Vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsKaoru Kouchi, Shusei Ueno
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a propulsion power source, a handlebar, an output adjusting grip, and a torque operation member. The handlebar is operable to steer the vehicle. The output adjusting grip is disposed on either a right or left portion of the handlebar operably so that an output level of the propulsion power source is adjusted by rotating the output adjusting grip relative to the handlebar. The torque operation member is operable to issue a command to change a torque output characteristic of the propulsion power source. The torque operation member is disposed on the same right or left portion of the handlebar with the output adjusting grip rotatably integrally with the output adjusting grip.
Claims16
A vehicle, comprising:
- a propulsion power source;
- a handlebar operable to steer the vehicle;
- an output adjusting grip disposed on either a right or left portion of the handlebar operably so that an output level of the propulsion power source is adjusted by rotating the output adjusting grip relative to the handlebar;
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- a torque operation switch operable to issue a command to change a torque output characteristic of the propulsion power source, the torque operation switch being disposed on the same right or left portion of the handlebar with the output adjusting grip so as to be rotatable integrally with the output adjusting grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.