Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only two wheels
Patent
1988-07-15
1990-04-17
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only two wheels
180223, 2801122, B62M 2702, B60G 902
Patent
active
049172093
ABSTRACT:
A motorcycle has a frame assembly including a main frame supporting front and rear wheels on a central line thereof. A connecting means mounted on the main frame between the front and rear wheels, and a subframe is mounted on the connecting member and being capable of banking laterally about the connecting member. At least one of the front and rear wheels is a drive wheel. At least the drive wheel is capable of preventing the main frame from banking laterally. Centrifugal forces generated upon cornering are counterbalanced by centripetal forces produced when only the subframe banks laterally. The drive wheel supported on the main frame which does not bank has an increased road gripping force. Thus, high-speed cornering is made possible.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3912031 (1975-10-01), Goulet
patent: 4666018 (1987-05-01), Shibuya
Hamano Eiji
Horiike Satoru
Kimura Shigeru
Kubo Mikio
Matsuzaki Masanobu
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Marmor Charles A.
McGiehan Donn
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