The new BMW Motorrad Active Cruise Control (ACC). The new BMW Motorrad Active Cruise Control (ACC). Cruise control with distance control for maximum comfort and best possible safety when riding a motorcycle.

Relaxed cruising with active cruise control, without having to  manually adapt to the driving speed of the vehicle in front – already  available in cars now for many years, but not the standard in  motorcycles to date. However, with the Active Cruise Control (ACC),  BMW Motorrad will soon offer this type of rider assistance system,  thus providing motorcyclists with a completely new, comfortable riding experience.

The new BMW Motorrad Active Cruise Control (ACC). Cruise control with  distance control for maximum comfort and best possible safety when  riding a motorcycle.

ACC is a novel rider assistance system that was developed in  cooperation with the partner, Bosch. The many years of experience with  passenger car driver assistance systems of both companies could be  applied selectively here and used for motorcycle applications. The new  ACC provides maximum comfort for the demanding touring motorcyclist by  automatically regulating the speed set by the rider and the distance  to the vehicle driving in front. The system automatically regulates  the vehicle speed when the distance to the vehicle in front is reduced  and keeps the distance defined by the rider. This distance can be  varied in three stages. Both the riding speed as well as the distance  to the vehicle in front can be set conveniently using a button. The  individual settings are displayed on the TFT instrument cluster. The  new BMW Motorrad ACC has two selectable control characteristics:  comfortable or dynamic, in which the acceleration and deceleration  behaviour is changed accordingly. The distance control can also be  deactivated in order to be able to use the Dynamic Cruise Control (DCC).

When cornering, the speed is automatically reduced by the ACC if  required and a comfortable lean angle is aimed at. With an increasing  lean angle, however, the braking and acceleration dynamics are limited  in order to maintain a stable rideability and not to unsettle the  rider by abrupt braking or acceleration. The BMW Motorrad ACC is a  rider assistance system that leaves the responsibility with the rider  and allows him to intervene at all times. That is also because the new  ACC only responds to moving vehicles. Stationary vehicles – like at  the end of a traffic jam or at traffic lights – are are not  considered. In such cases, the rider has to do the braking.