Patent ID: 7357464

Claim:
Integral brake system for motorcycles, comprising a hydraulic brake that acts on a first wheel and is connected by a hydraulic line to a main brake cylinder which is controllable with a first brake lever, a brake system acting on a second wheel to which an actuator is assigned that is controllable with both the first brake lever and a second brake lever, said second brake lever not connected by a hydraulic line to the second wheel brake system, and a regulating device hydraulically connected to the first wheel brake system for varying distribution of brake force between the two wheels to obtain an ideal brake force distribution, wherein an electronic control unit is in communication with the regulating device and is electrically connected to a sensor that responds to operation of the hydraulic brake, to the actuator and to the second brake lever, wherein the control unit triggers the actuator as a function of the output signal of the sensor or actuation of the second brake lever to activate the brake system acting on the second wheel, and controls the distribution of brake force between the first wheel and the second wheel to obtain the ideal brake force distribution by changing brake force generated at the second wheel in response to changes in brake force generated at the first wheel.