Vehicle with lockable tilt system

A vehicle support assembly, comprising:

• first and second tilting wheels disposed respectively at different lateral positions with respect to a longitudinal axis;
• a tilt-mechanism configured for supportively associating a vehicle body from the tilting wheels to enable the vehicle body to tilt through a first tilt range with respect to a surface on which the tilting wheels are disposed;
• a tilt-limiter operably associated with the tilt-mechanism to restrict the tilting of the vehicle body to less than the first tilt range, and releasable to allow the tilting through the first tilt range;
• a speed sensor configured to sense speed of the vehicle;
• and
• a tilt-limiter controller configured to engage the tilt-limiter to restrict the tilting of the vehicle body based on a sensed speed falling below a predetermined deceleration speed threshold and disengage the tilt limiter to allow tilting of the vehicle body based on sensed speed rising above an acceleration speed threshold,
• wherein the tilt mechanism includes a front suspension system including a transverse shock absorber configured for absorbing shocks between the first and second wheels and the vehicle body, and the tilt-limiter is configured for locking the suspension system to prevent relative movement between the first and second wheels when the tilt limiter is operated to restrict the tilting.

A vehicle support assembly, comprising:

• first and second tilting wheels disposed respectively at different lateral positions with respect to a longitudinal axis;
• a tilt-mechanism configured for supportively associating a vehicle body from the tilting wheels to enable the vehicle body to tilt through a first tilt range with respect to a surface on which the tilting wheels are disposed;
• an inclination sensor configured to sense the inclination of the vehicle body with respect to the vertical at least when the vehicle body is at rest;
• a tilt-limiter operably associated with the tilt-mechanism to restrict the tilting of the vehicle body to less than the first tilt range, and releasable to allow the tilting through the first tilt range;
• and
• a tilt adjusting mechanism operatively associated with the inclination sensor and tilt-mechanism to reposition the tilt-mechanism to adjust the inclination of the vehicle body to a predetermined inclination with respect to the vertical based on the sensed inclination when the tilt-limiter is engaged,
• wherein the tilt-mechanism includes a front suspension system including a transverse shock absorber configured for absorbing shocks between the first and second wheels and the vehicle body, and the tilt-limiter is configured for locking the suspension system to prevent relative movement between the first and second wheels when the tilt limiter is operated to restrict the tilting.