Rear wheel suspension device for saddle ride vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorBunzo Seki
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Abstract
A rear wheel suspension device for saddle ride vehicle which does not influence the riding space for the rider even where the stroke of rear wheels is enlarged. A suspension arm having a oscillation center end and an oscillation end portion. The oscillation center end is vertically oscillatably fitted to a vehicle body frame, and the oscillation end portion is fitted with the axle of a rear wheel. The oscillation axis of the suspension arm is inclined so as to be higher on the front side than on the rear side of the saddle ride vehicle. As a result, the moving direction of the rear wheels is rearwards and upwards. With this configuration, the vertical stoke of the rear wheels can be enlarged, without having the rear wheels interfere with the rear fenders.
Claims14
A rear wheel suspension device for a saddle ride vehicle, for fitting a left-right pair of rear wheels to a vehicle body frame of the saddle ride vehicle, comprising:
- a suspension arm having an oscillation center end and an oscillation end portion,
- wherein said oscillation center end of said suspension arm is vertically oscillatably fittable to the vehicle body frame and said oscillation end portion of said suspension arm is fittable with a rear axle, and
- wherein an oscillation axis of said suspension arm is inclined so as to be higher on a front side than on a rear side, relative to a forward travel direction of the saddle ride vehicle.
A saddle ride vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame,
- a left-right pair of rear wheels, and
- a suspension device for fitting said left-right pair of rear wheels to said vehicle body frame of said saddle ride vehicle, said suspension device including:
- a suspension arm having an oscillation center end and an oscillation end portion,
- wherein said oscillation center end of said suspension arm is vertically oscillatably fitted to said vehicle body frame and said oscillation end portion of said suspension arm is fitted with a rear axle,
- wherein an oscillation axis of said suspension arm is inclined so as to be higher on the front side than on a rear side, relative to a forward travel direction of said saddle ride vehicle, and
- wherein a moving direction of said rear wheels is set to be skewed rearwards and upwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.