METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING KICKBACK OF A MOTORCYCLE PEDAL STARTER

摘要

An apparatus (5) and control system (100) for preventing starter pedal kickback during starting of a motorcycle engine (12). The system includes a segmented target wheel (14) mounted on the engine crankshaft (10) and a sensor (17) that interrogates the rotational speed (X,Y,Z) of the engine at a plurality of predetermined angular intervals ahead of TDC. If minimum rotational speed criteria are not met in the predetermined intervals, logic embedded in the control system either alters the pre- calculated dwell and spark timing to prevent engine reversal and starter pedal kickback or aborts spark ignition altogether.