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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Takeru Oshima, Irvine, CA (US);
Hideto Yoshitake, Akashi, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a motorcycle includes a removal detecting unit for detecting the removal of an equipment, which is required during a public road running of the automotive vehicle, from the motorcycle, a determining unit for determining the presence of the motorcycle on a non-public road area in the event that a determining condition including a detection signal fed from the removal detecting unit is satisfied, and a drive control unit operable in response to a determining signal from the determining unit to set a non-public road mode appropriate to the non-public road running. The equipment referred to above is at least one of a back viewing mirror, a headlight, a tail lamp, a number plate, a license lamp, a warning horn, a side stand and turn indicators.