Road simulation device

A road simulation device for qualitative testing or demonstration of a motorcycle, the device comprising:

• (a) a motorcycle support frame including entrance means, exit means, a rigid, immovable one-piece longitudinal motorcycle support means extending substantially horizontally between said entrance means and said exit means, having a length at least as long as a motorcycle to be tested or demonstrated thereon and having opposing ends one of said opposing ends fixed substantially adjacent to said exit means, and vertical support means for positioning said longitudinal motorcycle support means spacedly upward from a floor at the exit end of said longitudinal motorcycle support means;
• (b) a housing disposed between said entrance means and said longitudinal motorcycle support means;
• (c) a rotation assembly located within said housing and including a first roller and a second roller positioned side-by-side, horizontally parallel to each other and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the motorcycle support means for rotatably supporting and for forcible rotation by the rear tire of a motorcycle positioned upright upon said device;
• (d) drag applying means connected to said first roller;
• and
• (e) means for controlling said drag applying means attached thereto;
• whereby to simulate the effect of a road to permit qualitative testing or demonstration of the operation of a motorcycle secured upon said road simulation device without the necessity of placing a driver on the motorcycle and taking the motorcycle onto a road.