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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yotaro Mori, Wako, JP;
Akira Kashiwagi, Wako, JP;
Naoto Yamagishi, Wako, JP;
Satoru Nojima, Wako, JP;
Jun Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Yasushi Miyagi, Wako, JP;
Akito Hiramatsu, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle includes a step operating mechanism that changes the position of pillion steps (passenger steps), and an electronic control unit carries out step inclining control to change the position of the pillion steps, so that footrest surfaces of the pillion steps may each become an inclined surface, in which the steps are pivotally raised such that a portion of the passenger step situated at the vehicle body outside is raised toward the vehicle body upper side relative to a portion of the passenger step situated at the vehicle body inside, in response to at least one of an acceleration operation, a deceleration operation, and a turn operation of the motorcycle. Such arrangement provides a vehicle that can induce an occupant to take a riding posture suitable for the traveling status of the vehicle.