Motorcycle, and method for operating a holding device of a headlight of a motorcycle
Patent Information
- Application Number
- EP2023757220
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2022-08-25
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing motorcycle headlight systems fail to maintain stable illumination and positioning during chassis movements such as pitching, rolling, and yawing, leading to excessive overshoot and inconsistent light distribution, which compromises safety and operational effectiveness.
A gimbal suspension system with a drive device that allows the headlight to pivot about multiple perpendicular axes, counteracting chassis movements and maintaining the headlight's center of gravity, combined with an environmental camera for enhanced situational awareness, ensuring stable illumination and positioning.
The gimbal suspension system and drive device effectively counteract chassis movements, maintaining the headlight and camera's initial positions, ensuring consistent and safe illumination and surveillance of the surroundings, even during acceleration, braking, and cornering.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] MOTORCYCLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HOLDING DEVICE FOR A HEADLIGHT OF A MOTORCYCLE
[0002] The invention relates to a motorcycle according to the preamble of patent claim 1 or 2. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a holding device of a motorcycle according to the preamble of patent claim 10.
[0003] DE 3743 137 02 discloses a device for automatically correcting the alignment of a motor vehicle's headlight beam. Furthermore, DE 198 17 594 02 discloses a headlight stabilizer system. Furthermore, DE 102019 123 312 B3 discloses a mounting device for a headlight.
[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle and a method for operating a holding device of a motorcycle, so that a particularly advantageous operation of the motorcycle can be realized.
[0005] This object is achieved according to the invention by a motorcycle having the features of patent claim 1, by a motorcycle having the features of patent claim 2, and by a method having the features of patent claim 10. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
[0006] A first aspect of the invention relates to a motorcycle, which can be designed in particular as a motorbike. The motorcycle has a headlight, by means of which at least a partial area of the motorcycle's surroundings can be illuminated. This means that the headlight can provide light and radiate it into or onto the surroundings, thereby illuminating at least a partial area of the surroundings. The headlight is held on a chassis of the motorcycle, also referred to as a frame or designed as a frame, via a cardanic suspension of a holding device of the motorcycle. The holding device comprises a drive device and the cardanic suspension. The cardanic suspension allows pivoting movements of the headlight about at least or exactly two pivot axes running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis.In other words, because the headlight is held on the chassis via the gimbal suspension, the headlight can be pivoted relative to the chassis about both a first of the pivot axes and a second of the pivot axes, wherein the pivot axes run perpendicular to one another. This means that the headlight can perform the first of the pivoting movements relative to the chassis about the first pivot axis, and the headlight can perform the second of the pivoting movements relative to the chassis about the second pivot axis. In other words, the headlight is rotatably movable, i.e., rotatable, about both the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis.For example, the first pivot axis runs in the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle, also referred to as the vehicle, and therefore parallel to the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle, or the first pivot axis runs, for example, in the transverse direction of the motorcycle, and therefore parallel to the transverse direction of the motorcycle, or the first pivot axis runs in the vertical direction of the motorcycle, and therefore parallel to the vertical direction of the vehicle. The vehicle longitudinal direction is also referred to as x or the x-direction, whereby the vehicle transverse direction is also referred to as y or the y-direction, and whereby the vehicle vertical direction is also referred to as z or the z-direction. The second pivot axis runs, for example, in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and therefore parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle, or in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and therefore parallel to the vertical direction of the vehicle, in particular when the first pivot axis runs in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.The second pivot axis runs, for example, in the vehicle's longitudinal direction, thus parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal direction or in the vehicle's vertical direction or parallel to the vehicle's vertical direction, in particular when the first pivot axis runs in the vehicle's transverse direction or parallel to the vehicle's transverse direction. For example, the second pivot axis runs in the vehicle's longitudinal direction or parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal direction or in the vehicle's transverse direction or parallel to the vehicle's transverse direction, in particular when the first pivot axis runs in the vehicle's vertical direction or parallel to the vehicle's vertical direction.
