Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8th October. Vintage bikes, classic bikes, modern sports bikes and a few supermoto/motocross bikes thrown in for good measure make for a good spectacle!

 

But those of us with good taste really turned up to cheer on the four Lambretta riders competing. They were all flying the flag and helping to promote the ‘Scooters on the Mount’ side of the hillclimb events.

 

The competitors race up part of Scarborough’s legendary Oliver’s Mount road race circuit. It is an anticlockwise track, which is very rare in racing. The bit the hillclimb sprint uses, starts in the area normally used for the pits and finishes at the top of the main hill – the highest point on the track.

 

The riders go up one at a time with a 30 second or so delay, which makes for constant flowing action. The bikes go in category order – classic, then modern and in different capacity limits too.

 

 

Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8th October. Vintage bikes, classic bikes, modern sports bikes and a few supermoto/motocross bikes thrown in for good measure make for a good spectacle!

 

But those of us with good taste really turned up to cheer on the four Lambretta riders competing. They were all flying the flag and helping to promote the ‘Scooters on the Mount’ side of the hillclimb events.

 

The competitors race up part of Scarborough’s legendary Oliver’s Mount road race circuit. It is an anticlockwise track, which is very rare in racing. The bit the hillclimb sprint uses, starts in the area normally used for the pits and finishes at the top of the main hill – the highest point on the track.

 

The riders go up one at a time with a 30 second or so delay, which makes for constant flowing action. The bikes go in category order – classic, then modern and in different capacity limits too.

 

 

Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8th October. Vintage bikes, classic bikes, modern sports bikes and a few supermoto/motocross bikes thrown in for good measure make for a good spectacle!

 

But those of us with good taste really turned up to cheer on the four Lambretta riders competing. They were all flying the flag and helping to promote the ‘Scooters on the Mount’ side of the hillclimb events.

 

The competitors race up part of Scarborough’s legendary Oliver’s Mount road race circuit. It is an anticlockwise track, which is very rare in racing. The bit the hillclimb sprint uses, starts in the area normally used for the pits and finishes at the top of the main hill – the highest point on the track.

 

The riders go up one at a time with a 30 second or so delay, which makes for constant flowing action. The bikes go in category order – classic, then modern and in different capacity limits too.

 

 

Approx 70 or so motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and ages were entered into the Oliver’s Mount Race Circuit Hillclimb on Sunday 8th October. Vintage bikes, classic bikes, modern sports bikes and a few supermoto/motocross bikes thrown in for good measure make for a good spectacle!

 

But those of us with good taste really turned up to cheer on the four Lambretta riders competing. They were all flying the flag and helping to promote the ‘Scooters on the Mount’ side of the hillclimb events.

 

The competitors race up part of Scarborough’s legendary Oliver’s Mount road race circuit. It is an anticlockwise track, which is very rare in racing. The bit the hillclimb sprint uses, starts in the area normally used for the pits and finishes at the top of the main hill – the highest point on the track.

 

The riders go up one at a time with a 30 second or so delay, which makes for constant flowing action. The bikes go in category order – classic, then modern and in different capacity limits too.

 

Lots of accidents are caused at low speeds by a loss of stability, missing your footing or over balancing a heavy machine. This new self balancing system from Honda will help eliminate those problems and give less novice riders extra confidence. 

 

Honda debuted their Moto Riding Assist technology at CES Show in Las Vegas yesterday. The system uses Honda’s robotics technology to balance the bike at a standstill. The system uses tech originally developed for the company’s UNI-CUB personal mobility device, rather than relying on heavy gyroscopes, as used on similar systems being developed by other companies (BMW for instance). 

 

Honda’s system alters the angle of the forks when in ‘balance mode’ and moves the front tyre away from the bike to create perfect balance. It works so well that the bike is shown in the promo video following the rider to a parking space at a walking pace. It can also ride itself. There’s no news on if and when the Honda Riding Assist tech will make it into production but with Honda’s history we’re pretty sure it will and will hopefully end up in a few scooters as well.  

 

Honda UNI-CUB

 

The UNI-CUB was also exhibited in Las Vegas, it’s a self-balancing personal mobility device that allows a seated rider to use their body weight to move in any direction, control speed and stop. Honda are also developing software for the UNI-CUB which will enable it to be controlled by Smartphone. Interestingly the UNI-CUB can move diagonally as well as backwards, forwards and side to side. Meaning it will be useful when manouevreing amongst people, or in tight places. The future of office chair racing is getting brighter all the time…

 

Iggy 

 

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