One of the coolest performance-oriented tech innovations in recent memory just has to be the IMU. The inertial measurement unit was something that was once found on the world’s most high-performance superbikes. Designed to maximize the bike’s grip through corners, the IMU is essentially the closest thing to make our motorcycles sentient beings.
By giving a motorcycle spatial awareness, it equips performance-oriented safety features to be smarter and perhaps even safer. Usually, IMUs work on six axes—left and right lean, left and right yaw, and forward and backward pitch. This means the bike knows when you’re leaned over, when you’re sliding, or when you’re doing a wheelie or stoppie, and is able to make rider aids like traction control and ABS work alongside this information.
It also makes you look really cool, as you’ll be able to do wheelies without having to worry about looping out (not something I recommend you doing if you have absolutely zero wheelie experience).
