Honda working on climate-controlled seat for bikes

- Temperature of these seats can be controlled by the rider

- Tested on Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade

- Likely to debut on the Honda Gold Wing

Honda is working on climate-controlled seats for motorcycles, as revealed by the company's recently filed patent. The temperature of these seats can be manually varied to make them hot or cold, depending on the ambient temperature. Hitherto, this type of feature has only been available in cars. Now, Honda aims to introduce it in motorcycles as well.

The filed patent explains the working mechanism of this new system. It consists of a seat made up of plastic mesh material which allows air to pass through it. This seat has integrated duct pipes which act as the pathway for hot or cold air in order to vary the seat’s temperature. Now, one pipe is connected to the ram air intake for channelling high-pressure cold air to the seat. Meanwhile, another pipe draws hot air from the radiator to keep the seat warm in cold days. Reportedly, Honda has developed a control mechanism for this system which will allow the rider to manually tweak the temperature of the seat.

Interestingly, the climate-controlled seat is not just a patented theory. Reports suggest that Honda tested it on the previous-generation CBR 1000RR Fireblade. The company has carried out tests in wind tunnels and recorded the response time and precision of the system. Although tested on the CBR, it is likely that the climate-controlled seat will debut on the Honda Gold Wing which is a full-size touring motorcycle.

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