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OWHLY?
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2006
- Location
- Pacifica, CA
- Moto(s)
- are all nice and shiny, then people bring them to SF, and bums tip them over. HA HA!
MAY IS MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH.
from Abate - Bailing Wire Vol. XXVII
Honda Motor Company scientists studying the way the brain reacts to different imagery found that motorcycles that resemble a human face are “significantly” more visible to other drivers. Measurements taken with functional magnetic resonance imaging confirm that a more lifelike front-end design “elicits a response similar to that when a human face is seen,” suggesting that other drivers will more quickly recognize the motorcycle’s presence and react accordingly.
“People in cars will see, not just motorcycles coming at them, but motorcycles with human characteristics and actual faces,” says Charles Kenny, president of Right Brain People, a consumer psychology firm specializing in motor vehicles. “It connects to something very basic in the psyche that goes back to when we were little children.”
Kenny points to the Disney movie “Cars,” and toys such as “Thomas the Train,” both of which cause people to emotionally identify with them as having human presence.
Noteably, major manufacturers such as Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Buell, Triumph, and Ducati purposefully feature front fairings that have what can be described as integrated “cat’s eye” headlights. (road-kill
) John Paolo Canton, spokesperson for Ducati North America says, “Nobody wants to buy a 300km/h motorcycle that looks cute.”
The Japan-only Honda superscooter DN-01, pictured below, deliberately incorporates a human look into the front view.
from Abate - Bailing Wire Vol. XXVII
Honda Motor Company scientists studying the way the brain reacts to different imagery found that motorcycles that resemble a human face are “significantly” more visible to other drivers. Measurements taken with functional magnetic resonance imaging confirm that a more lifelike front-end design “elicits a response similar to that when a human face is seen,” suggesting that other drivers will more quickly recognize the motorcycle’s presence and react accordingly.
“People in cars will see, not just motorcycles coming at them, but motorcycles with human characteristics and actual faces,” says Charles Kenny, president of Right Brain People, a consumer psychology firm specializing in motor vehicles. “It connects to something very basic in the psyche that goes back to when we were little children.”
Kenny points to the Disney movie “Cars,” and toys such as “Thomas the Train,” both of which cause people to emotionally identify with them as having human presence.
Noteably, major manufacturers such as Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Buell, Triumph, and Ducati purposefully feature front fairings that have what can be described as integrated “cat’s eye” headlights. (road-kill
) John Paolo Canton, spokesperson for Ducati North America says, “Nobody wants to buy a 300km/h motorcycle that looks cute.”The Japan-only Honda superscooter DN-01, pictured below, deliberately incorporates a human look into the front view.
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