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Abstract

The present invention refers to a method for controlling an electronically adjustable steering damper in a two-wheeled vehicle or motor vehicle, and to an apparatus implementing it, in which the steering damper is able to exert a damping torque on a steering assembly (45) of the two-wheeled vehicle (40) that can be adjusted according to a steering speed (s.sub.{dot over (.delta.)}). The control method comprises the steps that consist of determining at least one controlled variable (s.sub.{dot over (.psi.)}, s.sub.{dot over (.delta.)}) of the two-wheeled vehicle (40) and calculating an instantaneous damping coefficient (c.sub.in(t)) of the electronically adjustable steering damper based on the at least one controlled variable (s.sub.{dot over (.psi.)}, s.sub.{dot over (.delta.)}) and is characterized in that the at least one controlled variable comprises a yaw rate (s.sub.{dot over (.psi.)}) of the two-wheeled vehicle. Correspondingly, the control apparatus comprises processing means connected to at least one measuring means of at least one controlled variable (s.sub.{dot over (.psi.)}, s.sub.{dot over (.delta.)}), the processing means being suitable for calculating an instantaneous damping coefficient value (c.sub.in(t) of the steering damper and is characterized in that at least one measuring means comprises a means for measuring a yaw rate (s.sub.{dot over (.psi.)}) of the two-wheeled vehicle (40) and/or a means for measuring a steering angle (s.sub.{dot over (.delta.)}).

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