http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/ Engadget Comments for SportVue MC2 heads-up display for motorcycles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
JT]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Such a simple concept. A brilliant idea.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
Couple that with the radar detector light that I saw somewhere else and you'd be all set.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
#3 Its a joke. Notice how they always seem to say it? Thats cause its their joke and they keep running it. Deal with it or leave.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
#3 I agree, they also promote breaking the law and endangering the lives of others - ha..

Nice peice of Moto tech!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
I used to have one of those Eyetop displays which has a very similar size to the display used for this device, and I thought about rigging it to a rear view camera. Never got around to it, but I don't think it would have been that hard a project.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
It should also be noted that you can program it to recognize the gear you are in by "training the device". This is a useful option to sportbike riders as many bikes do not display gearing on the instrument cluster.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/What I hate about Engadget writers is that they always say "Oooh this device is nice, but we'd buy it if it had only ONE MORE FEATURE. JUST ONE MORE and we'd buy it/approve of it/love it. Guys, innovation comes in small steps - if anyone, you Engadget writers should be aware of that. Give the proper credit where it's due instead of finding excuses to make your entry longer an "more interesting" at the expense of a product's seeming innovation. K thx.

JT
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What I hate about engadget posters is that some of them come here for their daily dose of nerd info, then argue they can do a better job.

I imagine if I punch in www.JT.com I'll be enlightened with hordes of gadgetry info, detailed to the very last spec, without an ounce of personal opinion, suggestion, or humor, right?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
You'd need to wear a helmet, though; so it would be for SCCA type stuff; club racing &c.

The speed sensor is mounted on a wheel, & you have to give the control unit the wheel diameter, so that should be easy enough.

The RPM part of the display apparently reads a feed off the engine computer, so that might get tricky (but not impossible).

But dropping $400 for an experiment that hopefully will get you accurate speed & maybe accurate tach doesn't sound worth it... Would be pretty nice to have a HUD tach for racing, though.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/08/sportvue-mc2-heads-up-display-for-motorcycles/
You basically need to find a spot on the bike for a small box about the size of a pack of cigarettes (typically under the seat), wire up power, and wire a couple sensors (wheel speed and crankshaft position). Gear position is inferred from speed and RPM after going though the setup process.

The display attaches to one's visor - you position it, prep the visor surface, and press on an adhesive clip.

An hour or two at most and they have the connectors and instructions well sorted.

They're having a sale right now:

www.sportvue.com

Cheers,

- Whizmo]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM