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Shinya Kimura’s lo-tech navigation system
Riding across the country on a 1915 Indian as part of the Motorcycle Cannonball, a modern satellite navigation system wouldn’t just be out of place, it’d be against the rules. So Shinya Kimura, a motorcycle builder that re-imagines the past’s future to create his own custom bike reality, cooked up this simple navigation device and mounted it on his handlebars. Along the same ideas as a mod...
23 September 2010
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iDrive comes to motorcycles
In addition to an analog tachometer and speedometer, the First debuted on the 2001 BMW 7-series, Nine years later, the system just about works, but only after several revisions and after repositioning a lot of the functions back to simple dash-mounted buttons. Technology for technology's sake? You bet, and now it's coming to motor...
19 July 2010