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GLOBAL HARMONISATION OF PTW AND 3-WHEELER BRAKING REVIEW OF IMMA SEVERITY TEST WORK. INTRODUCTION The harmonisation of motorcycle braking regulations is a priority item under the 1998 Global Agreement for establishing Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles. IMMA therefore took the initiative and in 1999 set up a task force to develop this project. Initially, the following general points were agreed with GRRF : - With the exception of some parts of the Japanese Safety Standard 12-61, current regulations world-wide are derivatives of either FMVSS 122 or ECE R78 - The new Global Technical Regulation would be based on the most severe requirements from FMVSS 122 and ECE R78 - The GTR would not include any performance reductions over current regulations Except for the high speed test, the Japan Safety Standard 12 – 61 is similar to ECE and when comparing FMVSS with ECE, it should be noted that the Japan SS was also included in the analysis. It was therefore decided that a severity rating would have to be applied to the key test procedures. After comparing the FMVSS and ECE regulations, it became clear that there were four significant test items that should be analysed in detail to decide which should be included in the GTR. i.e. the test with the most severe requirements. These were : 1. Dry Stop Tests 2. Heat Fade Test 3. Wet Brake Test 4. High Speed Test This paper reports on the findings of the vehicle severity testing that was carried out by IMMA members on the above four test procedures. SEVERITY TESTS General notes: The following tests were carried out by skilled test riders, on test surfaces that were level and had a high coefficient of friction. The test motorcycles were in good condition, fully equipped with relevant test safety and data monitoring systems, and the brakes were renewed and reburnished as appropriate between sets of tests. The test motorcycles were all in standard OE condition and had conventional