[0007] The cardanic suspension can be used to compensate for, for example, pitching movements of the motorcycle in the transverse direction and rolling movements of the motorcycle in the longitudinal direction, or the cardanic suspension can be used to compensate for pitching movements and yawing movements of the motorcycle in the vertical direction, or the cardanic suspension can be used to compensate for, for example, rolling movements and yawing movements of the motorcycle.This means in particular that, for example, if the chassis executes a pitching and / or rolling and / or yawing movement starting from a respective starting position of the chassis and the headlight and is thus moved from the starting position of the chassis, the headlight retains its starting position or is only moved slightly, i.e. less than the chassis is moved from the starting position of the chassis. Due to the gimbal suspension, the headlight does not follow the pitching and / or rolling and / or yawing movement of the chassis, or only follows it slightly or to a lesser extent than the chassis, so that despite the pitching and / or rolling and / or yawing movement, the surroundings can still be illuminated particularly advantageously by means of the headlight. This ensures particularly safe and therefore advantageous operation of the motorcycle.
[0008] In order to achieve particularly advantageous, and in particular particularly safe, operation of the motorcycle, the drive device is designed to provide a force and / or a torque and exert it on the gimbal suspension in order to counteract the respective pivoting movement of the headlight, which may be configured as a headlight, for example, about the respective pivot axis, and thereby decelerate the respective pivoting movement. This can prevent excessive overshoot.This particularly means the following: If the chassis, for example, performs a movement such that the chassis is moved from its initial position, the headlight pivots about at least one of the pivot axes relative to the chassis, in particular such that, although the chassis is moved from its initial position, the headlight remains in the headlight's initial position or is moved from the headlight's initial position to a lesser extent than the chassis is moved from its initial position. This effectively balances or compensates for the aforementioned movement of the chassis.The gimbal mount and the headlight attached to it form, for example, a system or are part of a system which, due to the gimbal mount, automatically or independently, in particular always, levels itself, i.e. aligns or maintains itself, preferably only through the effect of gravity. As a result, for example, a cone of light provided or provided by the headlight to at least partially illuminate the surroundings remains at least and therefore stable, even though the chassis moves from its initial position. The chassis moves, for example, due to the motorcycle being accelerated or braked while driving, or cornering and thus being placed into a curve by the rider, or the chassis performing a yawing movement.Acceleration and braking of the motorcycle, for example, causes the motorcycle, in particular the chassis, to pitch. Thus, during its respective pivoting movement, in particular with respect to a predetermined or predeterminable reference system, the headlight executes the pivoting movement relative to the chassis in a direction of movement. Since the drive device is now designed to provide the aforementioned force and / or torque and exert it on the cardanic suspension and thereby counteract the respective pivoting movement, in particular in the direction of movement, it is possible to prevent the headlight from moving excessively far in the direction of movement. This can prevent the headlight from excessively leaving its initial position when the chassis is moved out of its initial position.The drive unit and the cardanic suspension form a gimbal system, also known as a gimbal system, which prevents unwanted and excessive movement of the spotlight, especially when the chassis is moved from its initial position. This ensures an advantageous light distribution of the light provided or provided by the spotlight and intended to illuminate at least the partial area, both in the initial position of the chassis and in positions of the chassis that differ from the initial position, thus ensuring particularly safe and advantageous operation.In particular, the gimbal system can ensure that the aforementioned system consisting of the cardanic suspension and the spotlight held thereon always remains in its center of gravity or is leveled, despite and while, for example, the chassis is moved out of its initial position.
[0009] For example, the motorcycle has at least or exactly one inertial measuring unit, or the motorcycle has, for example, several inertial measuring units. The respective inertial measuring unit is also referred to as an IMU (inertial measurement unit). The respective inertial measuring unit can, for example, record at least one measured variable that describes a respective orientation or position of the chassis, in particular about the vehicle's vertical direction and / or the vehicle's longitudinal direction and / or vehicle's transverse direction. For example, the respective inertial measuring unit can provide a respective, in particular electrical, measurement signal that describes, i.e. characterizes, the respective variable recorded by the respective inertial measuring unit, in particular at least one value of the respective measured variable recorded by the respective inertial measuring unit.In this case, it is particularly conceivable for the drive device to be controlled and thus operated, in particular controlled or regulated, as a function of the signal and thus as a function of the measured variable detected by the respective inertial measuring unit, in particular to provide the force or torque and exert it on the gimbal and thus counteract the respective pivoting movement, thus decelerating the respective pivoting movement. This allows, for example, the center of gravity of the system and / or the center of gravity of the headlight to always be kept in or at the same position while and even though the chassis is moved and thus moved out of its initial position.
