JP2002029477A - Motorcycle, and tricycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure a damping property and to support a handle cover with a bar handle with less components, in a motorcycle and the tricycle in which a handle support member for supporting the bar handle is rotatably journaled by a head pipe at the front end of a vehicle frame and a central part of the bar handle is covered by the handle cover. SOLUTION: The bar handle 18 is floatably supported by a handle support member 48 through a mount rubber 54, and the handle cover is fixed to the bar handle 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a motorcycle or a motorcycle in which a handle support member for supporting a bar handle is rotatably supported by a head pipe at a front end of a vehicle body frame, and a center portion of the bar handle is covered with a handle cover. It relates to a tricycle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-144324.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H10-209, a bar handle is fixedly attached to a handle support member rotatably supported by a head pipe of a body frame, and a handle cover for covering a center portion of the bar handle is provided on the handle cover. In general, it is attached to a bar handle via a cushion material for vibration isolation.

[0003]

However, if a cushion material is interposed between the bar handle and the cover handle as in the above-described conventional case, the handle cover is supported by the bar handle at relatively many places. Many cushion materials are required, and the number of parts increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a motorcycle and a three-wheeled vehicle capable of supporting a handlebar cover to a bar handle with a small number of parts while ensuring vibration isolation. With the goal.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a handle support member for supporting a bar handle is rotatably supported by a head pipe at a front end of a vehicle body frame. In a motorcycle or a three-wheeled vehicle in which a center portion of a bar handle is covered with a handle cover, the bar handle is floatingly supported by a handle support member via a mount rubber, and the handle cover is fixed to the bar handle.

According to such a configuration, the bar handle is supported by the vehicle body frame in a floating manner, so that the handle cover fixed to the bar handle can be secured from vibration. In addition, since the mount rubber only needs to be interposed between the handle support member and the bar handle, even if the handle cover is fixed to the bar handle at a relatively large number, the number of required mount rubbers is small and the number of parts is reduced. be able to.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2 provides the above-described claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, a windscreen is fixed to the handle cover. According to such a configuration, the windscreen can be attached to the bar handle while securing the vibration isolation of the windscreen. The number of parts can be further reduced by eliminating the need for special parts.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect, a meter unit having an upper surface facing an opening provided in the handle cover is provided inside the handle cover. It is characterized by being elastically engaged with the handle cover from one side, and according to such a configuration,
Components such as a screw member for assembling the meter unit to the handle cover are unnecessary, and the number of components can be reduced, and the assembling of the meter unit to the handle cover can be facilitated.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on one embodiment of the present invention shown in the attached drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a motorcycle body frame 15 has a front pipe W provided at a front end thereof with a front wheel W.
A front fork 17 that supports F is pivotally supported so as to be steerable. A bar handle 18 is connected to an upper end of the front fork 17, and a front fender 19 that covers an upper part of the front wheel WF is supported by the front fork 17. A rear fork 20 that supports the rear wheel WR is pivotally supported at an intermediate portion of the body frame 15, and a rear cushion 21 is provided between the rear portion of the body frame 15 and the rear fork 20.

A power unit P composed of a water-cooled engine E and a transmission M is supported at an intermediate portion of the body frame 15, and the output of the transmission M is transmitted to the rear wheels WR via a chain 22. .

A radiator 24 supported by the engine body 33 of the engine E and the body frame 15 is disposed above the engine E, and the body frame 1
5 is disposed above the engine E and the fuel tank 25 disposed above the transmission M
And a storage box 26 that can store electrical components and is disposed above the fuel tank 25.
Supported by

Exhaust pipe 2 for guiding exhaust gas from engine E
7 is connected to an exhaust muffler 28 arranged between the power unit P and the rear wheel WR.

