RADAR OF THE FUTURE

There was once a time when motorcycles were more advanced than automobiles. Double overhead cams were more common on bikes long before cars. Ditto four-valve heads. Hell, even though bikes turned out to be a thermodynamically inefficient blind alley, various Yamahas costing less than $10,000 sprouted five valve heads while the only cars so adorned were Ferraris and one orphaned Audi. The same goes for desmodromic valves, which, if MotoGP and World Superbike top speeds are any indication, work wonders.

That technological advantage basically lasted until