A personal mobility vehicle, such as a scooter, includes at least one battery and motor for powering at least one driven wheel. The vehicle also includes a braking assembly configured to isolate the motor from the at least one driven wheel such that power is terminated from the motor to the at least one wheel in response to a user engaging a braking assembly of the vehicle. The vehicle can include a switch or position sensor that interacts with the braking assembly to initiate the isolation of the motor from the at least one driven wheel and the switch or position sensor preferably is inaccessible to the foot of the user.

A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.

A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.

A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.

A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.

A master cylinder device 38 for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle includes a master cylinder 35 and a reserve tank 36. The cylinder 35 discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal 40. The reserve tank is integrally formed with a cylinder body 35a of the master cylinder 35. A contour 60 of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device 38 extending continuously from a bottom end of the master cylinder body 35a in a vertical direction to an upper end of the reserve tank 36 in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view.

A master cylinder device 38 for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle includes a master cylinder 35 and a reserve tank 36. The cylinder 35 discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal 40. The reserve tank is integrally formed with a cylinder body 35a of the master cylinder 35. A contour 60 of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device 38 extending continuously from a bottom end of the master cylinder body 35a in a vertical direction to an upper end of the reserve tank 36 in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view.

A footrest assembly for a straddle-seat vehicle having a frame is disclosed. The footrest assembly includes a first part connectable to the frame, and a second part selectively connectable to the first part at at least two positions along a length of the first part. The second part has a footrest portion extending generally parallelly to the length of the first part. A combined length of the first and second parts changes in response to the second part being selectively moved from the first position to the second position. A straddle-seat vehicle and an outer part for a footrest assembly are also disclosed.

The invention relates to an actuating device (2) for a brake-by-wire brake system of a motor vehicle, in particular of a tilting vehicle, having at least one actuating element (4) that is able to be actuated by muscular force and is transferable by muscular force from an unactuated rest position (R) into at least one working position (A), having at least one control unit (6) which comprises at least one sensor element (8), by way of which the position of the actuating element (4) is able to be indirectly or directly sensed, and with which a braking force of a brake that is able to be actuated by the control unit (6) is settable depending on the working position (A), sensed by the sensor means, of the actuating element (4), and having at least one restoring unit (10) with which the actuating element (4) is preloaded or able be preloaded by a restoring force into the unactuated rest position (R), wherein the restoring force of the restoring unit (10) and the braking force set at the brake by the control unit (6) increase as the deviation of the respective working position (A) from the rest position (R) of the actuating element (4) increases.

The invention relates to an actuating device (2) for a brake-by-wire brake system of a motor vehicle, in particular of a tilting vehicle, having at least one actuating element (4) that is able to be actuated by muscular force and is transferable by muscular force from an unactuated rest position (R) into at least one working position (A), having at least one control unit (6) which comprises at least one sensor element (8), by way of which the position of the actuating element (4) is able to be indirectly or directly sensed, and with which a braking force of a brake that is able to be actuated by the control unit (6) is settable depending on the working position (A), sensed by the sensor means, of the actuating element (4), and having at least one restoring unit (10) with which the actuating element (4) is preloaded or able be preloaded by a restoring force into the unactuated rest position (R), wherein the restoring force of the restoring unit (10) and the braking force set at the brake by the control unit (6) increase as the deviation of the respective working position (A) from the rest position (R) of the actuating element (4) increases.