The front portion of the vehicle body frame 15, the engine E, the air cleaner 23, and the radiator 24 are covered with a leg shield 29 made of synthetic resin and attached to the vehicle body frame 15. The rear part of the body frame 15, the fuel tank 25 and the storage box 26
A rear fender 31 is provided on the rear cover 30 to cover an upper rear portion of the rear wheel WR. On the rear cover 30,
A seat 32 is provided so that the upper end opening of the storage box 26 can be opened and closed, and a driver can sit on the seat 32.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 together, grips 34, 35 are provided at both left and right ends, and levers 36, 35 which can be operated by hands holding the grips 34, 35 are provided.
The central portion of the bar handle 18 provided with the right and left ends 37 is provided with the grips 34 and 35 and the levers 36 and 37.
Are covered with the handle cover 38 so as to project from both sides. This handle cover 38 is used for the bar handle 1.
A front cover 39 made of synthetic resin, which covers the front surface 8 of the bar handle 8 from the front side, and a rear cover 40 made of synthetic resin, which covers the bar handle 18 from the rear side, are fastened to each other.

On the other hand, a handle support member 48 rotatably supported by the head pipe 16 is disposed above the head pipe 16 provided at the front end of the body frame 15, and the bar handle 18 is provided with a handle support. The member 48 is supported by floating.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the handle support member 48 is formed of an aluminum alloy having mounting holes 49, 49 at two places spaced apart in the width direction of the motorcycle. The head pipe 16 has a steering shaft 50 to which the front fork 17 is connected at the lower end.
Is rotatably supported, and the upper end of the steering shaft 50 projecting upward from the head pipe 16 is inserted into the handle support member 48 at the center between the mounting holes 49, 49, and is orthogonal to the steering shaft 50. Bolt 5 penetrating through the steering shaft 50 and the handle support member 48
By screwing and tightening the nut 52 on the handle 1, the handle support member 48 is fixed to the steering shaft 50, and the handle support member 48 is rotatably supported by the head pipe 16.

The two mounting holes 49, 49 are provided in the handle support member 48 with an axis extending vertically, and the inner surfaces of the mounting holes 49, 49 in the axial middle portion are radially inward. The overhanging flanges 49a are integrally formed.

Mount units 53 and 53 are inserted into the mounting holes 49 above and below the flange 49a, respectively. The mount unit 53 has a cylindrical metal inner cylinder 55 fixed to the inner surface of a cylindrical mount rubber 54 by baking, and the mount rubber 5.
4 is formed by baking and fixing a cylindrical metal outer cylinder 56 to the outer surface thereof. The inner cylinder 55 and the outer cylinder are arranged so that both ends of the inner cylinder 55 are located axially outward from both ends of the outer cylinder 56. 56
Is set in the axial direction.

These mount units 53, 53...
Are inserted into the mounting holes 49, 49 until one end of the outer cylinder 56 contacts the flange 49a, and the outer ends of the inner cylinders 55, 55 project upward and downward from the handle support member 48 when inserted into the mounting hole 49, respectively. I do.

The inner cylinders 55, 55 of the mount units 53, 53, which are inserted into the respective mounting holes 49, 49 in pairs.
The mount shafts 57 and 57 are respectively inserted into the inside, and the upper ends of the mount shafts 57 and 57 can abut on the upper end of the inner cylinder 55 of the upper mount unit 53 of the pair of mount units 53 and 53. Are insert-coupled to lower holders 58.

A semicircular fitting recess 60 is formed on the upper surface of the lower holder 58, and the lower half of the bar handle 18 is fitted into the fitting recess 60. The upper half of the bar handle 18 fitted into the fitting recess 60 is provided with an upper holder 59.
Is fitted into a semicircular fitting recess 61 formed on the lower surface of
By fastening the lower holder 58 and the upper holder 59 to each other by the bolts 62 on both sides of the bar handle 18, the bar handle 18 is fixedly connected to the mount shafts 57.

