Control of motorcycle steering instabilities by Evangelou, S, Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Smith, M

“…The compensators show the potential to significantly improve the damping of both wobble and weave modes simultaneously. The dynamic characteristics of high-performance motorcycles can be improved by replacing the conventional steering damper with a passive mechanical steering compensator. …”

The stability of motorcycles under acceleration and braking by Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Evangelou, S

“…Except at very low speeds, inclines, acceleration and deceleration appear to have little effect on the damping or frequency of the weave mode. Non-linear simulations have quantified the known difficulties to do with rear tyre adhesion in heavy braking situations that are dominated by rear wheel braking.…”

Steering compensation for high-performance motorcycles by Evangelou, S, Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Smith, M, ieee

“…The study shows that it is possible to obtain significant improvements in the dynamic properties of the primary oscillatory modes, known as "wobble" and "weave", over a full range of lean angles, as compared with the standard machine fitted with a conventional steering damper.…”

Stability of motorcycles under acceleration and braking by Limebeer, D, Evangelou, S, Sharp, R

“…Except at very low speeds, inclines, acceleration and deceleration appears to have very little effect on the damping or frequency of the weave mode. Nonlinear simulation have quantified the known difficulties to do with rear type adhesion in heavy braking situations that are dominated by rear wheel braking.…”

An ℋ∞ loop-shaping approach to steering control for high-performance motorcycle by Evangelou, S, Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Smith, M

“…The results extend further the significant improvements achieved in the dynamic properties of the primary oscillatory modes ('wobble' and 'weave') obtained previously by replacing the conventional steering damper with passive mechanical steering compensation schemes. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.…”

Mechanical steering compensators for high-performance motorcycles by Evangelou, S, Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Smith, M

“…The results show that, compared to a conventional steering damper, it is possible to obtain significant improvements in the dynamic properties of the primary oscillatory modes, known as "wobble" and "weave." Copyright © 2007 by ASME.…”

Motorcycle steering oscillations due to road profiling by Limebeer, D, Sharp, R, Evangelou, S

“…At higher speeds it is the weave and front wheel hop modes that become vulnerable to road forcing. …”