Supporting structure for rear parts of motorcycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9434440-B2
Application number	US-201514928781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

A supporting structure includes: a step stay which is mounted to a motorcycle frame structure and configured to support a foot step for a passenger; an unit supporting portion provided at the step stay and configured to support an operation unit for manually adjusting a characteristic of a rear wheel shock absorber; a pannier supporting portion provided at the step stay and configured to support a front portion of a pannier mounted to a side portion of a motorcycle body; and a tank supporting portion configured to support a reservoir tank for brake oil. The pannier is disposed rearward of the operation unit, and an operation portion of the operation unit is disposed at a position at which overlap of the operation portion with the step stay and the pannier is avoided as viewed from an outer lateral side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motorcycle comprising:
a motorcycle frame structure;
a foot step for a passenger;
a rear wheel shock absorber;
an operation unit for manually adjusting a characteristic of the rear wheel shock absorber;
a reservoir tank for rear wheel brake oil; and
a step stay mounted to the motorcycle frame structure and configured to support the foot step, wherein
the step stay comprises:
a unit supporting portion configured to support the operation unit with the use of a first screw member;
a tank supporting portion configured to support the reservoir tank with with the use of a second screw member; and
a pannier supporting portion configured to support a front portion of a pannier for accommodating an article, the pannier supporting portion being engaged in a support reception portion defined at the front portion of the pannier thereby to support the front portion of the pannier when the pannier is mounted to a side portion of a motorcycle body,
the pannier supporting portion is disposed rearward of the unit supporting portion, and
an operation portion of the operation unit is disposed at a position at which overlap of the operation portion with the step stay and the pannier is avoided as viewed from an outer lateral side.

2. The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a muffler disposed at a lateral side of a rear wheel, wherein the step stay includes a muffler supporting portion configured to support the muffler.

3. The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operation unit is supported by the step stay via a unit vibration isolating member.

4. The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the pannier, wherein the pannier is supported by the step stay via a pannier vibration isolating member.

5. The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the pannier, wherein:
the operation unit has a rotation axis set so as to be substantially parallel to a lower edge of a rear frame of the motorcycle body which lower edge extends rearward and upward;
the tank supporting portion is disposed rearward of and below the unit supporting portion; and
the pannier supporting portion is disposed rearward of the tank supporting portion.

6. The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a tick mark for indicating an amount of operation of the operation unit is provided on the operation unit.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kunisada Youhei

Classifications

• B62L3/04

  for control by a foot lever (foot levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/08) · CPC title

• B62K2025/048

  with suspension manual adjustment details · CPC title

• F01N2590/04

  for motorcycles · CPC title

• B62K11/04

  characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels · CPC title

• B62K25/283

  for cycles without a pedal crank, e.g. motorcycles · CPC title