http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1pDehH5-g&feature=player_embedded

I think a self leveling headlight that responds quickly to lean angle is a great idea. Even low speed cornering is unsafe after dark if you ride where there are no street lights. My solution is "don't ride in the dark." Personally, the system they show in that vid you posted looks too cumbersome for a sport bike. Great for sport touring but I would not want some kind of motor driven mirror flipping out on a bike that is primarily for sport riding. Just too complex. If they could make it lighter in weight than standard lamps, I would be sold.

My thoughts would be that it would be way more effective if a sensor on the helmet told the headlight which direction to aim the beam. Also, this would need to be something that could be fitted to most any bike relatively easy.

Id say even if it had a maximum .25 second delay between actual lean angle and sensed lean angle (if it is an electronically controlled system), it would still be better than a conventional fixed headlight system. Considering that a person's average reaction time is roughly .25 seconds, I don't think the "lag" would create any noticeable disadvantage. And I'm sure (at least I hope) that if the system begins to malfunction, it would error code the computer and zero the headlight angle to act like a standard setup. Any way you look at it the system is beneficial IMO.

sweet

I've got my lamps(HID's) adjusted pretty darn close to what they need to be without blinding any oncoming drivers....I use my high beams exclusively at night,and only drop em when there's someone coming...like...way off ahead.My brites light up EVERTHING like that vid showed of the adaptive beam in the straight AND curve.My lamps illuminate as good as that vid.Seriously.On lows,yeah,they will illuminate like the "non-adaptive beam"...clearly angling with the bike position.But my brites cancel that out,and illuminate ALL the road WAY in front.As well as the sides of the curves.As long as no one's coming at me,I can cruise feeling safe.Very Nice.And my lows are set to illuminate a good 75,80 feet out,with the round portion about 3 feet out from my frontend...so I can STILL see really well with just those on(I still get good side coverage where I need it).I angled my lenses to be just slightly off center for the oncoming cars.It didn't affect the overall pattern,but it does set the projected beam off the dead on hit to oncoming traffic.So what they see is NOT a direct hit from the beam.If you turn your lights on,and look at your lows,moving just off center of the beam is what they see.So I stood about 15,20 feet away,and faced my bike.Then I determined what an oncoming car would be getting...and adjusted kind of guessing that there would be around 3-5 feet between me and the car as they passed.Then adjusted the beams over to the right to compensate for that footage.It seems to have worked okay...I don't get brighted at night.But that adaptive deal is really cool.

* Last updated by: blue07 on 7/6/2010 @ 4:50 AM *