Driving assistance technology continues to take steps forward in the world of 2 wheels. Yeah. Sling has just presented in Milan one of its most ambitious bets in this field: Honda SENSING RIDE. A set of “10 electronic functions” designed to help the pilot anticipate certain risk situations, maintain safe distances and reduce effort while driving.
The new system takes as a starting point the experience accumulated by the Japanese brand with Honda SENSINGits well-known package of assistants for the automotive world, but it incorporates solutions developed specifically for the needs of a motorcycle. Your first application will arrive with the new CRF1150L Africa Twin Adventure Sports 2027becoming one of the main technological innovations of the renewed family adventure.
The proposal is based on “2 millimeter wave radars”, one installed in the front and the other in the rear, capable of detecting vehicles surrounding the motorcycle. Based on this information, the electronics jointly analyze the behavior of the motorcycle and the actions of the rider to offer warnings and certain assistance interventions.
The DCT gearbox, a fundamental piece in the Honda SENSING RIDE
One of the most important aspects of Honda SENSING RIDE is its integration with the dual clutch transmission DCT. This is not a casual choice: this technology allows the clutch and gear ratios to be managed automatically, facilitating coordination with some of the assistance functions.
The combination is especially interesting when the control of ACC adaptive cruise with Stop & Go function. The system can regulate speed and maintain distance from the vehicle in front, even in slow traffic situations with frequent stops. When the machine stops, the DCT It facilitates the management of the transmission and allows the assembly to work more fluidly. To resume driving, however, the pilot’s intervention is necessary. Sling It thus seeks to reduce fatigue in urban trips and long trips, without eliminating the motorist’s participation in driving.
Ten functions of CRF1150L Africa Twin Adventure Sports Honda SENSING RIDE 2027 features to improve security:
- Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC): maintains the selected cruising speed and automatically adapts the distance to the vehicle in front.
- ACC with Stop & Go: Expands the capabilities of adaptive cruise control to manage stop-and-go traffic situations, reducing the need to continuously accelerate and decelerate.
- Group Ride Assist: one of the most striking functions. It is designed to help maintain adequate separation between motorcycles when riding in a group, adapting the following distance.
- Distance Assist: intervenes when the biker accelerates and approaches the vehicle in front, helping to maintain an appropriate safety distance.
- Emergency Brake Assist: provides additional braking assistance when the risk of collision with a preceding vehicle is detected and the rider begins to brake.
- Forward Collision Warning: uses the instrument panel to warn the pilot when it identifies a possible risk of a frontal collision.
- Brake Press– Works in conjunction with forward collision warning to provide additional warning to the pilot.
- Blind Spot Information: detects the presence of other vehicles in the blind spot, especially when they approach from the diagonal rear area. The warning is transmitted by the illumination or flashing of the indicators integrated in the rear-view mirrors.
- Rear Collision Warning: Warns vehicles traveling behind by rapidly flashing the turn signals when it detects a possible risk of a rear-end collision.
- Rear Distance Information: informs the rider, through the instrument panel display, when another vehicle is rapidly approaching from behind.
This technological set from the house of the golden wing therefore combines warning systems, distance control and assistance for certain maneuvers. Nevertheless, Sling Remember that these technologies have limitations and do not replace the motorist’s constant attention or responsibility.
Honda wants to reach zero fatalities by 2050
The development of Honda SENSING RIDE It is part of the global security strategy of the Japanese company, which works under the motto Safety for Everyone (Safety for all). Yeah, Sling has set 2 big objectives. The first involves reducing by half, before 2030 and compared to 2020, the fatalities in traffic accidents related to motorcycles and cars of the brand, taking into account the number of units sold.
The second is even more ambitious: to achieve, by 2050, a society in which there are no fatalities in traffic accidents in which its mobility products are involved. With Honda SENSING RIDEthe Japanese firm takes an important step in that direction and opens a new stage in the incorporation of radars and electronic assistants to its motorcycles. A technology that debuts in its adventure reference and could become one of the great lines of development of safety on 2 wheels.
