JP4424606B2 - Motorcycle helmet holder mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a helmet holder mounting structure for attaching a helmet holder to a rear part of a body frame of a motorcycle.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a helmet holder mounting structure for attaching a helmet holder to a rear part of a body frame of a motorcycle is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-38866 (Fig. 1)

  FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1 is a rear right side view of a motorcycle that employs a seat locking structure according to the prior art, and a pivot pin on the side of the body frame 1 (the reference numeral is the same as that of the publication). 7 and a lever 3 for opening the seat, a holder arm portion 5 that locks the chin strap of the helmet is swingably attached, and the locking engagement portion 6 of the holder arm portion 5 is engaged with the lock pin 9 of the locking device 8. By stopping, the seat is locked and the helmet holder 4 is locked.

  However, since the helmet holder 4 is provided on the vehicle body frame 1 side, if a seat, a side cover (or a side cowl) or the like is attached to the vehicle body frame 1, the helmet holder becomes difficult to see. It is desirable to make the helmet holder more visible.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle that can make the helmet holder easily visible even if the rear part of the vehicle body is covered with a side cover.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a side cover that covers the rear part of the vehicle body frame is provided at the rear part of the vehicle body frame , and a guard member that covers the side of the rear wheel is provided below the side cover. In the motorcycle that protects the guard member , the guard member is disposed outward in the vehicle width direction from the side cover , and a helmet holder is provided on the guard member, and the helmet holder is provided on the upper side of the guard member and on the side. It is arrange | positioned under the cover, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the mounting portion of the helmet holder is disposed so as to be inside the vehicle width direction from the guard member.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the outer surface of the helmet holder is substantially flush with the outer surface of the guard member.
The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the guard member is provided with a plurality of bar members, and the plurality of bar members are arranged below the helmet holder.
In the invention which concerns on Claim 5, a guard member is formed from the U-shaped bone member which open | releases the front by a vehicle side view, and a helmet holder is a U-shaped inner side of a bone member, and upper back. It is arrange | positioned at the corner part of this.
The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that a bar member for attaching the step for the rear occupant is extended from the vehicle body frame, and a lower front end portion of the bone member is connected to the bar member.

  In the invention according to claim 1, since the guard member covering the rear wheel side is provided at the rear part of the vehicle body frame, and the helmet holder is provided on the guard member, the helmet holder can be set and arranged as long as the position is on the guard member. The degree of freedom increases.

By improving the freedom degree of arrangement | positioning of a helmet holder, even if the vehicle body rear part is covered with the side cover, a helmet holder can be arrange | positioned in the position which is easy to see on a guard member.
Therefore, there is an advantage that the helmet holder can be easily seen even if the rear part of the vehicle body is covered with the side cover.

  In the invention according to claim 2, since the mounting portion of the helmet holder is arranged so as to be inside the vehicle body width direction from the guard member, the helmet holder is arranged so as to reduce or eliminate the amount of the helmet holder protruding outward from the guard member. be able to.

  By arranging so as to reduce or eliminate the amount of the helmet holder protruding outward from the guard member, the legs of the rear occupant are less likely to hit the helmet holder when the rear occupant rides. Since the rear occupant's feet are less likely to hit the helmet holder, there is an advantage that the rear occupant can easily get on without getting in the way.

  In the invention according to claim 3, since the outer surface of the helmet holder is substantially flush with the outer surface of the guard member, it is difficult for the rear occupant's foot to hit the helmet holder when the rear occupant gets on. Since the rear occupant's feet are less likely to hit the helmet holder, there is an advantage that the rear occupant can easily get on without getting in the way.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper”, “lower” are directions viewed from the driver, Ft is front side, Rr is rear side, L is left side, R is The right side, T indicates the upper side, and B indicates the lower side. The drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle according to the present invention. The motorcycle 10 improves a handle stopper mechanism that regulates the steering angle of the bar handle 11 and protects a handle lock device that locks the steering of the bar handle 11. The function is improved, the appearance around the front cowl 12 is enhanced, the volume of the storage box 14 provided below the fuel tank 13 is increased, and the appearance around the storage box 14 is enhanced. This is a vehicle characterized by suppressing the sinking when the vehicle is seated and increasing the degree of freedom of the arrangement of the helmet holder 18 attached to the rear side of the body frame 17.

