High-powered motorcycle vibrations might impact iPhone camera

Post by dharmab » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

vzaliva wrote: post #93

tomxor wrote: post #87

> Attaching your iPhone to vehicles with small-volume or electric engines, such as mopeds and scooters, may lead to comparatively lower-amplitude vibrations. No superbikes for you Apple users :D - recoils in anticipation of onslaught of downvotes - In all fairness I expect it's going to be difficult to design anything with such small delicate moving parts to be invulnerable to arbitrary frequency vibrations. It can a…

I think the problematic engines are big Harley twins which vibrate like hell and run relatively low revs. Superbikes engines are usually operate on high RPMs and vibrate less.

Post by dharmab » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 4:46 PM UTC

kristianpaul wrote: post #91

Buy a gopro then?

Post by hughrr » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #106

hughrr wrote: post #76

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Yeah it’s just being a nuisance for the sake of it. There was one who lived over the road from me a few years back who would rev his broken exhaust bike at 5am and wake everyone up. About three weeks later his motorcycle mysteriously caught fire in the early evening. There were people smirking out of their windows enjoying the schadenfreude. There’s still a puddle of aluminium melted into the ground where it died.

> Yeah it’s just being a nuisance for the sake of it. It's a lot like rolling coal[1]. No actual safety purpose, people do it simply to project insecurity and irritate others. Sometimes I think society is too tolerant of purely antisocial behavior, but I guess in the US everyone has the freedom to be a donkey. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal

Post by dharmab » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:04 PM UTC

1970-01-01 wrote: post #67

Factorium wrote: post #23

ICE motorbikes seem like the most obvious type of vehicle to immediately mandate 100% EV, with an aggressive target like 12 months (to clear out existing inventory). The segment and vehicles themselves are small enough that this changeover can be made fairly easily, with immense benefits for noise pollution in cities.

You have it backwards. Motorcycle riders are not going to swing over to electric at any time soon: Bikers keep their rides for decades and ICE motorcycles can last just as long and cars, if not longer, and The price for entry on a new electric motorcycle is so far away from the price of ICE motorcycles it financially can not work for owners. And There is little benefit to the environment to switch. Modern motorcycles…

Post by dharmab » Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

int0x2e wrote: post #45

kingkawn wrote: post #35

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For the bikes being loud enough that everyone knows you’re coming is life and death issue on the road surrounded by huge cars and trucks

Sorry, but as a person with over 15 years of motorcycle driving experience - "loud pipes save lives" is mostly a myth. They may help sometimes, but they can also be dangerous since in some settings they can scare the heck out of the car driver which can lead to them making unpredictable choices. Ultimately, the best thing a rider can do is take total ownership over our safety - full protective gear, constantly taking…