[0010] A second aspect of the invention relates to a motorcycle having at least one headlight designed to illuminate at least a partial area of the surroundings of a motorcycle, which headlight is held on a chassis of the motorcycle via a holding device having a drive device and a cardanic suspension which allows pivoting movements of the headlight about at least two pivot axes running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis.
[0011] In order to enable particularly safe and thus advantageous operation of the motorcycle, the second aspect of the invention provides that the motorcycle has at least one environmental camera designed to capture at least one area of the surroundings, which is held on the chassis via the holding device and can therefore be pivoted about the pivot axes relative to the chassis together with the headlight. The gimbal suspension thus has a dual function. On the one hand, the gimbal suspension is used to hold the headlight to the chassis and thus to compensate for movements of the chassis or the motorcycle with regard to the alignment or position of the headlight, such that the headlight, in particular always, remains in its initial position, even though and while, for example, the chassis is moved out of its initial position.Secondly, the gimbal suspension is used simultaneously to prevent the surround-view camera from moving excessively with the chassis. Thus, both the headlight and the surround-view camera, also simply referred to as the camera, always remain in their initial positions despite any movements of the chassis. Thus, at least a portion of the surroundings can be advantageously illuminated by the headlight, and the surroundings can thus be particularly advantageously captured by the camera. This ensures particularly safe and therefore advantageous operation of the motorcycle. Advantages and advantageous embodiments of the first aspect of the invention are to be regarded as advantages and advantageous embodiments of the second aspect of the invention, and vice versa.
[0012] In order to be able to realize a particularly safe and thus advantageous operation of the motorcycle, it is provided in an embodiment of the second aspect of the invention that the drive device is designed to provide a force and / or a torque and to exert it on the cardanic suspension in order to thereby counteract the respective pivoting movement of the headlight and the surroundings camera about the respective pivot axis and thereby brake the respective pivoting movement.
[0013] A further embodiment of the second aspect of the invention is characterized in that the surround camera is mounted on the headlight and is thus held to the gimbal via the headlight, i.e., is coupled to the gimbal. This allows both the headlight and the surround camera to always remain in their initial positions in a particularly space-saving, weight-saving, and cost-effective manner, especially when the chassis is moved from its initial position, for example, by pitching, rolling, and / or yawing movements.
[0014] In a further, particularly advantageous embodiment of the first aspect and the second aspect of the invention, it is provided that the gimbal suspension also permits pivoting movement of the headlight about a third pivot axis running perpendicular to the pivot axes and relative to the chassis. Thus, for example, a first of the pivot axes runs in the vehicle's longitudinal direction, a second of the pivot axes runs in the vehicle's transverse direction, and a third of the pivot axes runs in the vehicle's vertical direction, with the pivot axes running perpendicular to one another in pairs. As a result, both pitching and rolling movements, as well as yaw movements of the chassis, can be compensated for by means of the gimbal suspension, so that the headlight and thus, for example, also the surround-view camera, remain in their initial positions despite any pitching and / or yaw and / or rolling movements of the chassis.This ensures particularly safe and therefore advantageous operation of the motorcycle.
[0015] It has proven particularly advantageous if the drive device is also designed to counteract the respective pivoting movement about the third pivot axis by exerting the force and / or torque on the gimbal mount, thereby decelerating the respective pivoting movement about the third pivot axis. This prevents excessive overshoots about the three pivot axes, thus enabling particularly advantageous operation.
[0016] In order to be able to realize particularly safe operation, it is provided in a further embodiment of the invention that the headlight is designed as a front headlight.
