Motorcycle Safety - Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics, Lane Splitting, Traffic Collision, Motorcycle Training, Countersteering (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics, Lane splitting, Traffic collision, Motorcycle training, Countersteering, Motorcycle components, List of countries by traffic-related death rate, Hurt Report, Highsider, State motorcyclists' rights organizations, List of findings in the Hurt Report, Compulsory Basic Training, MAIDS report, Roadcraft, Motorcycle headlamp modulator, Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus, Yamaha Champions Riding School, Lowsider, Advanced Driving Test, Auto-Cycle Union, List of motorcycle deaths in U.S. by year, Road rash. Excerpt: Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics is the science of the motion of bicycles and motorcycles and their components, due to the forces acting on them. Dynamics is a branch of classical mechanics, which in turn is a branch of physics. Bike motions of interest include balancing, steering, braking, accelerating, suspension activation, and vibration. The study of these motions began in the late 19th century and continues today. Bicycles and motorcycles are both single-track vehicles and so their motions have many fundamental attributes in common and are fundamentally different from and more difficult to study than other wheeled vehicles such as dicycles, tricycles, and quadracycles. As with unicycles, bikes lack lateral stability when stationary, and under most circumstances can only remain upright when moving forward. Experimentation and mathematical analysis have shown that a bike stays upright when it is steered to keep its center of mass over its wheels. This steering is usually supplied by a rider, or in certain circumstances, by the bike itself. Several factors, including geometry, mass distribution, and gyroscopic effect all contribute in varying degrees to this self-stability, but long-standing hypotheses and claims that any single effect, such as gyroscopic or trail, is solely...