Motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasushi Fujimoto, Yoshiaki Tsukada, Takashi Ozeki
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Abstract
A motorcycle that inhibits damage to a transmission and a clutch. The motorcycle includes: a drive motor; a transmission; a clutch that connects or disconnects power transmission between the transmission and the drive motor; a mechanical oil pump that is driven by the drive motor to supply a coolant to the drive motor and the transmission; and a control portion that drives the drive motor to supply the coolant to the drive motor and the transmission if an accelerator operation is not detected and a neutral state is detected, or if an accelerator operation is not detected and a disconnected state of the clutch is detected.
Claims1
A motorcycle comprising:
- a drive motor;
- a transmission;
- a mechanical oil pump that is driven by the drive motor to supply a coolant to the drive motor and the transmission;
- a notification portion;
- and
- a control portion that drives the drive motor to supply the coolant to the drive motor and the transmission if an ignition switch is turned ON,
- wherein, if the ignition switch is turned ON, the control portion causes the notification portion to make a notification of the driving of the drive motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.