Motorcycle radiator
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKen Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A heat exchange device for mounting between the front fork and the engine of a motorcycle comprises two vertical coolant outflow tanks on either side of a core area, and a coolant inflow tank located midway between the outflow tanks and connected to the latter. The lower part of the device comprises a series of bent tubes having cooling fins therebetween, to form an inverted U-shaped space which straddles the top of the engine, so as to provide sufficient clearance to accommodate the expansion and contraction strokes of the front fork.
Claims7
Heat exchange device for mounting between the power unit and the front fork of a motorcycle, said device comprising an open space of generally inverted U shape in the bottom region of said device, said space being formed by a plurality of tubes bent so as to jointly form said generally inverted U shape, said bent tubes being located beneath a plurality of straight tubes and, together with said straight tubes, constituting the core of said device, whereby sufficient clearance is provided between the front fender of said motorcycle and said heat exchange device to accommodate the expansion and contraction strokes of said front fork.
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