  The motorcycle 10 includes a body frame 17 having a head pipe 21 constituting a front end, a main frame 22 extending obliquely downward and rearward from the head pipe 21, and a pair of left and right extending rearward from a rear end portion of the main frame 22. Seat rails 23 and 24 (only reference numeral 23 on the front side is shown), a pair of left and right down frames 26 and 27 extending substantially downward and rearward from the front end portion of the main frame 22, and obliquely rearward from the rear portion of the main frame 22. A pair of left and right center frames 28 and 31 (only the front side 28 is shown) connected to the rear ends of the down frames 26 and 27 by extending downward and downward, seat rails 23 and 24 and the center frame 28, A pair of left and right sub-frames 32 and 33 (only the reference numeral 32 on the front side is shown) passed to each of 31. A front fork 36 is rotatably attached to the head pipe 21, a fuel tank 13 is attached to the main frame 22, and a pair of left and right pivot plates 37, 38 attached to the center frames 28, 31 (only the reference numeral 37 on the front side) The rear side guard member which supports the power unit 43 including the engine 41 and the transmission 42 and supports the swing arm 45 so as to be swingable up and down, and is provided on the left side of the seat 16 and the rear side by the seat rails 23 and 24. 46 is a vehicle that supports 46.

  The front fork 36 is formed by connecting a pair of left and right forks 51 and 52 (only the reference numeral 51 on the front side) by a top bridge 53 and a bottom bridge 54 disposed below the top bridge 53. The bar handle 11 and the handle lock device 56 are attached to the top bridge 53 and the bottom bridge 54. A cowl support stay 57 is attached to the top bridge 53 and the bottom bridge 54. The cowl support stay 57 supports the front cowl 12, and the meter 58, inner cowl 61, turn signal. The support stay 62 and the front license plate 63 are supported.

  Here, 65 is a headlamp attached to the front cowl 12, 66 and 67 (only the reference numeral 66 on the front side) is a pair of left and right front winkers attached to the left and right of the winker support stay 62, and 68 is a lower end of the front fork 36. Reference numeral 71 denotes a front fender that covers the upper portion of the front wheel 68.

  The storage box 14 is located between the main frame 22 and the cylinder portion 73 of the engine 41 and is attached to the lower portion of the main frame 22 via a bracket 74, and closes the case 76 having an opening and the opening. The lower portion of the fuel tank 13 is covered with an extension 78 extending rearward from the case 76, and both sides are covered with a left cover 81 and a right cover (not shown), respectively. .

  The seat 16 has an insertion portion provided at the lower rear portion engaged with an engaging portion on the seat rail 23, 24 side, and a pair of left and right mounting pieces 85, 86 (only the reference numeral 85 on the front side is shown). ) Is bolted to the seat rails 23 and 24 side. Reference numeral 87 denotes a grab rail attached to the rear part of the seat rails 23 and 24.

  The helmet holder 18 is attached to the upper part of the rear side guard member 46, and is a lockable member considering the arrangement so as not to obstruct the feet of the passengers riding on the rear part of the seat 16. Reference numerals 91 and 92 (only the reference numeral 91 on the front side are shown) are bar members extending rearward and obliquely downward from the subframes 32 and 33, and steps 93 and 94 for passengers seated on the rear part of the seat 16 at the lower ends. (Only the front side reference numeral 93 is shown) is attached, and is connected to the lower part of the rear side guard member 46 via a frame side stay 96.

The engine 41 is obtained by attaching an intake device 102 and an exhaust device 103 to a cylinder head 101 provided in a cylinder portion 73.
The intake device 102 includes a carburetor 106, which is a fuel supply device connected to the upper portion of the cylinder head 101 via an intake pipe 105, and an air cleaner 108 connected to the carburetor 106 via a connecting tube 107. The seat rails 23 and 24, the center frames 28 and 31, and the subframes 32 and 33 are arranged in a space. Needless to say, the carburetor 106 may be an injector or a throttle body of a fuel injection device.

  Here, 111 is an air inlet of the air cleaner 108, 112 is a throttle cable extending from a throttle grip (not shown) provided on the bar handle 11 to the carburetor 106, and 113 is extended from a clutch lever provided on the bar handle 11 to the power unit 43. A clutch cable 114 is a battery disposed on the back side of the air cleaner 108.

  The exhaust device 103 includes an exhaust pipe 115 attached to the lower part of the cylinder head 101 and a muffler 116 attached to the rear end of the exhaust pipe 115. The muffler 116 is attached to the rear bar member 92 and the tip of the bar member 92. It is supported via the attached muffler stay 117.

