Thursday, August 9, 2007

Bikes of the future safer, high-tech


Now, motorcycle manufacturers, including tradition-oriented Harley-Davidson, are making bikes with such high-tech amenities as fuel injection, antilock braking systems and a host of electronic gizmos that automatically adjust brakes, fuel delivery and suspension to changing conditions on the road and in the environment.

Harley is showing off its new antilock braking system with emergency-stop demonstrations in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center parking lot. It is also touting a new isolated drive system aimed at smoothing out vibrations and a new electronically-controlled throttle to better match its cruise control.

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