Honda scooters could get floor-mounted accelerator pedals like in cars; Files patent

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According to a media report, Honda has filed a patent exertion for a floor-mounted pedal plan for its scooters.

However, dissimilar the scooters of old, wherever the ft pedal operated the brakes, Honda's patent showcases the pedal arsenic an accelerator. The patent images are beauteous self-explanatory, with precise small item revealed otherwise. The images showcase a small, lightweight scooter with an accelerator pedal connected the footboard. The brakes proceed to beryllium connected the scooter's handlebar, though.

The floor-mounted accelerator pedal plan is inactive successful its patent stage. It remains to beryllium seen if Honda really goes up with implementing the plan into an existent accumulation vehicle.

Source: RideApart

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Didn't cognize scooters had brake pedals! But for accelerator, taking U-turns would beryllium interesting. I guess, the pedal needs to beryllium broader - much of a committee astatine that constituent - to alteration taking U-turns connected some sides (with ft connected the ground).

Sounds weird, but aforesaid tin beryllium said for the newer generations likings successful general. Vertical facet ratio caught connected aft decades of cinema pushing the nonstop opposite. So, we ne'er tin tell; conscionable an absorbing thought!

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The geared scooters of yesteryears had ft operated pedals for rear brake.

IMO ft operated pedals is simply a atrocious thought for 2 Wheeled vehicles. Plus however bash they adjacent question Patent extortion connected ft operated pedals, it is rather evident and known and determination is thing caller astir of ft operated pedals per se.

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Completely agree. I cannot fathom wherefore companies similar Ultraviolette person ft rear brakes erstwhile a scooter benignant rear brake could springiness much progression and feel. Sticking throttle controls down numbing shoes is adjacent much baffling.

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Yeah, the Bajajs and others had this. Had to basal connected it fewer times for exigency braking and cablegram to springiness distant

Patents are to screen oneself from different companies. They whitethorn not writer if others usage the same. Not conscionable due to the fact that its wholly novel.

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If the pedal is connected floor, it greatly reduces inferior of scooter atleast successful India.
We are utilized to carrying thing and everything connected the scooter floorboard.

Imagine your kid pressing the accelarator portion lasting connected the floorboard

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Erm... Why? Old scooters had the pedal operated rear brakes arsenic the clutch and cogwheel utilized to beryllium successful the near broadside grip bar.
Wierder inactive that they privation to enactment level mounted accelerators, not brake pedals. Recipe for retired of power runaways. Guess this would beryllium utilized for slightest almighty mopeds oregon the large cruiser/touring scooters similar Goldwing. Even then, models similar Goldwing volition person cruise power making level mounted accelerator of nary peculiar use.

Old scooters with manual transmissions had. Guess, the Honda Eterno was the past scooter sold successful India with brake pedal.

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