JP3476306B2 - Standing handle structure of motorcycle - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a standing handle used for lifting a vehicle body when erecting a main stand for stopping and placing a motorcycle. It is. 2. Description of the Related Art A body frame for supporting a seat, a fuel tank, and the like is provided on both left and right sides below a seat of a motorcycle. This body frame (for example, pipe frame)
Some of them serve as a standing handle, but since they are made of metal, if they are touched directly with their hands, the feeling of operation when lifting the vehicle body is not good. Therefore, there is a type in which a handle portion serving as a standing handle of a vehicle body frame is covered with a synthetic resin cover to improve the feel. However, the conventional standing handle having a structure in which the handle portion of the vehicle body frame is covered with a cover made of synthetic resin requires a number of parts corresponding to the need for the cover made of synthetic resin. There are many drawbacks, and there is a drawback that, when the standing handle is operated by inserting a hand from under the side cover, there is a gap between the side cover and the standing handle, so that the operability is poor. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art, and has as its object to provide a standing handle structure for a motorcycle having a small number of parts and good operability. In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a handle portion for lifting a vehicle body is provided on one of a pair of body frames extending on both left and right sides of a rear fender preferably made of resin. A standing handle structure for a motorcycle, wherein an extension portion that covers a lower surface of the handle portion and abuts on the handle portion and smoothly connects to a lower edge of a side cover is integrally formed with the rear fender. Provide a standing handle structure. In the above configuration, the extension of the rear fender constitutes a cover for the handle portion of the vehicle body frame, so that a dedicated component for the cover is not required. Further, since the extension of the rear fender is smoothly connected to the lower edge of the side cover, the surface of the side cover serves as a guide at the time of operation, so that operability is good. [0007] In a preferred embodiment,
A handle concave portion is formed between the tire house portion and the handle cover portion of the rear fender. In a preferred embodiment, the handle covering portion of the rear fender is configured to contact the handle portion of the vehicle body frame via a rib. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle to which a standing handle according to the present invention is applied. The body frame of the motorcycle 1 has a head pipe 3 through which the steering shaft 2 passes, a down tube (main pipe) 4 for fixing the head pipe 3, and an engine 5 and a main stand 7 fixed to the down tube 4. Bracket frames 6, 8, a seat hinge pipe 11 for rotatably supporting the seat 10, a bracket frame (upper gusset) 9 for supporting the same, a pair of right and left rear upper pipe frames 12 for supporting a fuel tank (not shown), the bracket It comprises a pair of right and left rear lower pipe frames 13 and the like connecting the frame (lower gusset) 8 and the rear upper pipe frame 12. An angled vertical pipe 72 is welded and fixed to the rear end of the down tube 4 (substantially at the center of the vehicle body). For this vertical pipe 72, an upper gusset (bracket frame) 9 and a lower gusset (bracket frame)
8 is fixed by welding. A cushion 71 is mounted between the vertical pipe 72 and a bracket 74 fixed to the rear arm 22. A footrest 73 for a tandem rider is attached to the rear lower pipe frame 13. The rear ends 12a of the left and right rear upper pipe frames 12 are bent upward, and these left and right rear ends 12a
The rear bracket 50 is fixed therebetween. A grab bar 41 for a tandem rider is attached to the rear bracket 50. 43 is a tail lamp. Sheet 10
Is mounted rotatably about a shaft 11a at the upper end of a seat hinge pipe 11 welded and fixed to the upper surface of the upper gusset 9. The lower left and right sides of the seat 10 are covered with a rear side cover 70. Upper pipe frame 12 on left side of vehicle body
On the slightly rear side, there is a handle part 1 for lifting the vehicle body.
