Rear motorcycle fork
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAzusa Noda, Nobuo Fujitaka, Masaru Fujisaki
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Abstract
A rear fork for a motorcycle having hollow rear arms and metal end pieces for receiving an axle. The rear fork can be made of integrally molded fiber reinforced plastic. The metal end piece conforms to the configuration of the end of the arm and has locating projections which abut the end of the arm. The metal end piece can be inserted into the arm or can externally surround the end of the arm.
Claims6
A rear fork for a motorcycle having a front end for attachment to a motorcycle and rear ends for mounting a wheel and being of approximate U-shape having rear fork arms characterized in that the rear fork arms are hollow and are formed of integrally molded fiber reinforced plastic and in that a metal end piece for receiving an axle is provided to each of said rear fork arms, said metal end piece having a configuration conforming to an end portion of the rear fork arm and locating projections abutting a portion of said end portion, said metal end piece being joined to an end portion of said rear fork arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.