Compared with other vehicles like cars, the mechanical interaction between rider and his motorcycle is much closer. Dynamics of motorcycles is well understood and even complex multibody models of real bikes have been realized. But models which consider the influence of the rider on the dynamics of the man-machine system are restricted to upper body lean and artificial steering torques. To enable the analysis of issues like motorcycle ride comfort, safety and instable ride modes Biomotion Solutions has developed a biomechanical rider model for motor-cycle simulations which is capable of steering the motorcycle by moving the handlebars. This model is used to identify parameters of rider vibration characteristics and the influence of the rider’s biomechanical parameters on the dynamic ride stability. The developed rider model is capable of stable track following by preview sensor and can be used in ride comfort analysis. (Author/publisher) For this paper, other papers and posters presented at this Symposium see http://bicycle.tudelft.nl/bmd2010/
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