2b is formed. The body frame is made of a metal material such as steel or aluminum, and is entirely covered with a body cover 14 made of a synthetic resin which can be divided into a plurality of parts in the front, rear, left and right directions. The upper and lower ends of the steering shaft 2 are fixed to a handle crown 15. The handle 16 is connected to a front fork pipe 17 via the handle crown 15. The front fork pipe 17 supports the front wheel 18 from both left and right sides, and changes the direction of the front wheel 18 in conjunction with the operation of the handle 16. The front of the handle 16 is covered with a cowling 19, and a headlight 20 is mounted on the cowling 19. A rear arm 22 that pivots up and down around a pivot shaft 75 provided on the lower gusset 8 and supports the rear wheel 21 at the rear end is connected below the rear lower pipe frame 13 of the body frame. The rear wheel 21 is connected to the engine 5 via a chain (not shown) and is driven to rotate. The chain is covered with a chain cover 23. The upper portion of the front wheel 18 is covered with a front fender 24 made of synthetic resin mounted inside the left and right front fork pipes 17, and the upper portion of the rear wheel 21 is covered with a rear fender 25 also made of synthetic resin. The side of the engine 5 is covered with an under cowl portion 27 integrated with a front side cover 26 of the vehicle body cover 14. This resin front side cover 26
A rear side cover 70 made of resin is also attached to the rear side. FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing a rear portion of a vehicle including a rear fender according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a rear portion of the vehicle including the rear fender, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. As described above, a pair of left and right pipe frames 12, which are body frames that support the seat 10, the fuel tank 40, and the like, are provided below the seat 10 of the motorcycle. A rear fender 2 made of resin is provided between the left and right pipe frames 12.
5 is mounted. An extension portion 44 is formed at a substantially central portion of the rear fender 25 and extends outward to cover a lower surface of a handle portion (a portion on which a hand is held when lifting the vehicle body) 12b of the pipe frame 12. In this vehicle, a standing handle is constituted by the integrally formed extension portion 44 and the handle portion 12b of the pipe frame 12.
Further, a handle seat (grab bar) 41 is provided on the rear side of the seat 10 to be gripped by a rear passenger (tandem rider), and a tail lamp 43 is mounted between the handle seat 41 and the rear fender 25. The upper side of the tail lamp 43 is covered with a tail cowl 42 that connects between the left and right rear side covers 70. As shown in FIG. 3, the entire upper surface of the fuel tank 40 and the like supported by the left and right pipe frames 12 is covered with the seat 10 (FIG. 2).
And left and right rear side covers 70. The rear fender 25 between the left and right pipe frames 12 is also covered with the seat 10 and the rear side cover 70 of the vehicle body cover 14 except for the rear end. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 2, and schematically shows a rear portion of the vehicle including the rear fender according to the present invention. The left and right upper pipe frames 12 that support the fuel tank 40 and the like are covered with a rear side cover 70 that forms a part of a vehicle body cover together with the fuel tank 40 and the like. As described above, the extension portion 44 that extends outward and covers the lower surface of the handle portion of the pipe frame 12 and smoothly continues to the lower edge of the rear side cover 70 is provided at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the rear fender 25 of this embodiment. Are integrally formed. To explain this in more detail, the extension portion 44 is configured by a recessed portion 44a for a handle connected to the tire house portion 25a of the rear fender 25 and a handle cover portion 44b that covers the lower surface of the handle portion of the upper pipe frame 12. The extension portion 44 of the rear fender 25 is provided on the left side of the vehicle, and the handle cover portion 44b is formed in a substantially box shape opened upward, and one vertical rib 45a in the running direction provided on the inside thereof. And two lateral ribs 45 in the vehicle width direction
b. This handle cover portion 44b
Abuts on the upper pipe frame 12 via the vertical ribs 45a and the horizontal ribs 45b. In addition, the handle recess 4
4a is recessed in a substantially box shape opened downward,
A strong box body is formed by four side walls including the rear partition wall 46, and the standing handle portion is formed as a strong structure together with the adjacent handle cover portion 44b. According to the standing handle having the above-described structure, if the user slides his hand along the rear side cover 70 and the handle cover 44b and moves it, the surface of the handle becomes a guide and easily reaches the recess 44a. If the vehicle is lifted up and the main stand 7 is erected, the vehicle can be stopped and placed, and the operability becomes extremely good. After the hand reaches the recess 44a, the recess 4a is formed.
