An operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The grip portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The base member includes a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and a first positioning portion. The second lateral surface is provided on a reverse side of the first lateral surface in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The first positioning portion is provided on the first lateral surface. The first positioning portion is configured to position a rider's finger.

An operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The grip portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The base member includes a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and a first positioning portion. The second lateral surface is provided on a reverse side of the first lateral surface in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The first positioning portion is provided on the first lateral surface. The first positioning portion is configured to position a rider's finger.

Articulated bicycle mitts, bike mitts, or pogies, are described. In some embodiments, the configuration of the bike mitts enables the mitts to be utilized on or with various different handlebars, including handlebars having different bar types, sizes, shapes, geometries, and/or orientations. For example, the bicycle mitts, being articulated, include a single base layer, or an outer layer (e.g., a weather protective or protection layer) that flexes or takes on a shape that is dependent on a bar type (e.g., flat bar or swept back) for handlebars to which the mitts are attached. In some embodiments, the base layer or outer layer includes a hinge located at an outer edge of the layer, which facilitates movement of the mitts (e.g., a first section with respect to a second section) based on the bar type of the handlebars of the bicycle.

A bicycle handlebar cushioning system includes a mount contoured to be complementary in shape to a set of bicycle handlebars. The mount is elongated and includes elongated break therein for receiving the handlebars such that the mount is frictionally engaged with the bicycle handlebars. A perimeter wall of the mount has an outer surface having an elongated receiving space therein. A cushioning member is removably positioned in the receiving space. The cushioning member comprises a plate removably positioned in the receiving space. A resiliently compressible member is positioned on a top surface of the plate. A height of the resiliently compressible member and the plate is greater than a depth of the receiving space such that the resiliently compressible member extends outwardly from the receiving space.

A bicycle handlebar cushioning system includes a mount contoured to be complementary in shape to a set of bicycle handlebars. The mount is elongated and includes elongated break therein for receiving the handlebars such that the mount is frictionally engaged with the bicycle handlebars. A perimeter wall of the mount has an outer surface having an elongated receiving space therein. A cushioning member is removably positioned in the receiving space. The cushioning member comprises a plate removably positioned in the receiving space. A resiliently compressible member is positioned on a top surface of the plate. A height of the resiliently compressible member and the plate is greater than a depth of the receiving space such that the resiliently compressible member extends outwardly from the receiving space.

An elongate, tubular handlebar can include a laterally extending central mounting portion, a tubular left body section extending laterally from one side of the mounting portion a tubular right body section extending laterally from the other side of the mounting portion. The right body section may have an elongate, tubular right control portion extending laterally from an inboard end to an outboard end and configured to support a generally laterally extending grip and a right transition portion having a non-circular, transition cross-sectional shape at a first location defining a first width measured in a first direction and a second width that is greater than the first width and is measured in a second direction. Whereby right body section has a first stiffness in the first direction and a second stiffness that is greater than the first stiffness in the second direction.

An elongate, tubular handlebar can include a laterally extending central mounting portion, a tubular left body section extending laterally from one side of the mounting portion a tubular right body section extending laterally from the other side of the mounting portion. The right body section may have an elongate, tubular right control portion extending laterally from an inboard end to an outboard end and configured to support a generally laterally extending grip and a right transition portion having a non-circular, transition cross-sectional shape at a first location defining a first width measured in a first direction and a second width that is greater than the first width and is measured in a second direction. Whereby right body section has a first stiffness in the first direction and a second stiffness that is greater than the first stiffness in the second direction.

A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of a plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) included in the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and, when at least one of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) determines which of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is to be actuated according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).

A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), the vehicle body behavior generating part (25) includes a brake device (BR) configured to brake a host vehicle, and wherein, when the brake device (BR) is actuated regardless of an operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) actuates the brake device (BR) according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).

A snowmobile including a warming element at a handlebar of the snowmobile. The warming element is configured to generate heat in response to electrical current driven therethrough. A user interface is configured to receive inputs from an operator of the snowmobile. The inputs include a first temperature input setting a first predetermined temperature for the warming element. A control assembly includes a warmer control button configured for setting the warming element at the first predetermined temperature. A control module is included with the control assembly and in receipt of inputs from the user interface and the control assembly. The control module is configured to, when the first predetermined temperature is selected by way of the warmer control button, direct sufficient electrical current to the warming element to generate heat equal to the first predetermined temperature.