Motorcycle
AssigneesYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuji Tominaga, Yuki Amano
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Abstract
A motorcycle includes a seat supported on a pair of seat frames of a vehicle body frame. A rear wheel is disposed under the pair of seat frames in a side view of the motorcycle, and is swingable in an up-down direction. A damper includes a hydraulic jack to adjust the vehicle height. The pump unit includes a hydraulic pump to feed oil to the hydraulic jack and a vehicle height adjusting motor to drive the hydraulic pump. The vehicle height adjusting motor is located under the seat, and disposed between the pair of seat frames in a plan view of the motorcycle.
Claims12
A motorcycle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame including a pair of seat frames spaced apart and opposing each other in a left-right direction of the motorcycle;
- a seat supported on the pair of seat frames;
- a rear wheel disposed under the pair of seat frames in a side view of the motorcycle, the rear wheel being swingable in an up-down direction of the motorcycle with respect to the vehicle body frame;
- a damper including a hydraulic jack to adjust a vehicle height of the motorcycle, the damper being arranged to absorb shocks between the vehicle body frame and the rear wheel;
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- a pump unit including a hydraulic pump to feed oil to the hydraulic jack and a vehicle height adjusting motor to drive the hydraulic pump, the vehicle height adjusting motor being located under the seat, the vehicle height adjusting motor being disposed between the pair of seat frames in a plan view of the motorcycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.