Since the inner wall 46 of the 4a serves as a partition wall between the inner wall 4a and the tire house portion 25a, there is no further access to the interior. Also, since the place where the hand is hooked is a concave portion, the lifting operation is easy, and compared to the case of a flat shape, the rear wheel is less likely to be stained by mud or the like which flips up and the hand is not stained during operation. FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the standing handle in the same cross section as FIG.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the configuration in which the lower edge of the rear fender 0 and the extension of the rear fender 25 are smoothly connected. In this example, a step 47 is provided in the handle cover 44b of the extension, and the lower edge of the rear side cover 70 is overlapped on the step. Further, a cable holding piece for elastically holding the cable is formed on the rear fender 25 on the right side of the vehicle body. Such a cable holding piece may be provided similarly in the embodiment of FIG. The other configurations and operational effects are the same as those in the example of FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing the rear portion of the vehicle including the structure of the seat lock and the structure of the handle seat (grab bar). Below the seat 10 of the motorcycle, an oil tank 48, a battery 49, a fuel tank 40 and the like are provided between the pair of left and right pipe frames 12. The left and right pipe frames 12 are connected at their rear ends by a rear bracket 50. A handle seat 41 is attached to the rear bracket 50, and a lock cylinder 52
Is installed. The U-shaped hook bar 57 which engages with the hook of this seat lock is
0 is attached to the rear lower surface of the bottom plate 10a. A rear fender 25 is mounted between the left and right pipe frames 12, and a tail lamp 43 is mounted between the rear fender 25 and the handle seat 41. Further, the ends of the lower pipe frame 13 are welded to the left and right upper pipe frames 12, and this lower pipe frame is connected to the bracket frame (lower gusset) 8 of FIG. The rear fender 25 is fixed to the rear bracket 50 and the lower pipe frame 13. FIG. 7 is a plan view schematically showing the rear portion of the vehicle including the structure of the seat lock and the structure of the handlebar seat.
When the rear part of the vehicle is viewed from above, the oil cap 53
The oil tank 48, the battery box 49, the fuel tank 40 having the fuel supply cap 54 on the upper surface, and the like are entirely covered with the seat 10 (FIGS. 1 and 2). Rear side cover 7
Covered with 0. The rear fender 25 between the left and right pipe frames is also covered with the seat 10 and the rear side cover 70 of the vehicle body cover 14 except for the rear end. Handle hole 55
The front portion of the handle seat (grab bar) 41 has a rear portion surrounding the rear portion of the seat 10, and a rear bracket 50 for connecting the left and right pipe frames is provided below the handle portion. The handle sheet 41 is fixed to the rear bracket 50 by screws 56 (described later). The rear bracket 50 further includes a seat lock lock cylinder 52.
A hook support plate (described later) supporting the hook and the hook is provided with a screw 15.
Fixed at 6. Further, a hook bar 57 (FIG. 6) that engages with a hook of the seat lock is provided on the rear bracket 50.
And a through hole 59 for weight reduction. FIG. 8 is a structural explanatory view showing a structure for attaching the handle seat 41 to the rear bracket 50. As shown in FIG. The handle seat 41 is provided with a mounting seat 61 which extends downward through the tail cowl portion 42 located below the connecting portion in front of the grip portion 60 at the rear end and extends downward. The handle seat 41 is positioned above the mounting seat 61 in the second direction.
A screw 56 is penetrated at a location and fastened and fixed to a rear bracket 50 having a two-plate structure for reinforcement. According to this, since the head of the screw 56 cannot be seen from the side,
Preferred for appearance. In addition, since the work of attaching the handle sheet 41 can be performed only from above, the assembling property to the vehicle body is improved. Further, in this example, a grommet 62 is provided on the outer periphery of the mounting seat 61, and the annular groove 6 on the outer periphery of the grommet 62 is provided.
