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US 4,709,774 AGranted
Motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoyuki Saito, Motoo Ozawa
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Abstract
A motorcycle having a fairing and a radiator. The motorcycle includes a head pipe fixedly mounted on a front end of a motorcycle frame and inclined rearwardly with respect to a vertical line, a radiator disposed forwardly of the head pipe substantially parallel to an axis thereof and positioned in a plane lying normally to the longitudinal axis of a motorcycle body, and an instrument cluster unit disposed in a slanted plane extending upwardly and forward from above the radiator. A headlight is disposed in a recess defined between the instrument cluster unit and the radiator and having a substantially V shape as viewed in side elevation. A fairing covers the headlight, the radiator, and the instrument cluster unit.
Claims12
A motorcycle comprising:
- (a) a motorcycle body having a longitudinal axis;
- (b) a motorcycle frame;
- (c) a head pipe fixedly mounted on a front end of said motorcycle frame and inclined rearwardly with respect to a vertical line;
- (d) a radiator disposed forwardly of said head pipe substantially parallel to an axis thereof and positioned in a plane lying normally to the longitudinal axis of said motorcycle body;
- (e) an instrument cluster unit disposed in a slanted plane extending upwardly and forwardly from above said radiator;
- (f) a headlight disposed in a recess defined between said instrument cluster unit and said radiator, said recess having a substantially V shape as viewed in side elevation, and said headlight being disposed forwardly of said radiator in front of said head pipe;
- (g) a fairing covering said headlight, said radiator, and said instrument cluster unit;
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- (h) a single attachment frame by which said radiator, said instrument cluster unit, and said headlight are supported on said motorcycle frame.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- (a) a motorcycle body having a longitudinal axis;
- (b) a motorcycle frame;
- (c) a head pipe fixedly mounted on a front end of said motorcycle frame and inclined rearwardly with respect to a vertical line;
- (d) a radiator disposed forwardly of said head pipe substantially parallel to an axis thereof and positioned in a plane lying normally to the longitudinal axis of said motorcycle body;
- (e) an instrument cluster unit disposed in a slanted plane extending upwardly and forwardly from above said radiator;
- (f) a headlight disposed in a recess defined between said instrument cluster unit and said radiator, said recess having a substantially V shape as viewed in side elevation;
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- (g) a fairing covering said headlight, said radiator, and said instrument cluster unit;
- said fairing having air inlets disposed around said headlight;
- said fairing including a first air guide defining a air guide passage for guiding air from said air inlets toward said radiator, said first air guide having a front end held contiguously against an inner surface of said fairing around said headlight and a rear end held contiguously against a surrounding wall surface of said radiator;
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- said fairing having outlet ports disposed laterally and rearwardly of said radiator, said fairing including a second air guide defining, with the inner surface of said fairing, a second air guide passage for guiding an air flow passing through said radiator toward said outlet ports, said second air guide having a wall portion of a substantially U shape as viewed in plan, which extends rearwardly from a position immediately behind said radiator along opposite inner side wall surfaces of said fairing.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- (a) a motorcycle body having a longitudinal axis;
- (b) a motorcycle frame including a pair of down tubes;
- (c) a head pipe fixedly mounted on a front end of said motorcycle frame and inclined rearwardly with respect to a vertical line;
- (d) an upper radiator disposed forwardly of said head pipe substantially parallel to an axis thereof and positioned in a plane lying normally to the longitudinal axis of said motorcycle body;
- (e) an instrument cluster unit disposed in a slanted plane extending upwardly and forwardly from above said radiator;
- (f) a headlight disposed in a recess defined between said instrument cluster unit and said upper radiator, said recess having a substantially V shape as viewed in side elevation;
- (g) a fairing covering said headlight, said upper radiator, and said instrument cluster unit;
- (h) a single attachment frame by which said upper radiator, said instrument cluster unit, and said headlight are supported on said motorcycle frame;
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- (i) a lower radiator connected to said down tubes at a position below said fairing, said lower radiator communicating with said upper radiator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.