Oil cooler apparatus in motorized two-wheeled vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoichi Fujisawa, Hiroaki Hasumi
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Abstract
An oiler cooler surrounding the head pipe of a motorcycle on three side and is fixed thereto. It is positioned vertically between the top bridge and the bottom bridge and laterally between the pair of left and right front fork pipes which are inserted through the top and bottom bridges. Upon turning, the cooler remains stationary relative to the motorcycle main frame.
Claims7
An oil cooler apparatus in a motorized two-wheeled vehicle including a vehicle body frame having a front wheel, a rear wheel and an internal combustion engine in the middle thereof, the oil cooler being mounted on an upper part of a front side of the frame for air-cooling oil introduced thereinto from the engine, characterized in that the oil cooler is shaped to surround a circumference of a head pipe constituting a front portion of the vehicle body frame and has a front portion positioned in front of the front side of said head pipe and rearwardly extending portions positioned adjacent the right and left sides of said head pipe;
- the cooler is positioned in an upper and lower directional space formed between a top bridge on an upper portion of the head pipe and a bottom bridge on a lower portion thereof with said rearwardly extending portions in a right and left directional space formed between a pair of right and left front fork pipes which are inserted through the top and bottom bridges, and the cooler is fixed through an attaching stay means to the head pipe.
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