3, a tail cowl 42 (FIG. 2) is inserted and supported. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the seat lock. The seat lock includes a hook support plate 92 fixed with screws 156 to a rear bracket 50 constituting a part of the body frame. The hook support plate 92 is cut into a predetermined shape by pressing a sheet metal. Is formed with a bent rib 92b. The hook 91 has its shaft 9
It is pivotally attached to a hook supporting plate 92 which is a sheet metal pressed product so as to be rotatable around six. The lock cylinder 52 has a hole 92a provided in a rib 92b of a hook support plate 92 which is a sheet metal pressed product.
Into the hook support plate 92.
Are fixed to the hook support plate 92 integrally with screws 99. The U-shaped hook bar 57 fixed to the seat 10 is engaged with the tip hook portion 91a of the hook 91. The hook 91 further has a tongue piece 91b facing the hook portion 91a, and the hook bar 57 is locked between the hook portion 91a and the tongue piece 91b. The lock cylinder 52 has a pin 93 which rotates when a key is inserted into the lock cylinder 52 and turned.
Engages with one end of a rotating member 95 that rotates about a shaft 94. An action portion 95 is provided at the other end of the rotating member 95.
a is formed to protrude. A stopper member 98 is further pivotally mounted on the shaft 94. The stopper member 98 has an abutting piece 98a and an upright end 98b. Butt piece 9
8 a contacts the stopper receiving portion 91 c of the hook 91. Further, with respect to the rising end 98b of the stopper member 98,
The action portion 95a of the rotating member 95 contacts. A tension spring 97 is mounted between the stopper receiving portion 91c of the hook 91 and the upright end 98b of the stopper member 98. In the seat lock having such a structure,
In order to release the lock from the locked state shown by the solid line in the drawing (the state in which the seat 10 is lowered and the hook 91a of the hook 91 is hooked on the U-shaped hook bar 57), the key is inserted into the lock cylinder 52 and turned. As a result, the pin 93 at the tip of the lock cylinder rotates and moves upward, so that the rotating member 95 rotates clockwise about the shaft 94. At this time,
The action portion 95a of the rotating member 95 is
The stopper member 98 is rotated in the same direction by contacting and pressing the rising end 98b. As a result, the abutting piece 98a of the stopper member 98 comes off the stopper receiving portion 91c of the hook 91. In this state, the tension spring 9
By the operation of 7, the hook 91 is pulled, and rotates clockwise around the axis 96. As a result, the hook portion 91a of the hook 91 comes off the hook bar 57 and the tongue piece 91
b pushes up the hook bar 57 from below. This allows
The rear end of the sheet 10 (FIGS. 1 and 6) is slightly lifted. After this, the sheet is lifted and the shaft 11a at the front end is
The lower part of the seat is opened by rotating around (FIGS. 1 and 6). When the seat is locked, the hook bar 57 abuts on the tongue piece 91b of the hook 91 by rotating the seat downward, and rotates the hook 91 around the axis 96 in the counterclockwise direction. As the hook bar 57 goes down, the hook 91
The hook portion 91a rotates to engage with the upper surface of the hook bar 57, and presses the hook bar 57 from above to hold it in a locked state. At this time, by the action of the tension spring 97, the stopper member 98 rotates counterclockwise around the shaft 94,
The abutting piece 98a is used as the stopper receiving portion 9 of the hook 91.
