Air inlet for ATV

The vehicle of claimed 21, wherein said mechanical fasteners can be tightened or loosened from above said front fender assembly.

An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, at least two wheels supporting said frame assembly, a seat being supported by said frame assembly, a fuel tank being disposed forwardly of said seat, a steering assembly being connected to at least one of said wheels and comprising a control disposed forward of at least a portion of said seat, an engine being positioned generally below said fuel tank and said seat, a front fender assembly being positioned forwardly of said fuel tank and being supported by said frame assembly, an air inlet chamber being at least partially formed by a recess in said front fender assembly, a removable lid that cooperates with said recess in said front fender assembly to form said chamber, and a duct that extends from said chamber toward said engine.

An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, a pair of front wheels steerably connected to the frame assembly, a front fender assembly disposed above the front wheels and rigidly fixed to the frame assembly such that steering movement of the front wheels is not transferred to the front fender assembly, a radiator mounted below the front fender assembly and generally between the pair of front wheels, an engine mounted to the frame assembly at a location rearward of the front wheels, a continuously variable transmission connected to the engine, an air inlet box being defined in part by an upper surface of a portion of the front fender assembly and an air inlet duct extending from the air inlet box to at least one of the engine and the transmission, said air inlet duct comprising a trap portion and said trap portion being closer to said engine than said air inlet box.

An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, a pair of front wheels steerably connected to said frame assembly, a seat supported by said frame assembly, a front fender assembly extending over at least a portion of said front wheels and being fixed to said frame assembly, an engine being disposed generally below said seat, said engine driving a belt drive arrangement, said belt drive arrangement being disposed within a transmission chamber defined by a transmission case, an air duct formed separately of said frame assembly and comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, said outlet end communicating with said transmission chamber, an air chamber being defined within an integrally formed recessed portion of said front fender assembly, said air chamber being further defined by a cover member that can be removably attached to said front fender assembly, said inlet end of said air duct opening into said air chamber, a radiator, defining a radiator chamber, a fill tube extending through said front fender assembly and communicating with said radiator, said fill tube being disposed within a region of said front fender assembly that is positioned below said cover member.

An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, a pair of front wheels steerably connected to the frame assembly, a front fender assembly disposed above the front wheels and rigidly fixed to the frame assembly such that steering movement of the front wheels is not transferred to the front fender assembly, a radiator mounted below the front fender assembly and generally between the pair of front wheels, an engine mounted to the frame assembly at a location rearward of the front wheels, a continuously variable transmission connected to the engine, an air inlet box being defined in part by an upper surface of a portion of the front fender assembly, an air inlet duct extending from the air inlet box to at least one of the engine and the transmission, an opening to said air inlet box is disposed forward of said radiator wherein air passing through said opening must pass up and over at least a portion of said radiator prior to entering said air inlet duct, and a baffle forcing air passing through said opening to travel in a transverse direction before entering said air inlet duct.

An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, a pair of front wheels steerably connected to the frame assembly, a front fender assembly disposed above the front wheels and rigidly fixed to the frame assembly such that steering movement of the front wheels is not transferred to the front fender assembly, a radiator mounted below the front fender assembly and generally between the pair of front wheels, an engine mounted to the frame assembly at a location rearward of the front wheels, a continuously variable transmission connected to the engine, an air inlet box being defined in part by an upper surface of a portion of the front fender assembly, said air inlet box comprising a drain opening formed in a lowermost portion of the air inlet box and an air inlet duct extending from the air inlet box to at least one of the engine and the transmission.