Developing a Blind Spot Monitoring System for my Royal Enfield Shotgun

I have completed the coding part and printed the mountings using a 3D printer. Now, what is left is the assembly.

BHPian pragyaal recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

I am working on a BLDC for my Royal Enfield Shotgun 650.

Problem

My Shotgun is currently Motoverse edition, which came with the bar-end mirrors, which are useless. The blind spots are a real problem. Even the normal mirrors on REs are not good at all. On a lighter note, I think these RE mirrors should be banned.

Solution

I came up with a solution of creating an ultrasonic sensor and connected it to a cell phone for now.

Current work

I have completed the coding part and printed the mountings with a 3D printer. Now, what is left is the assembly. I'm just sharing some pics.

What is next

Next is proper casing and putting complete stuff on the bike. I might also add some wiring to the mirrors so that I can have LEDs glowing behind them like in cars.

I need some ideas from everyone about how they would like these things to be set up on their bikes. Does it really make sense to do this, or does anyone see any safety concerns, etc.?

Pics

Here's what BHPian thtechnician had to say about the matter:

Great concept, but I think the use of the phone is unnecessary. You could use a small 7 segment display or simply RGB LEDs mounted near the mirrors to show the presence behind.

Here's what BHPian ashkamath had to say about the matter:

I have been using blind spot mirrors on all my vehicles since many years. They are the first accessory that I fix on my new vehicle at the showroom itself at the time of delivery. The pair of mirrors cost about Rs 250 and are extremely useful and I have been so accustomed to having them on my RVMs that I feel uncomfortable without them (when driving/riding friend's vehicle).

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