Motorcycle Heads-up Display

[GSDrifter]

Just heard that they've come out with a heads-up display for motorcycles that will provide speed, gear position, RPM and possibly more data. I'm not sure if the Info. will be displayed on the face shield, or on some type of flip-down mini screen, but a friend of mine saw this at a recent motor-sports dealer show and was told that they're in the moto-world near future.

[that_guy_you_know]

I saw something about it in Popular Science a couple months ago... pretty cool.

[TourOnTwo]

Originally Posted by that_guy_you_know

I saw something about it in Popular Science a couple months ago... pretty cool.

Do the cross hairs lock onto the exhaust of the slow moving vehicle directly in front of you? A couple of sidewinders would be a nice option.

We can only hope!
Ned

[GSDrifter]

Originally Posted by TourOnTwo

Do the cross hairs lock onto the exhaust of the slow moving vehicle directly in front of you? A couple of sidewinders would be a nice option.

We can only hope!
Ned

As great as that would be, I think it's a ways off. BUT! BMW has come out with a "BlueTooth" helmet, which lets you send and receive cellphone calls and uses a bone conductivity microphone. You basically talk through your ear. So, combine that, with the heads-up display and XM Radio, we are going to be flying like never before!

[Fastfar]

While not the complete instrumentation GSrifter mentioned, I have seen a heads up indicator that mounts to the helmet and hooks to a Valentine radar detector. It gives a visual ony warning with a little red LED. I think it is intended to allow stealth mounting of the detector.

[deaconblues]

That's known as a HARD indicator. Stands for Helmet Assisted Radar Display. And no, it's not just for stealth mounts of the radar detector... it's to overcome the fact that one can't hear the detector chirping, so it provides a visual cue that the detector's picked something up.

[msfv65]

Hum wounder how long til GPS is an option for the H.U.D.

[Mac]

http://www.veypor.com/hud.html

For $300 you get the Sportvue HUD but it says you also need the Motorcycle Performance Gauge to work and if I read it right it was another $280. Kind of pricey, but if you get one of those refund checks and just can't think of anything else to spend it on...Just let us know how it goes.

Here are their claims;

Veypor Features Include:
- Portable Dynamometer plots HP and TQ curves
- Full tree and Pro tree staged 1/4 Mile runs
- 0-60Mph Testing
- Braking Test
- Roll-on Test for any speeds
- General Datalogging
- Save up to 8 runs
- Metric and Imperial Units
- Gear indicator
- Lap Timer
- Course Analyzer
- Save up to eight different lap timing sessions of 30 laps each
- Save configuration data for up to 4 different vehicles
- Super visible shiftlight with two brightness levels.
- Programmable Shift light
- Programmable RPM launch window
- Programmable Speed light
- Dual stage shift light for multiple shift levels
- Download all data to a PC
- Powerful PC graphing analysis software
- G-Force Display
- Stopwatch
- Full data-logging
- High sampling rate
- Multiple on-screen graphing modes
- VIR Infra Red Laptimer support
- Heads up Display Support
- Universal Motorcycle mount or car windshield suction cup
- User upgradeable firmware
- Easy installation

Highly Accurate Full-Time Instrumentation including:
- Permanent Odometer
- Tripmeter
- Tachometer
- Speedometer