Indian Motorcycles Is Developing Lean-Sensitive Adaptive Radar Headlights To Make Night Riding Safer
Photo: Bradley Brownell
Indian Motorcycles filed an extremely detailed patent application for an adaptive headlamp design way back in May of last year, and it was officially published in October. Our friends over at RideApart recently dug it up, and it’s absolutely fascinating. The system uses sensors from all over your motorcycle to provide a speed and lean-angle sensitive pattern of light emission. Having ridden several thousand miles myself in the pitch black of night, I am definitely behind and in support of anything that makes night visibility better.
A Set Of Three-Spoke Wheels Made Me Love My Cheap Nissan Leaf Even More
Photo: Bradley Brownell
I’ve long believed that the wheels you fit to your car make the entire look. You really have to get the wheels right, and sometimes stumbling on an unexpected wheel can completely change the direction you’re going with it. That’s what happened to me. In my search for new wheels for my cheap-ass Nissan Leaf, I stumbled upon these glorious three-spokers and instantly the car’s final form manifested itself in my mind’s eye.
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The first four times I saw this eBay listing in my search for Nissan Leaf wheels, I opened the ad, dreamed for a while, and ultimately closed it to continue the search elsewhere. Two weeks later and I still couldn’t get them out of my head. My wife was the one who convinced me to pull the trigger on this purchase, because I was clearly obsessed with the idea if I hadn’t been able to drop it in all that time. She’s a smart
I Put LED Underglow On My Nissan Leaf Because Tesla Can t Have All The EV Gimmicks
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Tesla has the market cornered on EVs with weird gimmicks like seats that fart, doors that dance to the music, and steering that jerks toward the guardrail when you pass a highway offramp. My cheap-as-hell Nissan Leaf doesn’t have any of that. It’s just a normal everyday economy hatchback that happens to not take any gasoline. So I decided to give it a little more flash with a cheap set of LED underglow lights. As edgelord Elon might tweet, ‘for the epic lulz’.
Go Take A Road Trip To The Actual Middle Of Nowhere
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Last weekend my spouse and I climbed into a Tesla Model Y Dual Motor and set our sights on finding one of the most secluded spots in northern Nevada. This year has been, shall we say, stressful? As a result, we wanted to take a day to do nothing in particular and find a nice way to relax. Being a desert dweller, I’m obsessed with the idea of natural hot springs. Let’s go find one of those!
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There Is Little More Satisfying Than Debadging Your Car
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Does your car really need to advertise what it is on the road everyday? I’m sure that OEMs rely on vehicle badging for visibility and brand recognition, but that advertising is plastered on your car that you’ve paid for. Much like dealership license plate frames or bumper stickers, I have always preferred the look of a car without stick-on plastic lettering telling the world what it is. I don’t wear a name tag every day; neither should my car.
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This weekend I had some spare time to tackle a couple of small cosmetic projects on my recently…Read more