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US 2016/0096575 A1Published application
Slip fit neck adapter
AssigneeMisfit Industries US LLC
InventorCHRIS EDER
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Abstract
A replacement neck assembly for a motorcycle modifies the motorcycle frame to accept a larger front wheel diameter than the factory original, the replacement neck assembly providing the replacement neck, an optional fairing mount, the replacement neck accepting a factory or modified triple tree, whereby the motorcycle frame can accept the large front wheel without affecting the operating height of the motorcycle.
Claims20
A motorcycle neck adapter comprising:
- a neck having an inner cylindrical bore;
- a rear frame connector extending distally from the neck, the rear frame connector comprising:
- an upper plate having a first contour that expands distally to a first end of the upper plate;
- a lower plate spaced vertically from the upper plate and having a second contour that expands distally to a second end of the lower plate;
- and
- a frame insert member extending distally from the rear frame connector, the frame insert member having a size and an outer diameter suited for insertion within a motorcycle frame at a point where a factory supplied neck is removed from the motorcycle frame, such that the first end of the upper plate and the second end of the lower plate each abut the motorcycle frame and the rear frame connector elevates the neck from a factory height of the factory supplied neck.
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A motorcycle neck adapter comprising:
- a neck having an inner cylindrical bore;
- a rear frame connector extending from the neck;
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- a frame insert member extending from the rear frame connector, wherein the frame insert member is sized to fit within a motorcycle frame at a point where a factory supplied neck is removed from the motorcycle frame.
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A method of installing a motorcycle neck adapter comprising the steps of:
- cutting a motorcycle frame to remove an existing neck from the motorcycle frame and to form a cut portion of the motorcycle frame;
- inserting a frame insert member of the motorcycle neck adapter into the cut portion of the motorcycle frame;
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- welding to the motorcycle frame a first end of an upper plate and a second end of a lower plate, wherein the upper plate and lower plate extend distally from a neck of the motorcycle neck adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.