[0017] In a further, particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the motorcycle is a single-track vehicle with exactly two vehicle wheels, so that the motorcycle is preferably a single-track motorcycle with exactly two vehicle wheels. One of the vehicle wheels is a front wheel and the other vehicle wheel is a rear wheel, which is arranged behind the front wheel in the vehicle's longitudinal direction. The vehicle wheels are ground contact elements which are rotatably mounted on the chassis. The motorcycle can be or is supported on a ground downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle via the ground contact elements. If the motorcycle is ridden along the ground while the motorcycle is supported on the ground downwards in the vertical direction of the motorcycle via the ground contact elements, the vehicle wheels roll, in particular directly, on the ground.
[0018] Finally, it has proven particularly advantageous if the motorcycle is a three-wheeled vehicle with exactly three wheels, for example, a trike. It is also conceivable for the motorcycle to be a motorcycle with a sidecar.
[0019] A third aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a holding device of a motorcycle, in particular according to the first aspect of the invention. In the method according to the third aspect of the invention, the motorcycle has at least one headlight designed to illuminate at least a partial area of the motorcycle's surroundings, which headlight is held on a chassis of the motorcycle via a holding device of the motorcycle. The holding device comprises a drive device and a gimbal suspension that allows pivoting movements of the headlight about at least two pivot axes running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis.
[0020] In order to be able to realize a particularly safe and thus particularly advantageous operation of the motorcycle, it is provided in the third aspect of the invention that a force and / or a torque is provided by means of the drive device and exerted on the cardanic suspension, whereby the respective pivoting movement running about the respective pivot axis is counteracted and the respective pivoting movement is thereby braked.
[0021] Advantages and advantageous embodiments of the first aspect and the second aspect of the invention are to be regarded as advantages and advantageous embodiments of the third aspect of the invention and vice versa.
[0022] Thus, the invention provides that the drive device does not drive the cardanic suspension or does not only drive it to compensate for movements of the chassis and to hold the headlight in its initial position, but the drive device counteracts the respective pivoting movement in order to slow down the respective pivoting movement and thus avoid overshooting about the respective pivot axis.
[0023] Further details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:
[0024] Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a motorcycle designed as a single-track motorcycle;
[0025] Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of a headlight of the motorcycle designed as a front headlight;
[0026] Fig. 3 is a schematic side view of the headlight;
[0027] Fig. 4 shows a further schematic front view of the headlight; Fig. 5 shows a further schematic front view of the headlight;
[0028] Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the headlight;
[0029] Fig. 7 is a further schematic perspective view of the headlight;
[0030] Fig. 8 is another schematic front view of the motorcycle; and
[0031] Fig. 9 is another schematic front view of the motorcycle;
[0032] Fig. 10 is another schematic front view of the motorcycle; and
[0033] Fig. 11 is another schematic front view of the motorcycle.
[0034] In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference symbols.
[0035] Fig. 1 shows a schematic front view of a motorcycle 1, also referred to as a vehicle, which in the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures is designed as a single-track motorcycle with exactly two vehicle wheels. One of the vehicle wheels can be seen in Fig. 1 and is designated by 2. The motorcycle 1 has a chassis 3, which is also referred to as a frame or is designed as a frame. The vehicle wheel 2 visible in Fig. 1 is a front wheel of the motorcycle 1, whereby the vehicle wheel of the motorcycle 1 not visible in Fig. 1 is a rear wheel. For example, a drive motor is mounted on the chassis 3, by means of which drive motor, for example, at least or exactly one of the vehicle wheels, in particular the rear wheel, can be driven in order to thereby drive the motorcycle 1 as a whole. The respective vehicle wheel of the motorcycle 1, the vertical direction of which is shown in Fig.1 by a double arrow 4, is held at least indirectly on the chassis 3 so as to be rotatable about a respective wheel rotation axis relative to the chassis 3. The motorcycle 1, the transverse direction of which is illustrated by a double arrow 5, has, for example, a handlebar 6 which is operated by the rider of the motorcycle 1 and can thus be pivoted together with the vehicle wheel 2 relative to the chassis 3 and thus steered in order to be able to corner the motorcycle 1, for example. The motorcycle 1, the longitudinal direction of which is illustrated by a double arrow 7 and runs perpendicular to the image plane of Fig. 1, also has a headlight 8, which in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 is designed as a front headlight.By means of the headlight 8, light, in particular in the form of a light cone, can be provided in order to illuminate at least a partial area of an environment 9 of the motorcycle 1.
