DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTORCYCLE SEAT FROM ERGONOMICS POINT OF VIEW WITH VIBRATION AND DISCOMFORT ANALYSIS

Today, a rebellious race is taking place among the automobile industry so as to produce highly developed models and the automobile industry has seen a market shift towards sport-utility vehicles. In order to maintain the level of comfort that customers expect from vehicles and still maintain the high safety standards of automobiles, attempts are made to develop an ideal vehicle (motorcycle) which is aesthetically pleasing, ergonomically running and most important is safety. This work solves the problems of human discomfort procured from riding the motorcycle. Also comprises the task of ergonomic considerations in motorcycle seat design using anthropometric data of riders.