Remember when motorbikes used to be simple things" A bit of metal with a wheel at either end and an engine in the middle. Not anymore. As the 2000s became the 2010s and the 2010s became the 2020s we?ve watched gadgets and gismos aplenty trickle relentlessly into our bikes. Usually from the direction of the four-wheeled world. We’re seeing more and more car tech in bikes. Occasionally, you?ll read a press release that tells you that the tech?s been developed by NASA or that it?s come straight from MotoGP. But the version you get on your road bike will, no doubt, be based on something that cars have been running for years. Decades in fact. And I?m not just talking about heated seats and cruise control. There are a veritable feast of safety, comfort and performance aids that bike manufacturers have cherrypicked from their four-wheeled brethren. But what?s next"
Bikes aren?t about to start rolling out of factories with air conditioning and seat belts all of a sudden. But you can bet your bottom dollar that the next big thing in the bike world will be something that car drivers have already got bored of talking about.

What usually happens with this kind of thing is that a pioneering motorcycle manufacturer gives a new model some exciting tech, and then make a big song and dance about it. Be it ABS, fuel injection, traction control or a supercharger. The manufacturers will bang on about their new USP till the cows come home. But early versions of any new...