[0036] From Fig. 2 to 7 it can be seen that the headlight 8 is held on the chassis 3 via a holding device 10. For this purpose, the holding device 10 is connected, for example, on the one hand to the headlight 8, in particular to its headlight housing 11, and on the other hand to the chassis 3. The holding device 10 has a cardanic suspension 12, via which the headlight 8 is held on the chassis 3, in particular in such a way or by the fact that the cardanic suspension 12 is connected on the one hand to the headlight 8, in particular to its headlight housing 11, and on the other hand to the chassis 3. The cardanic suspension 12 allows pivoting movements of the headlight 8 about, in particular exactly, three pivot axes running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis 3. A first of the pivot axes runs parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal direction, which is also referred to as x or as the x-direction.A second of the pivot axes runs parallel to the vehicle's transverse direction, also referred to as y or the y-direction. A third of the pivot axes runs parallel to the vehicle's vertical direction, also referred to as z or the z-direction. Furthermore, the holding device 10 has a drive device 13, which in this case has at least or exactly two electric motors, namely a first electric motor 14 and a second electric motor 15. The respective electric motor 14, 15 is designed, for example, as a brushless DC motor.
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[0038] In order to ensure particularly safe and thus advantageous operation of the motorcycle 1, the drive device 13 is designed to provide a force and / or a respective torque, acting in particular about the respective pivot axis, and to exert this force on the cardanic suspension 12 in order to counteract the respective pivoting movement of the headlight 8, which is designed, for example, as a headlight, about the respective pivot axis and thereby brake the respective pivoting movement. The first pivot axis can be seen in Fig. 3 and is designated 16. The second pivot axis can be seen in Fig. 2 and is designated 17, and the third pivot axis can be seen in Fig. 3 and is designated 18. Figs. 1 and 2 show the chassis 3 and the headlight (headlight 8) in a respective starting position. The starting position of the headlight 8 is also shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
[0039] If, for example, the motorcycle 1 is driven along the aforementioned ground and braked in the process, the chassis 3 executes a pitching movement about the transverse direction of the vehicle, as a result of which the headlight 8 is pivoted about the pivot axis 17 relative to the chassis 3 in order to thereby hold the headlight 8 in its initial position, as can be seen from Fig. 4, while the chassis 3 is moved out of its initial position due to the pitching movement. Fig. 4 thus shows the headlight 8 at a time when the chassis 3 is pitching. It can be seen that the headlight 8 is in its initial position despite the pitching movement of the chassis 3.
[0040] If, for example, the motorcycle 1 is driven along the ground and accelerates in the process, the chassis 3 executes a second pitching movement about the transverse direction of the vehicle. Fig. 5 shows the headlight 8 at a time of the second pitching movement. Even during and despite the second pitching movement, the headlight 8 remains in its initial position due to the gimbal suspension 12. During each pitching movement, overshoot of the headlight 8 is prevented by the drive device 13, in particular by the electric motor 15, since the electric motor 15 counteracts the pivoting movement of the headlight 8 about the pivot axis 17.
[0041] Fig. 6, for example, shows the headlight 8 at a time of a first yaw and roll movement of the chassis 3, and Fig. 7, for example, shows the headlight 8 at a time of a second yaw and roll movement of the chassis 3. For example, Fig. 8 shows the first yaw and roll movement of the chassis 3, and Fig. 9 shows the second yaw and roll movement of the chassis 3. Due to the gimbal suspension 12 and the fact that the drive device 13, in particular the electric motor 14, counteracts the respective pivoting movement of the headlight 8 about the respective pivot axis during the respective yaw and roll movement, the headlight 8 remains in the initial position of the headlight 8 despite and during the respective yaw and roll movement of the chassis 3, so that particularly advantageous illumination of the surroundings 9 can be ensured. Fig. 9 shows a first roll movement of the chassis 3. Fig.10 shows a second rolling movement of the chassis 3. It can be seen that by means of the cardanic suspension 12 and by means of the drive device 13, the first or second rolling movement can also be compensated, such that the headlight 8 does not carry out the respective rolling movement of the chassis 3, but remains in its initial position, in particular remains aligned or leveled in its center of gravity.
