Motorcycle front symbol plate
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiyuki Hattori
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Abstract
A motorcycle is equipped with a water cooled engine and a radiator for the engine. The radiator is mounted to the front fork of the vehicle. A number (symbol) displaying plate is mounted to the front fork ahead of the radiator. An opening is placed adjacent to the mounting plate, and air guides are placed so that the on coming air is guided to the radiator, preferably as a laminar flow.
Claims6
A front number holder for use in combination with a motorcycle of the type which includes a frame, a front fork, a water-cooled engine, and, mounted to said front fork and facing forwardly therefrom, a radiator, said holder comprising;
- a hollow body mounted to said front fork forwardly of said radiator, having a forwardly-facing opening and a peripheral continuous wall forming a compartment with an open rear end facing said radiator, whereby to confine and direct rearwardly flowing air from the opening to the radiator, and a number displaying seat portion facing forwardly on said body adjacent to said opening, said seat portion at least partially occluding said radiator.
A front number holder according to claim 8 in which said body includes a pair of spaced apart generally upright side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.