Accessory for a motorcycle
OwnerPieter Daniel Van Der Westhuizeninventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a fairing assembly (10) for a motorcycle (12) including an aerodynamic shield (11) and a mounting arrangement for mounting the shield (11) on a motorcycle (12). The shield (11) is operable between a stowed condition and an operative condition. In the operative condition, the shield (11) is positioned to reduce aerodynamic drag on a front wheel (13) of a motorcycle (12), such that, in use, the drag on the front wheel (13) is smaller when the shield (11) is in its operative condition than when the shield (11) is in its stowed position. The invention also extends to a motorcycle (12) having such an aerodynamic shield (11) mounted adjacent a front wheel (13) of the motorcycle (12). The invention further extends to a method of improving the aerodynamic characteristics of a motorcycle (12).
Claims23
A fairing assembly for a motorcycle, which assembly includes:
- an aerodynamic shield which is mountable on a motorcycle and operable between a stowed condition and an operative condition in which the shield is positioned to reduce aerodynamic drag on a front wheel of a motorcycle, such that, in use, the drag on the front wheel is smaller when the shield is in its operative condition than when it is in its stowed condition;
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- a mounting arrangement for mounting the shield on a motorcycle, the assembly being characterised in that the shield includes a fixed component which is fixedly mountable to a motorcycle and at least two displaceable components which are displaceable relative to the fixed component,
- wherein the assembly further comprises a control arrangement which includes temperature sensing means configured to sense the temperature of a motorcycle engine and response means configured to instruct displacement of the shield into its stowed condition when the engine temperature sensed by the temperature sensing means exceeds a preset threshold temperature.
A motorcycle which includes an aerodynamic shield mounted adjacent a front wheel of the motorcycle, the shield being operable between a stowed condition and an operative condition in which the shield is positioned to reduce aerodynamic drag on the front wheel, such that, in use, the drag on the front wheel is smaller when the shield is in its operative condition than when the shield is in its stowed condition characterised in that the shield includes a fixed component which is fixedly mounted to a motorcycle and at least two movable components which are displaceable relative to the fixed component, and a control arrangement which includes temperature sensing means for measuring the engine temperature of the motorcycle and response means configured to instruct automatically displace the shield into its stowed condition when the engine temperature rises above a predetermined threshold temperature.
A method of improving aerodynamic characteristics of a motorcycle, which method includes moving a shield mounted adjacent a front wheel of the motorcycle between a stowed condition and an operative condition, the shield, in its operative condition, being shaped and positioned to reduce aerodynamic drag on the front wheel, when compared to drag on the wheel when the shield is in this stowed condition characterised in that the shield includes a fixed component which is fixedly mounted to a motorcycle and at least two movable components which are displaceable relative to the fixed component, wherein the method further comprises measuring the motorcycle's engine temperature and automatically moving the shield into its stowed condition when the engine temperature rises above a predetermined threshold temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.