This paper presents some results of driving dynamics analysis. The department of Automotive Engineering of the University of Darmstadt carries out investigations into the behaviour of brakes and the stability of motorcycle driving under consideration of the influence of driver, vehicle and roadway. As a result of their static instability, single-track vehicles are dependent on dynamic stabilization, which means working gyroscopic effects and sufficient adhesion reserves, as far as all the driving maneuvers are concerned. This is of special importance for the breaking procedure of a motorcycle, because there is the possibility of a falling away of the gyroscopic moments and the adhesion reserves at the same time. Concerning the slope of brake force and the distribution of brake force the conventional standard brake is controlled by the driver and it offers no reliability in case of a locking of wheels. National and international studies demonstrate - in spite of an obligatory statistical insufficiency - that braking faults have, as primary or secondary reasons for accidents, an immense part in these accidents on roads. The article discusses the dynamic impact of the standard brake and some ABS-systems. For the covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD 837684.
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