The swing arm 45 is a member attached to the pivot plates 37 and 38 via the pivot shaft 121, and has a rear wheel 122 and a pair of left and right rear cushion units 123 and 123 at the rear end (only the reference numeral 123 on the front side is shown). The lower end of each is attached. The upper end of the rear cushion unit 123 is attached to rail lower brackets 125 and 125 (only the reference numeral 125 on the front side is shown) attached to the seat rails 23 and 24, respectively. 126 is a chain cover.
The pivot plates 37 and 38 are members provided with power unit support portions 131 to 133 for supporting the upper and rear portions of the power unit 43.

  Here, 137 is a stand, 138 is a rear fender that covers the upper portion of the rear wheel 122 by being attached to the seat rails 23 and 24 and the lower rail brackets 125 and 125, and 141 and 142 (only the reference numeral 141 on the front side is shown). A pair of left and right rear turn signals, 144 and 146 attached to a turn signal stay 143 provided on the rear are a rear cover and a tail lamp attached to the rear fender 138.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of a helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention.
The guard member 46 includes a front stay 151 and a rear stay 152 that are fixed to the vehicle body frame side, a substantially U-shaped bone member 153 that is attached below the stays 151 and 152, and the bone member 153. A lower stay 154 fixed to the vehicle body frame side at the lower portion, a first bar member 155 spanned above and below a substantially U-shaped bone member 153, and a space between the first bar member 155 and the bone member 153 It comprises a plurality of second bar members 156 that are stretched over, and a holder bracket 157 that extends downward from the bone member 153 and serves as a mounting seating surface of the helmet holder 18.

A structure for attaching the guard member 46 to the body frame side will be described below.
A lower rail bracket 125 is attached to the lower side of the seat rail 23, a rear bracket 158 is attached to the lower rail bracket 125, a rear stay 152 of the guard member 46 is overlaid on the rear bracket 158, and the rear stay 152 and the rear bracket 158 are attached. Fastening is performed by the fastening member 159. Similarly, the front stay 151 provided in the guard member 46 is overlapped with the front portion of the rail lower bracket 125, and the front stay 151 and the rail lower bracket 125 are fastened.

  Further, the bar member 91 for attaching the step 93 for the rear occupant is lowered obliquely backward from the subframe 32 on the vehicle body frame side, and the frame side stay 96 is attached to the rear side of the bar member 91, and the guard member is attached to the frame side stay 96. The lower stays 154 attached to the lower ends of the 46 bone members 153 are overlapped, and the lower stays 154 and the frame side stays 96 are fastened by the fastening members 159.

  Thus, after attaching the guard member 46 to the vehicle body frame side, the helmet holder 18 is fastened to the holder bracket 157 of the guard member 46 by the fastening member 161 to form the helmet holder attachment structure according to the present invention.

  That is, in the motorcycle 10 in which the guard member 46 that covers the side of the rear wheel 122 is provided at the rear portion 170 of the vehicle body frame and the occupant is protected from the rear wheel 122 by the guard member 46, the helmet holder 18 is attached to the guard member 46. Provided.

  The helmet holder 18 includes a main body 171, seats 172 provided at both ends of the main body 171, and a slide bar 173 slidably provided to lock the helmet chin string, and the slide bar 173. The key cylinder 174 is engaged with the key cylinder 174. The key is inserted into the key cylinder 174, and the slide bar 173 slides along with the rotation of the key cylinder 174 so that the helmet can be locked and released.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in FIG. 2, and is a view for explaining the structure around the attachment portion of the helmet holder 18. As shown in FIG.
A rail lower bracket 125 is attached downward from the seat rail 23, a rear bracket 158 is attached downward to the rail lower bracket 125, a rear stay 152 of the guard member 46 is overlaid on the rear bracket 158, and the rear bracket 158 and the rear stay 152 are overlapped. Are fastened by a fastening member 159, and a holder bracket 157 is attached downward from the rear stay 152, and the holder bracket 157 and the helmet holder 18 are fastened by a holder fastening member 161.

Regarding the structure above the seat rail 23, a rear cross plate 181 is attached to the seat rail 23 from above, and a grab rail 87 is disposed above the rear cross plate 181, and a cushion rubber 182 is disposed on the grab rail 87 via a cushion rubber 182. The sheet 16 is placed.
A side cover 183 is disposed outside the seat rail 23 and the rear stay 152, and the side cover 183 covers the periphery of the rear bracket 158 of the guard member 46.

