JPH058772A - Motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a motorcycle which can enhance the workability for attaching and removing a driver's seat and a carrier to and from the body of the motorcycle. CONSTITUTION:A seat unit 9 in which a drive's seat 10 is coupled with a carrier 11 positioned in rear of the seat 10 is fixed to the upper part of a vehicle body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a motorcycle, and more particularly to improvement of workability of attaching and removing a driver's seat and carrier.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A driver's seat is mounted on the upper part of the motorcycle body, and a carrier for loading luggage may be mounted behind the seat. As a structure for attaching the seat and the carrier to the vehicle body, the following structure has been conventionally adopted. First, for example, while locking the locking piece formed on the front part of the seat with the locked piece formed near the rear of the fuel tank of the vehicle body,
Both sides of the rear part of the seat are fastened to the vehicle body with bolts, whereby the seat is attached to the vehicle body. Further, the carrier is arranged at the rear of the seat, and the legs formed at the four corners of the carrier are fastened to the vehicle body with bolts, whereby the carrier is attached to the vehicle body.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional motorcycle, since the seat and the carrier are separately mounted, as a matter of course, mounting bolts for the seat,
Separately needed for carrier. Therefore, the number of man-hours for mounting is required separately, and workability is poor. Also, in order to perform maintenance on the lower part of both the seat and carrier of the motorcycle, both the seat and carrier must be removed. Also, when performing maintenance on the lower part of the seat, if only the seat is removed, the carrier interferes and the work is difficult to perform. In this case as well, it is necessary to remove both the seat and the carrier. In such a case, of course, the sheet and the carrier are separately removed, and the number of man-hours required for the mounting is large, and the workability at the time of maintenance is poor.
The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle that can improve workability when the driver's seat and the carrier are attached to and removed from the vehicle body of the motorcycle. ..

[0004]

The present invention is a motorcycle characterized in that a seat unit formed by connecting a driver's seat and a carrier located behind the seat is fixed to the upper part of the vehicle body. ..

[0005]

In the motorcycle according to the present invention, in order to attach the seat and the carrier to the vehicle body, the seat and the carrier are previously connected to each other with bolts or the like to form the seat unit. To assemble this seat unit, first, for example, the locking piece formed on the front part of the seat is locked on the locked piece formed on the rear side of the fuel tank of the vehicle body, and then the leg part of the carrier is fixed. Fasten it to the car body with bolts. As a result, the seat and the carrier are simultaneously attached to the vehicle body. In order to remove the seat and the carrier from the motorcycle, first, for example, the bolts of the legs of the carrier are removed, and then the locking piece of the seat is removed from the locked piece of the vehicle body. As a result, the seat and the carrier are simultaneously removed from the vehicle body. As described above, according to the present invention, the seat and the carrier are preliminarily connected to each other to form the seat unit, which is attached to or removed from the vehicle body. Therefore, the number of bolted portions can be reduced, and the workability of attaching and detaching the seat and the carrier can be reduced. Can be improved.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are views for explaining a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view of a seat unit, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a connecting portion between a seat and a carrier,
3 is a bottom view of the seat, FIG. 4 is a side view of a front portion of the carrier, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a connecting portion between the carrier and the rear shock absorber, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. Is a side view of the frame, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the motorcycle.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a motorcycle equipped with the device of this embodiment. The motorcycle 1 has a front pipe 4a at the front end of a vehicle body frame 2 and a front fork 4 for pivotally supporting a front wheel 3 at the lower end in the left and right directions. A structure in which a rear arm 6 which pivotally supports freely and a rear end 2c which pivotally supports a rear wheel 5 at a rear end is pivotally supported up and down, and an engine unit 7 is suspended and supported by a main frame 2b and a down tube 2d. belongs to. A rear shock absorber 13 is provided between the rear end of the rear arm 6 and the seat rail 2e. The upper part of this rear shock absorber 13
It is rotatably supported by a support portion 20b of the support shaft 20 via a rubber damper 24 press-fitted into the upper eye portion 13a. The washer 2 is attached to the bolt portion 20a protruding from the support portion 20b so as to be located outside the rubber damper 24a.
2. A front leg 15b of the carrier 11 and a washer 21 which will be described later are arranged in this order, and are fastened and fixed by a cap nut 23. In addition, the support shaft 20 corresponds to the seat rail 2
It is planted in the reinforcing plate 14 fixed to the lower surface of e. A fuel tank 8 is arranged above the engine unit 7.

