Title:
MOTORCYCLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007230376
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a protector of a front fork for a motorcycle which can improve attaching rigidity in the vehicle-width direction while achieving light weight.
The motorcycle keeps the right and left fork bodies 14 of the front fork 3 fitted with protectors 20, 21, wherein the front fork 3 is supported by the front end of a body frame 2 with flexible right-and-left steering. The nearly-arc-shaped protectors 20, 21 surround the inner tube 14b of the fork body 14 from a cross-sectional view, and are formed so that the wall thickness of the protectors 20, 21 increases from the inner edge part k in the vehicle width direction to the outer edge part m.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Inventors:
MASUDA KAZUHIRO
Application Number:
JP2006054659A
Publication Date:
September 13, 2007
Filing Date:
March 01, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
B62J23/00; B62K25/08
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH0867280A | 1996-03-12 | |||
| JPH05262267A | 1993-10-12 | |||
| JPH0448443U | 1992-04-24 | |||
| JPH01229789A | 1989-09-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tsutomu Shimoichi