[0042] From Figs. 2 and 4, it can be seen that the motorcycle 1 has, for example, a surround-view camera 19, also simply referred to as a camera, which is mounted on the headlight 8 and thus secured to the gimbal mount 12 via the headlight 8. Thus, the surround-view camera 19 can be pivoted with the headlight 8 about the pivot axes 16, 17, and 18 relative to the chassis 3, so that the surround-view camera 19 also remains in its initial position despite and during yaw and / or roll and / or pitch movements of the chassis 3. As a result, the surroundings 9, i.e., at least a portion of the surroundings 9, can always be captured particularly advantageously using the surround-view camera 19.
[0043] List of reference symbols
[0044] Motorcycle Vehicle wheel Chassis Double arrow Double arrow Handlebar Double arrow Headlight Surroundings Holding device
[0045] Headlight housing gimbal mount drive unit first electric motor second electric motor swivel axis swivel axis swivel axis surround camera
Claims
Patent claims Motorcycle (1), with at least one headlight (8) designed to illuminate at least a partial area of an environment (9) of the motorcycle (1), which headlight is held on a chassis (3) of the motorcycle (1) via a cardanic suspension (13) of a holding device (10) which has a drive device (13) and the cardanic suspension (12) which allows pivoting movements of the headlight (8) about at least two pivot axes (16, 17) running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis (3), characterized in that the drive device (13) is designed to provide a force and / or a torque and to exert it on the cardanic suspension (12) in order to counteract the respective pivoting movement running about the respective pivot axis (16, 17) and to thereby brake the respective pivoting movement.A motorcycle (1) comprising at least one headlight (8) designed to illuminate at least a partial area of the surroundings (9) of the motorcycle (1), which headlight is held on a chassis (3) of the motorcycle (1) via a cardanic suspension (13) of a holding device (10) having a drive device (13) and the cardanic suspension (12) which permits pivoting movements of the headlight (8) about at least two pivot axes (16, 17) running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis (3), characterized by at least one environmental camera (19) designed to capture at least one area of the surroundings (9), which is held on the chassis (3) via the cardanic suspension (12) and can therefore be pivoted together with the headlight (8) about the pivot axes (16, 17) relative to the chassis (3).Motorcycle (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the drive device (13) is designed to provide a force and / or a torque and to exert it on the cardanic suspension (12). in order to thereby counteract the respective pivoting movement around the respective pivot axis (16, 17) and thereby decelerate the respective pivoting movement. Motorcycle (1) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the surroundings camera (19) is held on the headlight (8) and is thereby held on the cardanic suspension (12) via the headlight (8). Motorcycle (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cardanic suspension (12) also permits pivoting movements of the headlight (8) about a third pivot axis (18) running perpendicular to the pivot axes (16, 17) and relative to the chassis (18).Motorcycle (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the drive device (13) is also designed to counteract the respective pivoting movement about the third pivot axis (18) by exerting the force and / or the torque on the cardanic suspension (12) and thereby brake the respective pivoting movement about the third pivot axis. Motorcycle (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the headlight (8) is designed as a front headlight. Motorcycle (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the motorcycle (1) is a single-track vehicle with exactly two vehicle wheels. Motorcycle (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the motorcycle (1) is a three-wheeled vehicle with exactly three vehicle wheels.Method for operating a holding device (12) of a motorcycle (1), in which the motorcycle (1) has at least one for illuminating at least one. Partial area of an environment (9) of the motorcycle (1) has a headlight (8) which is formed and is held on a chassis (3) of the motorcycle (1) via a cardanic suspension (12) of a holding device (10) which has a drive device (13) and the cardanic suspension (12) which allows pivoting movements of the headlight (8) about at least two pivot axes (16, 17) running perpendicular to one another and relative to the chassis (3), characterized in that a force and / or a torque is provided by means of the drive device (13) and exerted on the cardanic suspension (12), whereby the respective pivoting movement about the respective pivot axis (16, 17) is counteracted and the respective pivoting movement is thereby braked.