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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Osamu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control method for a transmission for a motorcycle having a plurality of shift gear trains such that the combination of gears meshing with each other is changed by driving an actuator to change a shift position. When a vehicle body inclination angle β as a sideward inclination angle of a vehicle body of the motorcycle during running of the motorcycle becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, a change in shift position in the transmission is inhibited. The method controls the transmission for the motorcycle in order to reduce an operational load on a rider during turning of the motorcycle.