Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patents: Electric Motorcycle Vehicle Approach Notification Control Apparatus plus 2 more

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• Patents: Electric Motorcycle Vehicle Approach Notification Control Apparatus
• Ad: Interflora - Flowers Weighs More Than Motorcycles
• Jorge Lorenzo Goes On A Ride-Out With Friends and Fans

Patents: Electric Motorcycle Vehicle Approach Notification Control Apparatus Posted: 02 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT Please note, this is a serious article, not a joke. If you read the headline, "Vehicle Approach Notification Control Apparatus", you might think we're talking about a horn. But we're not, at least, not really. Or maybe we should be... The patent was filed last year 27 September, and is meant to stop pedestrians having a heart attack when an electric motorcycle rides up to them. We all know the problem with electric bikes, they are almost noiseless, so an unexpecting pedestrian might just wander off onto the road and get hit by one. This patent wants to emulate an engine sound, the actual sound will depend of the c.c. equivalent of the electric engine, and play it back when riding. More clever than that, the sound will vary depending on the speed of the electric motorcycle. The sound will also vary if it is raining, or if it has become night. So the device is full of sensors to play a sound of a combustion engine. Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Ad: Interflora - Flowers Weighs More Than Motorcycles Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT Nice image in this Spanish print advertisement for Interflora, the international flower delivery service.... ... except for one little, minor, detail that Tapsa, the PR agency, forgot. If anyone I know had to make a choice between a bunch of flowers or a motorcycle, we all know what the choice will be.. right? But the image is nicely done, it does pass the message along. The tag line reads, freely translated, "The importance of who you are weighs more than what you have". ...

Jorge Lorenzo Goes On A Ride-Out With Friends and Fans Posted: 01 May 2012 11:00 PM PDT It looks like the former World Champion MotoGP Jorge Lorenzo went on a nice little ride out after last week's race at Jerez. I guess after that race he deserved a bit of R&R. ...

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