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AssigneeHarley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Dennert, R. Bruce Dennert, Paul Lohr, Michael W. Hamann
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A motorcycle frame including a base portion and a removable portion that both bear operating loads of the motorcycle. The removable portion and base portion are fastened together at a joint comprising a first end cap having a protrusion, a second end cap having a recess, and a fastener having a fastener axis and extending through the first and second end caps. The protrusion and the recess are characterized by angled walls oriented at an acute angle with respect to the fastener axis. The angled wall engagement of the end caps ensures that substantially all shear loads in the joint are born by the end caps and not by the fastener. The motorcycle footpeg position can be changed by replacing the removable portion with a second removable portion having footpeg mounting structure at a different location than the removable portion.
A method for relocating the position of a footpeg on a motorcycle frame having a base portion and a first removable portion removably mounted to the base portion at a joint, the base and first removable portions supporting and bearing loads created during motorcycle and engine operation, the footpeg being mounted to footpeg mounting structure on the first removable portion and being positioned in a first footpeg position, the method comprising:
A motorcycle frame for supporting a motorcycle engine, the frame comprising:
A removable portion of a motorcycle frame comprising at least one mating end having one of a male and female surface adapted to mate with a portion of the rest of the frame having the other of a male and female surface;
A removable portion mountable to a base portion of a motorcycle frame, the removable portion comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.