Development of a revised version of the NHTSA Motorcycle Operator Skill Test (MOST II). Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

An evaluation of the modified motorcycle operator skill test exercises. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Developments in motorcycle rider education.

Mode of access: Internet.

Motorcycle education curriculum specifications. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motorcycle Rider Advancement Course Development Plan. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Research, Washington, D.C.

Improved motorcyclist licensing and testing project. Annual report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Moped task analysis. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Moped task analysis: instructional objectives. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Moped task analysis: task descriptions. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Improved motorcyclist licensing and testing project. Executive summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic/Pedestrian Safety Program, Washington, D.C.

Improved motorcyclist licensing and testing project. Volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic/Pedestrian Safety Program, Washington, D.C.

Improved motorcyclist licensing and testing project. Volume II. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic/Pedestrian Safety Program, Washington, D.C.

Dynamic analysis of the motorcycle chattering behaviour by means of symbolic multibody modelling

Aim of this research is the development and validation of a comprehensive multibody motorcycle model featuring rigid-ring tires, taking into account both slope and roughness of road surfaces. A novel parametrization for the general kinematics of the motorcycle is proposed, using a mixed reference-point and relative-coordinates approach. The resulting description, developed in terms of dependent coordinates, makes it possible to efficiently include rigid-ring kinematics as well as road elevation and slope. The equations of motion for the multibody system are derived symbolically and the constraint equations arising from the dependent-coordinate formulation are handled using a projection technique. Therefore the resulting system of equations can be integrated in time domain using a standard ODE algorithm. The model is validated with respect to maneuvers experimentally measured on the race track, showing consistent results and excellent computational efficiency. More in detail, it is also capable of reproducing the chatter vibration of racing motorcycles. The chatter phenomenon, appearing during high speed cornering maneuvers, consists of a self-excited vertical oscillation of both the front and rear unsprung masses in the range of frequency between 17 and 22 Hz. A critical maneuver is numerically simulated, and a self-excited vibration appears, consistent with the experimentally measured chatter vibration. Finally, the driving mechanism for the self-excitation is highlighted and a physical interpretation is proposed.

The Diversity and Dynamics of Industrial Organisation: Transformation of Local Assemblers in the Vietnamese Motorcycle Industry

This paper focuses on an emerging arm's-length form of industrial organisation in the motorcycle industry, which had traditionally been characterised by tightly integrated form of organisation. By engaging in how this new form of organisation that emerged in China was transferred to Vietnam and evolved in the Vietnamese context, this paper seeks to illustrate how the rise of local firms in developing countries is driving the increased diversity and dynamics of industrial organisation in an industry that had previously been dominated by TNCs from developed countries.

Advanced motorcycle handling and dynamics. Summary technical report - volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.