  That is, the mounting portion of the helmet holder 18 is arranged so as to be inward of the guard member 46 in the vehicle width direction.

  Specifically, since the holder bracket 157 as the attachment portion of the helmet holder 18 is disposed so as to be inward of the outer side surface 185 of the guard member 46 in the vehicle body width direction, the helmet holder 18 protrudes outward from the guard member 46. Can be arranged to reduce the amount to be done. By disposing the helmet holder 18 so as to reduce the amount of outward protrusion from the guard member 46, the rear occupant's feet are less likely to hit the helmet holder 18 when the rear occupant gets on. Since the legs of the rear occupant are less likely to hit the helmet holder 18, the rear occupant can easily get on without getting in the way when riding.

  In the present embodiment, the outer surface 18a of the helmet holder 18 is disposed so as to slightly protrude from the outer surface 185 of the guard member 46, but the protruding amount is eliminated and the outer surface 185 of the guard member 46 is substantially flush or It may be arranged so as to be inside the outer surface 185.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2, and shows a structure for attaching the front stay 151 provided to the guard member 46 to the vehicle body frame side.
A rail lower bracket 125 is attached downward from the seat rail 23, and a screw shaft 186 is attached outward from the rail lower bracket 125. The upper end 123a of the rear cushion unit 123 and the front stay 151 are attached to the screw shaft 186 in this order. The guard member 46 is fixed to the vehicle body frame side by tightening with a nut 187.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention. The guard member 46 is mounted on the vehicle body frame side, the holder bracket 157 is lowered from the rear stay 152 of the guard member 46, and the holder bracket 157 is attached. A helmet holder 18 is attached.

The operation of the present invention will be described below.
In the motorcycle 10 of the type in which the rear portion of the vehicle body frame is covered with the side cover 183, the helmet holder 18 needs to be attached to the vehicle body frame 17 side in consideration of interference with the side cover 183, and the attachment position is limited. Or, the mounting structure becomes complicated by extending the mounting stay from the body frame 17.

In this regard, in the present invention, since the helmet holder 18 is provided on the guard member 46 that does not interfere with the side cover 183, the position can be set without considering the interference with the side cover 183, and the degree of freedom of arrangement is improved. . Further, since the shape of the side cover 183 can be determined regardless of the position of the helmet holder 18, the appearance around the helmet holder 18 can be improved.
Furthermore, the helmet holder 18 can be arrange | positioned in the position where the attachment / detachment of a helmet is favorable because the freedom degree of arrangement | positioning of the helmet holder 18 improves.

  In addition, in Claim 1, the attachment position of a helmet holder does not need to be attached in the position which becomes one step lower than the stay of a guard member.

  The present invention is suitable for motorcycles.

1 is a side view of a motorcycle according to the present invention. 1 is an enlarged view of a main part of a helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Motorcycle, 17 ... Body frame, 18 ... Helmet holder, 18a ... Outer surface of helmet holder, 46 ... Guard member, 122 ... Rear wheel, 152 ... Rear stay, 157 ... Holder bracket, 170 ... Rear part of body frame, 185 ... The outer surface of the guard member.

Claims (6)

A motorcycle provided with a side cover that covers the rear part of the vehicle body frame at the rear part of the vehicle body frame , and a guard member that covers the side of the rear wheel is provided below the side cover, and the occupant is protected from the rear wheel by the guard member. In
The guard member is disposed outward in the vehicle width direction from the side cover,
A helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle , wherein a helmet holder is provided on the guard member, and the helmet holder is disposed above the guard member and below the side cover .   2. The helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion of the helmet holder is disposed so as to be inside the vehicle width direction with respect to the guard member.   2. The helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the helmet holder is substantially flush with an outer surface of the guard member.   The helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the guard member is provided with a plurality of bar members, and the plurality of bar members are arranged below the helmet holder.   The guard member is formed from a U-shaped bone member that opens frontward in a side view of the vehicle, and the helmet holder is disposed inside the U-shaped inside of the bone member and at the upper rear corner. The helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the helmet holder mounting structure is a motorcycle.   6. A helmet holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 5, wherein a bar member for attaching a rear passenger step is extended from the vehicle body frame, and a lower front end portion of the bone member is connected to the bar member. .

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