On the other hand, an annular step 57a facing downward is provided below the mount shaft 57, and a nut is attached to the lower end of the mount shaft 57 so that the cover support stay 63 is sandwiched between the step 57a. 64 are screwed together, and the cover support stay 63 is connected to the pair of mount units 53 and 5.
Inner cylinder 55 provided in lower mount unit 53 of 3
Abuts on the lower end of the Thereby, the bar handle 18
Are floatingly supported at two places on the handle support member 48 via the mount rubbers 54, 54 of the mount units 53, 53,.

Referring also to FIG. 6, the bar handle 18
The cover support stays 63, fixed to the mount shafts 57, 57 at two floating support portions of the
63 is a mounting boss 65 provided on the rear cover 40,
65 and the rear cover 40 in cooperation with the handle cover 3.
8, a mounting boss 6 provided on a front cover 39.
6 and 66, and their mounting bosses 6
5, 65; 66, 66, the cover support stays 63, 63 are provided with insertion holes 67, respectively. Thus, the mounting bosses 65, 65 are provided from the rear cover 40 side.
The screw members 68 inserted into the insertion holes 67 of the cover support stays 63 are screwed into the mounting bosses 66 of the front cover 39, so that the handle cover 38 is attached to the cover support stays 63, 63. That is, it is fixed to the bar handle 18.

Rear cover 4 of handle cover 38
A meter unit 77 is mounted on an upper portion of the front cover 39, and a windscreen 41 having a light-transmitting property is disposed in front of the meter unit 77. The windscreen 41 includes the front cover 39 and the rear cover 40.
It is supported by the handle cover 38 such that the lower end portion is sandwiched therebetween.

Front cover 3 of handle cover 38
An opening 42 is provided at the center of the front surface of 9, and a headlight 43 arranged in this opening 42 is supported by the front cover 39 so that the irradiation direction in the vertical direction can be adjusted.
A pair of left and right turn signals 44, 44 are disposed on the front cover 39 on both left and right sides of the headlight 43.

A pair of left and right rearview mirror devices 70, 70 are attached to the bar handle 18 so that the driver on the seat 32 can visually recognize the rear. The rearview mirror device 70 includes a support arm 71 having a lower end attached to the bar handle 18 and extending upward, and a windscreen 41 mounted on an attachment plate 71 a provided at an upper end of the support arm 71. Bracket 72 fastened between
A stay 73 whose one end is swingably supported by the bracket 72; a mirror holder 74 which is supported by the other end of the stay 73 so as to be able to swing; and a mirror (shown in FIG. ).

In such a rearview mirror device 70, when an external load is applied to the stay 73, the stay 73 can be swung to alleviate the impact, so that the strength of the stay 73 can be increased without interruption. It is not necessary to perform this, and the size and weight of the stay 73 can be reduced.

By means of the rearview mirror devices 70, 70, the upper portion of the handle cover 38 is moved through the windscreen 41 and a pair of support arms 71.
Will be supported. The lower portion of the handle cover 38 is supported by the bar handle 18 via the cover support stays 63, 63 disposed below the handle support member 48 as described above. It will be firmly supported by the bar handle 18 at the location.

Referring also to FIG. 7, the handle cover 3
8, an opening 75 is provided above the rear cover 40, and a case 78 of a meter unit 77 including an electric speedometer 76 and the like enables a driver sitting on the seat 32 to visually recognize the case 78. In order to make the upper surface of the meter unit 77 face the opening 75,
It is attached to the rear cover 40.

The case 78 of the meter unit 77 includes an upper case half 79 and a lower case half 80 partially fitted in the upper case half 79.
The lower end of the upper case half 79 forms a step 81 facing downward over the entire circumference of the case 78.

