MOTORCYCLE BRAKING PERFORMANCE. VOLUME I. SUMMARY TECHNICAL REPORT

A study was conducted to evaluate the existing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for Motorcycle Braking Systems and to develop an alternate test methodology which resolves certain shortcomings thereof. Full-scale vehicle tests were conducted, per the existing standard, and the alternate test concept was developed and demonstrated. The study finds that a procedure involving a process of towing the test motorcycle does represent a viable approach suitable for adaptation in a next-generation rule concerning motorcycle braking performance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-265 559.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ervin, R D
  • MacAdam, C C
  • Watanabe, Y
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking; Measures of effectiveness; Motorcycles; Performance; Regulations; Safety; Standards; Testing; Tests; Towing devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-257 Final Rpt., UM-HSRI-76-30-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01264
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM