Patent ID: 8640809

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a frame defining a roll axis; an engine supported by the frame; a steering assembly pivotally coupled with the frame and pivotable about a steering axis; a front wheel rotatably coupled with the steering assembly; a rear wheel rotatably coupled with the frame; a brake system associated with at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel and configured to facilitate selective braking of at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel; a flywheel assembly comprising at least one inertial mass and being coupled with the frame, said at least one inertial mass being rotatable about a spin axis, wherein rotation of each of said at least one inertial mass produces an overall spin vector that extends coaxially with the spin axis; and a controller coupled with the flywheel assembly and configured to facilitate selective rotation of said at least one inertial mass in order to produce the overall spin vector in anticipation of one of vehicular acceleration and vehicular deceleration, in a direction that facilitates exertion of a counter-pitching moment on the vehicle in opposition of a pitching moment imparted on the vehicle as a result of said one of vehicular acceleration and vehicular deceleration; wherein the flywheel assembly is attached to a front of the frame at a position between the frame and the front wheel, said at least one inertial mass arranged such that the spin axis lies in a plane, and the plane intersects the roll axis and is declined toward a front of the vehicle.