Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – With means for changing number of supporting wheels – or for...
Patent
1997-07-21
1999-05-04
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
With means for changing number of supporting wheels, or for...
180210, B62D 6112, B62K 1300
Patent
active
058992910
ABSTRACT:
A conversion assembly for converting a two-wheel motorcycle to a three-wheel motorcycle in which the rear wheel fork of the motorcycle has been removed. The conversion assembly includes a sub-frame for attachment to the frame of the motorcycle and a pair of rear forks operatively connected to the frame. An axle is mounted on each fork and a wheel hub is operatively mounted on the axle for supporting a rear wheel. One of the wheel hubs and its wheel is free wheeling. The other hub and its wheel is operatively connected to the drive members of the motorcycle by a drive connector. More specifically, the drive connector includes a drive shaft which is drivenly connected to the drive elements of the motor cycle and the coupler for fixing one end of the drive shaft with one of the wheel hubs.
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