Patent ID: 8029287

Claim:
A riding simulation system for providing an operator with a simulated experience of a running condition of a motorcycle, said system comprising: a display for displaying scenery viewable to the operator as a video image on the display, wherein said video image is simulated based on an operating condition designated by the operator through the operation of an operating condition simulating mechanism; a steering handle mechanism capable of being gripped by the operator; a body for rotatably securing said steering handle mechanism, the body comprising a pair of left and right main frames, a centrally located main frame, and a pair of sub-frames connected to roughly central portions of the left and right main frames so as to extend from the left and right main frames in a direction away from the operator of the simulation system; and a control unit for said system being mounted in a position between downwardly sloping linear portions of said pair of left and right main frames and under the centrally located main frame, lateral sides of the control unit having lengths which are parallel to the downwardly sloping linear portions, the position of the control unit being such that most of the control unit extends below where the sub-frames are connected to the downwardly sloping linear portions of left and right main frames, the position of the control unit being rearward with respect to each of the sub-frames, wherein each of the left and right main frames includes a horizontal linear portion extending from a lower end of the corresponding downwardly sloping linear portion in the direction away from the operator of the simulation system direction and parallel to the corresponding sub-frame, wherein said riding simulation apparatus is adapted to be mounted on a standard household table, and since the control unit is mounted such that the lengths of the lateral sides of the control unit are parallel to the downwardly sloping linear portions, the control unit is mounted completely away from an upper side of the standard household table.