At the center of the rear side surface of the upper case half 79, a pair of support plates 8 are provided at intervals in the width direction of the motorcycle.
2 and 82 are integrally protruded, and their support plate portions 8 are provided.
An engagement shaft 83 is provided between the two 82. On the other hand, in the rear cover 40 of the handle cover 38, a plurality of engaging plate portions 84 arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the engaging shaft 83 are provided at portions corresponding to the two support plate portions 82, 82. , 84...
The outer surfaces of the engaging plate portions 84, 84 at both ends along the arrangement direction of 4 contact the inner surfaces of the two supporting plate portions 82, 82, and the relative positions of the engaging plate portions 84, 84, and the two supporting plate portions 82, 82. It is provided integrally so as to regulate the position. Moreover, slits 85, 85 for inserting and supporting the engaging shaft 83 between the support plate portions 82, 82 from the front side are formed in the engaging plate portions 84, 84,. The meter unit 77 can swing up and down with the engagement shaft 83 as a fulcrum in a state where the engagement shaft 83 is inserted into each of the slits 85.

The rear cover 40 is located at the front edge of the opening 75.
When the case 78 of the meter unit 77 is brought into contact with the front edge of the opening 75,
Are integrally provided with a pair of engaging claws 86, 86 which resiliently engage with a step portion 81 provided on the outer periphery thereof.
6, 86 are the support plate portions 82, 82 and the engagement shaft 83.
The support portion of the case 78 to the rear cover 49 of the case 78 and the support portion of the case 78 to the rear cover 49 of the front portion of the case 78 by the engaging claws 86, 86 are located substantially at the apex positions of an isosceles triangle. Thus, the rear cover 40 is integrally provided.

According to such a structure, both support plate portions 8
The engagement shaft 83 is inserted through the slits 85, 85 of each of the engagement plate portions 84, 84 while regulating the positions of the engagement plates 84, 84 at the engagement plate portions 84, 84 at both ends in the arrangement direction. The rear of 78 is mounted on the rear cover 40 to allow swinging up and down. Then, when the front portion of the case 78 is rotated so as to contact the front edge portion of the opening 75, the engaging claws 86, 86 resiliently engage the step portion 81, and the case 78 is attached to the rear cover 40. Will be. That is, the case 78 of the meter unit 77 is resiliently engaged with the rear cover 40 from inside the rear cover 40 such that the upper surface of the meter unit 77 faces the opening 75.

The rear part of the case 78 is rotatably supported at one position by the rear cover 40, and the front part of the case 78 is
Instead of a configuration in which it is elastically engaged with the rear cover 40 at a location,
The rear part of the case 78 is rotatably supported by the rear cover 40 at two places, and the front part of the case 78 is
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which it is elastically engaged with zero.

A handle lock device 89 is provided between the handle support member 48 and the head pipe 16. The handle lock device 89 includes a substantially L-shaped engagement stay 90 fixed to the handle support member 48 made of an aluminum alloy, a lock pin 92 removably engaged with the engagement stay 90, and a key. A lock mechanism 91 fixed to the head pipe 16 of the body frame 15 by enabling the lock pin 92 to be operated in the axial direction according to the operation.
It is composed of

The engagement stay 90 is provided on the handle support member 48.
Is made of a metal material, for example, an iron-based material, which is superior in toughness to the aluminum alloy forming the aluminum alloy. An engagement hole 93 that can be provided is provided in the engagement stay 90.

The lock mechanism 91 is supported by a support plate 96 fixed to the head pipe 16 and disposed in the leg shield 29. The lock mechanism 91 is engaged when the bar handle 18 is steered by a certain angle. In the engagement hole 93 of the stay 90,
The lock pin 92 is supported by the support plate 96 so as to be disengageable from below.

