MOTORCYCLE DYNAMICS AND RIDER CONTROL

Ten (10) papers by various authors were presented at this session. The subjects discussed in these papers included the following: motorcycle steering behavior and straight line stability characteristics; lateral-directional motorcycle dynamics; effect of frame flexibility on high weave of motorcycles; effect of front fork flexibility on the stability of motorcycles; measurement of braking performance; motorcycle dynamics -- fact, fiction and folklore; and riding behavior of motorcyclists as influenced by pavement characteristics. Selected papers were abstracted separately.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • SAE Special Publication SP-248; SAE Int Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, Feb 27-Mar 3, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Braking; Drivers; Driving; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Pavements; Performance; Steering; Vehicle design; Vehicle dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver control response function
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183262
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE SP-428
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 1978 12:00AM