Motorcycle suspension system and seat mechanism
AssigneeTriumph Designs Limited
InventorIan Michael Kimber
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Abstract
A motorcycle (1) having front and rear ground-engaging wheels, the motorcycle (1) comprising a swing arm (5) supporting the rear wheel (3), a rear suspension unit (RSU) (12), a drop link (14) pivotally connected to the RSU (12) and pivotally connected to the swing arm (5), and a drag link (16) pivotally connected to the drop link (14). The drop link (14) extends between the RSU (12) and the drag link (16) for increasing a travel distance of the RSU (12) relative to a travel distance of the swing arm (5). The RSU (12) is mounted underneath a seat (42).
Claims19
A bobber motorcycle having a front ground-engaging wheel, a rear ground-engaging wheel and a seat mechanism located below a top of a swing arm mounted mudguard, the seat mechanism comprising a seat mounting beam and a seat, the motorcycle comprising:
- i a swing arm supporting the rear wheel;
- ii a rear suspension unit (RSU);
- iii a drop link pivotally connected to the RSU and pivotally connected to the swing arm;
- and
- iv a drag link pivotally connected to the drop link,
- wherein the drop link extends between the RSU and the drag link for increasing a travel distance of the RSU relative to a travel distance of the swing arm,
- wherein the RSU is mounted directly underneath the seat mechanism, and
- wherein the RSU is centrally mounted with respect to a transverse direction of the motorcycle.
A bobber motorcycle having a front ground-engaging wheel, a rear wheel ground-engaging wheel, and a seat mechanism located below a top of a swing arm mounted mudguard, the seat mechanism comprising a seat mounting beam and a seat, the motorcycle comprising:
- i a swing arm supporting the rear wheel;
- ii a rear suspension unit (RSU);
- iii a drop link pivotally connected to the RSU and pivotally connected to the swing arm;
- and
- iv a drag link pivotally connected to the drop link,
- wherein the drop link extends between the RSU and the drag link for increasing a travel distance of the RSU relative to a travel distance of the swing arm,
- wherein the RSU is mounted directly underneath the seat mechanism,
- wherein the seat mounting beam is cantilevered from a main frame of the motorcycle, and the seat is releasably secured to the mounting beam so as to be adjustable over a range of seat positions in a longitudinal direction of the mounting beam, and
- wherein the RSU is centrally mounted with respect to a transverse direction of the motorcycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.