Frame assembly for two-wheeled motorized vehicle

A parts-housing assembly for a two-wheeled motorized vehicle including at least one enclosed storage area formed thereby, a bifurcated fork element carried by a structural frame member of the vehicle, first and second elongated support elements mounted on opposed sides of said fork element and extending rearwardly therefrom, an operator's seat carried by said frame member to the rear of and spaced from the steering shaft of the vehicle, first and second generally vertically-extending plates supported respectively on said first and second elongated support elements and extending rearwardly from a point adjacent the location where said elongated support members are connected to said fork element, first and second outwardly-shaped side shell housing elements pivotally connected at their lower edges respectively to said first and second elongated support elements defining with said first and second vertically-extending plates first and second side storage chambers respectively, a horizontally-extending cover plate connected at an intermediate elevation between said first and second vertically extending plates, and an upper shell housing element pivotally connected at the front end thereof to a front portion of said cover plate to form an intermediate chamber defined by said upper shell housing element and the inner walls of said first and second vertically-extending plates.