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Shock Isolation Properties in a Swinging Mechanism Suspension Used in Motorcycles (Front Collision Safety)
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To reduce the shock and improve the safety when a motorcycle has a front collision, the authors have created a new suspension system using a crank element and have demonstrated its usefulness. For this purpose, a test motorcycle was made by installing this system on an ordinary motorcycle with an engine displacement of 125 cc. A pulling type impact test apparatus was made to collide the test motorcycle against an obstacle. The shock absorbing characteristics of the suspension system were investigated systematically.
The result shows that the impact load on the motorcycle decreased by approximately 30% when compared with ordinary motorcycles, and that the inclination of the motorcycle in a collision was significantly reduced.
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Yoshioka, K., Motobu, H., and Kanno, A., "Shock Isolation Properties in a Swinging Mechanism Suspension Used in Motorcycles (Front Collision Safety)," SAE Technical Paper 931846, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/931846.Also In
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- Motobu H. Azuma T. Yoshioka K. A Study on a New Type of Isolator for Shock and Vibration Based on a Swinging Motion Mechanism - Part 1: Mechanism of Isolating Shock and Characteristics of Swinging Unit SAE Paper 921592 1992
- Azuma T. Motobu H. Yoshioka K. A Study on a New Type of Isolator for Shock and Vibration Based on a Swinging Motion Mechanism - Part 2: New Bumper System SAE paper 921593 1992
- White Paper of Traffic Safety 1991 28
- Motobu H. Yoshioka K. Azuma T. Studies on the Characteristics of a New Suspension System SAE Paper 930225 1993