Abstract
A self-paced preview tracking control model of motorcycle riders is proposed to represent the control action of a rider who is riding a motorcycle along a curved course, assuming that he can preview the ahead course and predict the future state of the vehicle based upon the present state, and that the previewed ahead course curvature is fed forward and the predicted future deviation is fed back to the rolling moment by shifting his weight and the vehicle speed command respectively. With this model the dynamics of such rider- motorcycle systems is investigated making use of numerical simulation. From these simulation experiments, adequateness of the model is confirmed.