Further, the engaging stay 90 is provided at a portion facing a gap 94 formed between the handle cover 38 which covers the bar handle 18 and moves together with the bar handle 18 and the leg shield 29 which covers the front portion of the body frame 15. In order to cover the handle support member 48, it is fixed to the handle support member 38 with a shape extending between the handle cover 38 and the leg shield 29.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Two parts of the handle support member 48 rotatably supported by the head pipe 16 at the front end of the vehicle body frame 15 are mounted on the bar via mount rubbers 54, 54. Since the handle 18 is floatingly supported and the handle cover 38 covering the center of the bar handle 18 is fixed to the bar handle 18, it is possible to ensure the anti-vibration of the handle cover 38 fixed to the bar handle 18. . Moreover, since the mount rubbers 54, 54 need only be interposed between the handle support member 48 and the bar handle 18, even if the handle cover 38 is fixed to the bar handle 18 at a relatively large number, the required number of mount rubbers 54 is small. The number of parts can be reduced, and the number of parts can be reduced.

Since the windscreen 41 is fixed to the handle cover 38, the windscreen 41 is fixed.
And the number of components can be further reduced by eliminating the need for a dedicated component for attaching the windscreen 41 to the bar handle 18 while ensuring the vibration damping performance.

Further, the meter unit 77 whose upper surface faces the opening 75 provided in the handle cover 38 is resiliently engaged with the handle cover 38 from the inside of the handle cover 38. Parts such as screw members for assembling to the handle cover 38 are not required, and the number of parts can be reduced, and the assembling of the meter unit 77 to the handle cover 38 can be facilitated.

Further, of the handle lock device 89 provided between the handle support member 48 and the head pipe 16 of the body frame 15, a lock mechanism having a lock pin 92 capable of engaging with the handle support member 48 side. 9
1 is provided on the head pipe 16 of the vehicle body frame 15 so as to enable the locking pin 92 to be engaged and disengaged in accordance with the key operation, and the handle support member 48 made of an aluminum alloy to reduce the weight is made of an aluminum alloy. The lock pin 92 is made of a metal material having excellent toughness.
An engagement stay 90 provided with an engagement hole 93 capable of engaging and disengaging is secured.

Accordingly, it is possible to maintain the handle locked state while sufficiently reducing the weight of the handle support member 48 and sufficiently withstanding a large load acting on the portion where the lock pin 92 is engaged.

The engaging stay 90 is provided on the bar handle 18.
In a portion facing a gap 94 formed between the handle cover 38 moving with the bar handle 18 and the leg shield 29 covering the front part of the body frame 15, the handle support member 48 is covered so as to cover the handle support member 48.
To prevent an external force from being directly applied to the aluminum alloy handle support member 48 from the gap 94, thereby preventing an unauthorized operation from the gap 94 such as releasing the handle locked state. The anti-theft property can be improved.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the appended claims. It is possible.

For example, the present invention is applicable not only to the motorcycle of the above-described embodiment but also to a motorcycle.

[0049]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to secure the vibration damping of the handle cover fixed to the bar handle so that the bar handle is supported by the body frame in a floating manner. However, even if the handle cover is fixed to the bar handle at a relatively large number, the number of required mount rubbers can be reduced, and the number of parts can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further reduce the number of components by eliminating the need for a dedicated component for attaching the windscreen to the bar handle while securing the vibration isolation of the windscreen.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, parts such as a screw member for assembling the meter unit to the handle cover are unnecessary, and the number of parts is reduced, and the assembling of the meter unit to the handle cover is facilitated. It can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 15 ... body frame 16 ... head pipe 18 ... bar handle 38 ... handle cover 41 ... wind screen 48 ... handle support member 54 ... mount rubber 75 ... opening 77 ... Meter units

Claims (3)

[Claims] A handle support member (48) for supporting a bar handle (18) is rotatably supported by a head pipe (16) at a front end of a body frame (15), and a central portion of the bar handle (18). Is covered with a handle cover (38).
8) is floatingly supported on the handle support member (48) via the mount rubber (54), and the handle cover (38)
Is fixed to a bar handle (18). 2. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein a windscreen (41) is fixed to the handle cover (38). 3. A meter unit (7) having an upper surface facing an opening (75) provided in the handle cover (38).
The motorcycle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the handle (7) is resiliently engaged with the handle cover (38) from inside the handle cover (38).