RE: [ST] RE: Improvements for Sprint ST

[Brad Turner <bturner@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:17:13 -0800
> > From: "Just Daetrin" <daytrip90@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ...
> > In an ideal world...
> > have a standardized data output jack that would transmit
> > real-time data such as speed, rpm, lean angle, fuel, etc.
    ^^^^^^^^^
>KT-  
>KT-  Just,
>KT-  
>KT-  Think CAREFULLY before you demand this feature of the manufacturers.
I'm
>KT-  sure that we (the riders) wouldn't be the only people interested in
this
>KT-  information. Wouldn't it give Big Brother all the information he
needed
>KT-  to ban us out of existence?

>MikeB: Real-time is OK, storing the data might be cause for concern. 
>MikeB: However, getting the bike and helmet (electronics) manufacturers to
>MikeB: agree on a common standard would be impossible.


Cages already have a standardized set of diagnostics and a standardized
plug-in interface that is driven by the SAE it's called OBD-II
(www.obdii.com). I don't think there isn't a critical mass in the bike world
to drive this today. It's only been in the past couple of years that
electronic controls have started eeking into bikes and not really in the
main stream. Think in mass market terms, Honda is just now putting EFI on
it's 600. How man Harley's have carbs verses EFI? When there's critical mass
in the market it will happen but probably not until then.

- -brad- 

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