Front fork of a motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshimitsu Asakura
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Abstract
A front fork of a bicycle including outer cases disposed above on the side of a vehicle body, inner tubes disposed below on the side of a wheel and telescopically inserted into said respective outer cases, and brake callipers provided at the rear of the bottom end of said inner tube. A protector covering the front of the inner tube therealong, is provided, and the bottom end of this protector is fixedly secured to an axle support member connected to the inner tube. A hose holding member for holding a brake hose is formed on the front surface of the protector, and also there is provided a hose guide member for guiding a brake hose portion extending from the hose holding member up to the brake callipers so as to detour by the side of the inner tube along a route having a larger radius than that of the outer case.
Claims7
A front fork of a bicycle including outer cases disposed above on each side of a vehicle body, inner tubes disposed below on each side of a front wheel and telescopically inserted into said respective outer cases, and brake callipers provided at the rear of the bottom end of said inner tube;
- characterized in that said front fork comprises an axle support member connected to said inner tube, a protector having its bottom end fixedly secured to said axle support member for covering the front of at least one of said inner tubes therealong, a hose holding member formed on the front surface of said protector for holding a brake hose, and a hose guide member for guiding a brake hose portion extending from said hose holding member down to said brake callipers so as to detour by the side of said inner tube along a route having a larger radius than that of said outer case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.