1c to prevent the hook 91 from rotating clockwise (opening direction) and keep the hook 91 in the locked state. The sheet lock having such a structure can be provided at a low cost by using a sheet metal pressed product. In addition, since the lock cylinder 52 and the hook 91 are connected by the pin 93, the rotating member 95, the stopper member 98, and the like, an interlocking wire is not required, and a simple, reliable, and highly reliable operation is achieved. In addition, it can be provided at low cost. Further, the seat lock has a simple structure and a compact shape, is easily assembled to a vehicle body, and is advantageous in terms of space. As described above, according to the present invention, the resin rear fender extends outward to cover the lower surface of the handle portion of the vehicle body frame and smoothly extends to the lower edge of the rear side cover. Since the extension of the resin of the rear fender constitutes the cover of the handle part of the body frame, the feel at the time of operation is good, and the number of parts can be reduced by the amount that no special parts for the cover are required it can. In addition, since the extension of the rear fender is smoothly connected to the lower edge of the rear side cover, the surface of the rear side cover serves as a guide during operation, so that operability is good. In addition, if a handle recess is formed between the tire house portion and the handle cover portion of the rear fender, the inner wall of the recess becomes a partition wall between the tire house portion and the hand can be further deepened. There is no operability. Also,
The recessed area where the hand is hooked makes it easy to lift, and the rear wheel is not easily soiled by mud, etc. Obtainable. The resin-made rear fender extension constituting the standing handle is constituted by two adjacent boxes (a handle recess and a handle cover) whose opening directions are vertically inverted. Has improved rigidity and sufficient rigidity due to the side walls constituting the box body including the partition wall, and is reinforced with ribs, which is also coupled with the handle cover portion which also has large rigidity and sufficient strength. Thus, higher rigidity is ensured. Thereby, durability and operability are improved, and a stable and highly reliable operation feeling is obtained.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle to which a standing handle according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing a rear portion of a vehicle including a rear fender according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a rear portion of a vehicle including a rear fender according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view schematically showing a rear portion of a vehicle including a rear fender according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the configuration in which the lower edge of the side cover and the extension of the rear fender are smoothly connected. FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a rear portion of the vehicle including a structure of a seat lock and a structure of a handle seat. FIG. 7 is a plan view schematically showing a rear portion of the vehicle including a structure of a seat lock and a structure of a handle seat. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a structure for attaching a handle seat to a rear bracket. FIG. 9 is a configuration explanatory view showing details of a seat lock. [Description of Signs] 1: motorcycle, 2: steering shaft, 3: head pipe, 4: down tube, 5: engine, 6: bracket frame, 7: main stand, 8: bracket frame (lower gusset), 9: Bracket frame (upper gusset), 10: Seat, 11: Seat hinge pipe, 12: Pipe frame, 13: Lower pipe frame, 14: Body cover, 15: Handle crown, 1
6: handle, 17: front fork pipe, 18:
Front wheel, 19: Cowling, 20: Headlight, 21:
Rear wheel, 22: rear arm, 23: chain cover, 2
4: Front fender, 25: Rear fender, 25a:
Tire house part, 26: front side cover, 40: fuel tank, 41: handle seat, 42: tail cowl,
43: tail lamp, 44: extension, 44a: recess for handling, 44b: handle cover, 45: rib, 46: partition wall, 47: step, 48: oil tank, 49: battery, 50: rear bracket, 52: Lock cylinder, 5
3: oil cap, 54: fuel supply cap, 55:
Hole for handling, 56: screw, 57: hook bar, 58: elongated hole, 59: through hole, 60: grip, 61: mounting seat, 62:
Grommet, 63: annular groove, 70: rear side cover,
91: hook, 91a: hook, 91b: tongue, 91c:
Stopper receiving portion, 92: hook support plate, 92a: hole, 9
2b: rib, 93: pin, 94: shaft, 95: rotating member,
95a: action part, 96: shaft, 97: tension spring,
98: stopper member, 98a: abutting piece, 98b: standing end, 99: screw, 156: screw

Claims (1)

(1) In a standing handle structure of a motorcycle, wherein a handle portion for lifting a vehicle body is provided on one of a pair of body frames extending on both left and right sides of the rear fender, the rear fender includes: One-piece molding extending outward
Has an extended portion , which extends to the tire house of the rear fender
Cover the handle recess and the underside of the handle of the body frame.
And a handle covering portion to be covered, wherein the handle recess is recessed in a substantially box shape opened downward.
Are those, wherein the handle cover portion, the upper adjacent to the working recess
It is formed in a roughly box shape open to the side, and provided inside
The fuel tank abuts on the body frame via a reinforcing rib, and a fuel tank is supported on the body frame.
The tank projects outside the body frame that supports it,
The outside surface of this body frame is
The lower edge of the side cover is smoothly connected to the extension portion, and the inner wall of the box-shaped recess for the handle is a tire house.
A standing handle structure for a motorcycle, wherein the standing handle structure serves as a partition wall between the two.