Off-road competition motorcycle
AssigneeKTM Sportmotorcycle AG
InventorsRobert Gruber, Johann Trunkenpolz
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Abstract
An off-road motorcycle apparatus. There is provided is an off-road competition motorcycle comprising an internal combustion engine (2), having at least one cylinder, and a front wheel (3) as well as a rear wheel (4), a tubular trellis frame (5) and a self-supporting fuel tank configured as a rear tank (11) mounted at the rear end of the off-road competition motorcycle, releasably secured to the tubular trellis frame (5), wherein the rear tank (11) is the sole fuel tank of the off-road competition motorcycle and a lower portion of the rear tank (11) extends by its bottom (16) in the yaw axis direction of the off-road competition motorcycle (1) into the region of one end of the tubular trellis frame (5).
Claims26
An off-road competition motorcycle comprising:
- a tubular trellis frame (5);
- an internal combustion engine (2) mounted on the frame;
- a front wheel (3) and a rear wheel (4) mounted on the frame;
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- a fuel tank (11) mounted at a rear end of the off-road competition motorcycle (1) and releasably secured to said tubular trellis frame (5);
- wherein said tank (11) comprises a sole fuel tank of said off-road competition motorcycle (1), and a lower portion of said tank (11) extends by its bottom (16) toward a yaw axis of said motorcycle (1) to an end of the tubular trellis frame (5).
An off-road competition motorcycle comprising:
- a tubular trellis frame;
- an internal combustion engine (2) mounted on the frame;
- a front wheel (3) and a rear wheel (4) rotatably mounted on the frame;
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- a self-supporting fuel tank configured as a rear mounted tank (11) mounted at a rear end of the off-road competition motorcycle (1) and releasably secured to said tubular trellis frame (5);
- wherein said tank (11) comprises a sole fuel tank of said off-road competition motorcycle (1), and a lower portion of said tank (11) extends by its bottom (16) toward a yaw axis of said motorcycle (1) to a vicinity of one end of the tubular trellis frame (5).
An off-road competition motorcycle comprising:
- a tubular trellis frame;
- an internal combustion engine (2) mounted on the frame and having at least one cylinder;
- a front wheel (3) and a rear wheel (4) on the frame;
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- a self-supporting fuel tank configured as a rear mounted tank (11) hinge-mounted at a rear end of the off-road competition motorcycle (1) and pivotally upward relative to said tubular trellis frame (5);
- wherein said motorcycle has a deadweight and applies a load on said rear wheel (4) of the upright off-road competition motorcycle (1), and further wherein said tank (11) comprises a sole fuel tank of said off-road competition motorcycle (1), and a lower portion of said tank (11) extends toward a yaw axis of said motorcycle (1) and to an end juncture of the tubular trellis frame (5), whereby said load on said rear wheel comprises at least approximately 53.5% of said deadweight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.