Steering damper mounting structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitaka Seki, Jun Hariu, Hiroshi Nakagome, Toshihisa Nagashii, Hitoshi Akaoka, Takeshi Wakabayashi
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Abstract
To arrange a steering damper behind a head pipe in a compact manner while suppressing the influence of the steering damper on an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of head pipes of a vehicle body frame. A steering damper is arranged between left and right main frames of a vehicle body frame and, at the same time, is arranged above or below an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of a head pipe of the vehicle body frame.
Claims20
A steering damper mounting structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a pair of left and right main frames extending toward a rear portion of a vehicle body from a head pipe mounted on a front end portion of a vehicle body frame in a left-and-right split manner;
- a steering system for rotatably mounting the head pipe;
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- a steering damper for imparting an attenuating force to the steering system between the left and right main frames;
- wherein the steering damper is arranged above an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of the head pipe of the vehicle body frame.
A steering damper mounting structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a pair of left and right main frames extending toward a rear portion of a vehicle body from a bead pipe mounted on a front end portion of a vehicle body frame in a left-and-right split manner;
- a steering system for rotatably mounting the head pipe;
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- a steering damper for imparting an attenuating force to the steering system between the left and right main frames;
- wherein the steering damper is arranged below an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of the head pipe of the vehicle body frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.