A seat unit 9 formed by connecting a driver's seat 10 and a carrier 11, which characterizes the present embodiment, is attached to the rear portion of the fuel tank 8 of the seat rail 2e. The seat 10 is a so-called single seat having a substantially trapezoidal shape in plan view, and the seat bottom plate 1
The cushion material 18 is arranged on the upper surface of 7a, and
It is configured by being covered with 7b. Also, the seat bottom plate 1
A locking piece 17c is integrally formed at the center of the front portion of 7a, and the locking piece 17c is locked to a locked piece 2f formed on the seat rail 2e. The carrier 11
Is constructed by welding and connecting a pair of left and right brackets 15, 15 to the lower surface of a mounting table 19 formed by forming a pipe into a rectangular shape in a plane. The bracket 15 is in the form of a strip plate that is long in the front-rear direction, and front legs 15b and rear legs 15f are integrally formed at the front and rear ends of the lower edges of the brackets 15, respectively, and a connecting piece is provided at the front edge. 15d is integrally formed. In addition, 15a is a lightening hole. Rear leg 1 above
5f is fixed to the rear end of the reinforcing plate 14 with a bolt 16. Further, the mounting groove 1 is provided at the lower end of the front leg 15b.
5c is formed in a slit-like notch, and the mounting groove 15c is attached to the bolt portion 20a of the support shaft 20 so as to be sandwiched between the washers 21 and 22 and fastened with the cap nut 23. .. Although not shown,
A tandem seat for passengers is detachably attached to the upper surface of the carrier 11.

The pair of left and right connecting pieces 15d formed on the front edges of the brackets 15 are the seat bottom plates 17a and 17b.
The pair of left and right connecting brackets 12 fixed to a are fastened to the rear end portions of the connecting brackets 12 with bolts 25a and nuts 26 welded to the inner surface of the connecting bracket 12. The connecting bracket 12 has a substantially L-shape when viewed from the bottom, and its front side portion 12a
Is fixed to the seat bottom plate 17a with bolts 25b that are planted in the seat bottom plate 17a. In this way, the seat 10 and the carrier 11 are mounted on the vehicle body frame 2 in a state of being unitized by the seat unit 9.

Next, the function and effect of this embodiment will be described. In the motorcycle 1 of this embodiment, to attach the seat 10 and the carrier 11 to the vehicle body frame 2, the connecting bracket 12 of the seat 10 and the connecting piece 15 of the carrier 11 are attached.
The seat unit 9 in which the seat 10 and the carrier 11 are connected to each other is previously assembled by fastening bolts 25 and nuts 26 to each other. Then, the locking piece 17c of the seat 10 is locked to the locked piece 2f, and at the same time, the mounting groove 15c of the front leg 15b is connected to the bolt portion 2 of the support shaft 20.
It is inserted and mounted in the portion between the washers 21 and 22 of 0a, and is fastened with the cap nut 23. Also, the rear legs 15 of the carrier 11
f, 15f with the bolts 16, 16 for the reinforcing plate 14
To conclude. As a result, the seat 10 and the carrier 11
Are simultaneously fixed to the vehicle body frame 2 as the seat unit 9.

To remove the seat unit 9 fixed to the motorcycle 1 from the body frame 2,
The bolts 16 and 16 that fasten the rear legs 15f and 15f of the carrier 11 are removed, and the cap nut 23 that fastens the front legs 15b is loosened. Then, the entire seat unit 9 is moved rearward to move the front legs 15b. While removing from the bolt portion 20a, the locking piece 17c of the seat 10 is removed from the locked piece 2f. As a result, the seat 10 and the carrier 11 are simultaneously removed from the vehicle body frame 2 in a unitized state.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the sheet 10,
Since the carrier 11 is unitized into the seat unit 9 and the seat unit 9 is attached to the vehicle body frame 2, the locking piece 17c of the seat 10 is attached.
Need only be locked to the locked piece 2f of the vehicle body frame 2, and it is not necessary to tighten the bolt. Therefore, as compared with the conventional one in which the seat and the carrier are separately mounted, the work man-hours at the time of mounting and dismounting can be reduced, and the maintenance of the lower portion of the seat 10 and the carrier 11 can be easily performed.

[0013]

As described above, according to the motorcycle of the present invention, the driver's seat and the carrier are connected to form a seat unit, and the seat unit is attached to or removed from the vehicle body. And the workability of mounting can be improved, and the maintenance of the lower part of the seat and carrier can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a seat unit portion of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a connecting portion between a sheet and a carrier in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the seat of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the front portion of the carrier of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a mounting portion of the carrier and the rear shock absorber of the above embodiment.

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

FIG. 7 is a side view of a support shaft portion of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the motorcycle of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 motorcycle 2e seat rail (body frame) 9 seat unit 10 seat 11 carrier

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A motorcycle, comprising a vehicle body frame, and a seat unit, which connects a driver seat and a carrier located behind the seat, fixed to an upper portion of the vehicle body frame.