Motorcycle with supercharger
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaisuke SAEKI, Kazuo TANAKA
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Abstract
A motorcycle includes a combustion engine (E) of a type, in which a cylinder block (34) protrudes upwardly from a crankcase (32), an air cleaner unit (42) for substantially purifying an air, and a supercharger (44) for taking a substantially purified air from the air cleaner unit (42) thereinto and supplying the air towards the combustion engine (E). The supercharger (44) is disposed rearwardly of the cylinder block (34) and the air cleaner unit (42) is disposed rearwardly thereof. Also, a surge tank (48) is disposed rearwardly upwardly of the cylinder block (34) of the combustion engine (E) and above the supercharger (44).
Claims8
A motorcycle which comprises:
- a combustion engine having a cylinder block protruding upwardly from a crankcase;
- an air cleaner unit for substantially purifying an air;
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- a supercharger for taking a substantially purified air from the air cleaner unit thereinto and supplying the air towards the combustion engine;
- in which the supercharger and the air cleaner unit are disposed rearwardly of the cylinder block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.