The future of motorcycles!?

Scooters seem to be taken over more than Motorcycles , Just yesterday I stopped by my favorite Bike dealership and there was at least 20 scooters in the parking lot and only 5 bikes , The dealership has been selling these scooters like Hotcakes with gas prices skyrocketing . In just the half hour I was there they sold 2 more scooters .So I suppose Daytona will sponsor Scooter week in the future .Lets hope not ,But demand is definitely for more miles to a gallon

I believe that bikes would change dramatically since all this new technology is happening. Some bikes like touring bikes and cruiser bikes would probably have alot more features and more upgrades. They probably would have a four wheeled motorcycle that is street legal and have all safe rights just like cars.

I think that the bikes of the future will be safer and easier to ride but I don't think that they will be smaller or slower. Here in the U.S. most bikes are used for pleasure and not really for transportation. We like our bikes the way they are.

"many more luxuries have found their way onto bikes, like stereos, intercoms, etc."

*faints*

Let's hope in the future riders will be paying more attention to the road with NOTHING to distract them.

the future of bikes will be similar to cars they'll get so advanced that we wont be able to work on them anymore. With tecnology the 600cc bikes wil be putting out as much power as todays 1000 and you will see the larger cc bikes going bye bye

lets think back 10 years ago and how bikes have changed from 1998 to 2008.

most of the changes have been improvements to a unchanged design.

fuel injection, increased reliability, better brakes and suspension

but the major engine and frame designs remain the same.

I believe the future of bikes will be automatic, cvt transmissions, better fuel economy, lower emissions, and the slow phase out of the bigger cruiser bikes, where a future 600 cc engine will have the torque and power of a 1600 cc cruiser bike.

fly by wire with cam buss systems are already in some motorcycles and atv's, linked and abs brakes along with traction control are already here.

The hottest sells in 2008 will be the scooters and the smaller sport bikes.

HD is in trouble, they need to re-tool and and design new, smaller bikes, Harley Davidson Scooter, call it "The HD Scoot"

Will be decided by the consumer. If people won't buy it the manufacturer's won't build it.

bikes in the future will be smaller more torque and hp they will be automatic and the clutch will disappear

Is interesting

try inventing a motorcycle