, since the comparison and setting of the preset value are microprocessor controlled, the preset value may be easily adjusted at any time by any simple means - a push button, for instance, or rotation of a control knob.

If the calculated angle approaches the preset angle, the motorcycle rotation is retarded by effectively switching off the ignition. This not only removes the acceleration which lifts the front wheel but also applies a braking effect. For simplicity of installation, the switching of the ignition is achieved by connecting the invention to the ignition kill switch, side stand cutout, or similar.

[G]

Oops, ta; didn't look closely enough obviously.
I've wondered about such things in the past and a gyro is the obvious solution, but don't have the knowledge to bodge soemthing like that myself (though, thinking about it, wonder if you could one from an aeroplane ).

[steveh]

Not sure if its been mentioned but how do they actually work? are they a mecury switch connected to the coils to stop it sparking? or does it act like a restrictor, just stopping it at a certain RPM?

id like to try one, but the issue still stands on landing it correctly, generally if you can land them correctly your not too bad at them in the first place.

the tilt switch could well be more risky, as it may give you a certain "invincibility" or so it may seem.
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