The tyre-road contact is the only connection of a motorcycle with the ground and has therefore a decisive influence on its longitudinal and lateral dynamics. Due to this fact, knowledge of the tyre-road friction potential can contribute to performance improvements of current motorcycle systems as Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Traction Control System (TCS), Stability Control System and may also be required for the development of further functions of an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). Basically, the road-grip estimation methods can be classified into cause-based and effect-based identification methods. Former are based on the identified environmental conditions such as the temperature, rain detection, and water or snow detection on the roadway to infer a change of the grip conditions. This can also be done predictively within certain limits, but usually only allows the classification of the grip conditions. The latter uses the effects of the current tyre-road contact conditions on the tyre/motorcycle dynamic behaviour to estimate the maximum friction potential. In this case, real-time capable models are required, which represent, in addition to the dynamic behaviour of the motorcycle, also the tyre forces and torques appropriately.