What is MotoScience?

MotoScience explores motorcycle riding through evidence, observation and real-world science — not folklore or forum wisdom.

MotoScience explains the human factors that influence motorcycle riding — the cognitive, perceptual, and psychological processes that shape how we see, think, decide, and act on the road.

Motorcycling is often taught as a set of physical skills, but the real story runs deeper. Most crashes begin long before the bike loses grip. They start with misjudgements, missed cues, cognitive overload, or simple human limitations. MotoScience examines these mechanisms and translates them into clear, usable insights for everyday riding.

Explore the sections below to understand the foundations of rider performance:

Perception

How riders gather information from the world — and how the brain filters, distorts, or misses critical cues. Topics include visual processing, motion judgement, attention, and the limits of human sensing.

Cognition

What happens between seeing and doing. This section covers decision‑making, mental workload, reaction time, memory, and the shortcuts (and traps) the brain uses to stay ahead of the bike.

Human Factors

The broader influences on rider behaviour: fatigue, stress, expectation, habits, training history, and the way humans adapt (or fail to adapt) to complex environments.

Crash Causation

A structured look at how and why crashes happen. This section draws on research, real‑world case studies, and established models to explain the chain of events that leads to loss of control or conflict with other road users.

Risk Psychology

Why riders take risks, how we judge danger, and why our instincts sometimes work against us. This section explores confidence, fear, thrill‑seeking, risk compensation, and the subtle biases that shape our choices.