If motocross bikes had this suspension...

Now that is unreal.

...if anyone would do it, it would be KTM.

..if they haven't already...

Honda would do it and show it's possible. Then never use it. Or put it on their Robot lol

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

That's a really old video and the technology was really ahead of its time. I believe they never put it into production because of how expensive it would be, mostly due to all of the sensors and cameras. With the rise of autonomous vehicles though, this may become much less expensive since the autonomous pilot system needs all of those cameras and sensors too. Maybe we'll see something like this on a Tesla some day.

That is awesome!!! I would love to have that in my car or on my bike. Can you imagine that on a Mx bike?? Whoops, no problem anymore..

That is pretty dang cool right there. Had no idea Bose did things like this.

OEM's and Tier 1's been working on this for a long time. Alot of cars using active ride suspension. My buddy works for ZF and they have some new versions coming out here in the next few years like this.

Yeah it is used in some higher end production vehicles already. I've had experience with it through my job. I'm not really a fan. I think it is overcomplicated for the task and there is pretty much no failsafe. If the sensors or electromagnets have any kind of issue, your suspension is non-existent as I understand it.

Voodoo!

As already stated, this isn't new technology. The idea has been around for decades.

The magnetic fluid is ridiculously expensive! Also, with rider input for bike attitude, you would think that system would be useless for dirt bikes.

This being Vital and all, I have to note that the car performed a seat bounce using nothing but springs.




Cue the "Not this shit again" GIFs in 3....2.....1.....

My thoughts exactly

If bikes had that they'd weigh like 1500 lbs and would likely need an onboard generator. But those whoops.

Yep.

Mercedes comes to mind, they've had active roll control for like 10 years now on some models, and the new A8 elevates itself in the event of an impending crash. All cool stuff, but totally useless for moto.

First of all, it would be super expensive and heavy
Second, heat dissipation would probably be an issue
Third, I don't think most would like it because you would eliminate any sort of feedback or feel, and would probably feel really inconsistent
Finally, it wouldn't work as well on a track with ruts and shadows


I would be more interested in a system like the Koenigsegg Agera that uses GPS coordinates to fine tune the suspension dampening for different parts of the track. This could actually work because you have certain sections of the track, like the whoops, that require unique settings that don't really work for the rest of the track. If I could select between 2 or three settings, just like with my ECU, and pre-program where on the track to switch, I could definitely see a potential for that.

That was a bunny hop, but it wasn't a VW Rabbit.

Hydrolastic suspension, Mini's had that back in the 60s....

Would be mega through the whoops, might be a bit strange staying level up a take off haha

The best part of riding, to me anyway, is figuring out lines as a track gets rougher. Hopping braking bumps, using acceleration chop to put the bike in a different line. If I wanted to be a road racer, I could. But moto is great because it's hard.

Also ungodly heavy from what I remember reading

Made me think of Reiger ICS rear suspension. Probably works a bit different but it's an intelligent rear shock that reacts on bumps/chop to keep traction with the rear wheel. Pretty sure that kind of tech is used a lot in MXGP racing.