JPH06115476A - Handle holder for motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To employ a large-sized meter while a steering handle is being drawn close to a steering shaft. CONSTITUTION:The motorcycle is equipped with a meter means which is made up of a handle holder main body 21c holding a steering handle 22, a display unit 35 at the back face side of the handle holder 22, and of an indicator lamp 36. The upper end of the meter means is positioned at a place above the steering handle 22, and the lower end of the means is positioned at a place close to the upper end of the steering shaft 18. The steering handle 22 can be positioned at a place in front of a car body close to the meter means, so that the steering handle 22 can thereby be disposed close to the steering shaft 18 without being limited by the size of the meter means. This constitution thereby enables a large-sized meter means to be mounted while the handle holder 21 is being made small in size and light in weight.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handle holder for a motorcycle used for fixing a handle to a front fork.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a front fork used in a motorcycle has a pair of left and right front fork bodies rotatably supported on a head pipe through an upper and lower pair of upper and lower brackets at an upper portion thereof, and a handle is attached to the upper bracket. In many cases, the steering handle is attached via a holder. In a motorcycle equipped with this type of front fork, a meter and various indicator lamps are usually arranged in front of the steering wheel with respect to the vehicle body.

[0003]

However, with such a structure, the meter and the indicator lamp may be difficult to see due to the steering handle, the brake hose (wire), the clutch wire, or the like. To solve such a problem, for example, JP-A-62-198574.
It is possible to attach a meter or an indicator lamp to the handle holder as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No.

The device disclosed in this Japanese Patent Application No. 61-40832 has a structure in which a handle holder is extended from a base portion connected to a steering shaft to the front of the vehicle body, and the steering handle is held by this extended portion. Was becoming. A meter or indicator lamp is mounted between the steering shaft and the steering wheel.

However, such a handle holder has a problem that only a small one can be used when the meter is mounted. This is because when a large-sized meter is used, the steering handle is largely separated from the steering shaft to the front, which makes it difficult to operate the steering handle and the handle holder becomes large.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to obtain a handlebar holder for a motorcycle in which a large meter can be used while the steering handlebar is positioned in the vicinity of the steering shaft. To do.

[0007]

A handle holder for a motorcycle according to the present invention includes a handle holder main body which extends forward and upward from an upper bracket of a front fork and holds a steering handle at an upwardly extending portion, and the handle holder. A meter device attached to a part of the main body that faces the rear of the vehicle body, the upper end of the meter device is positioned above the steering handle and behind the vehicle body, and the lower end is positioned near the upper end of the steering shaft. is there.

[0008]

The steering handle is positioned in front of the vehicle body with respect to the meter device.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a side view showing a front portion of a motorcycle to which a handle holder according to the present invention is attached, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a handle holder attaching portion, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the handle portion, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the connector accommodating box, which shows a state in which the lid is removed. FIG. 5 is a view of the handle holder in FIG.

In these figures, 1 is a motorcycle,
The motorcycle 1 has a structure capable of traveling on both public roads and rough terrain. Reference numeral 2 denotes a vehicle body frame of the motorcycle 1. The vehicle body frame 2 includes a head pipe 5 that rotatably supports a front fork 4 having a front wheel 3, a main pipe 6 welded to the head pipe 5, and a down tube. 7 and 7.

The main pipe 6 is disposed in the center portion in the vehicle width direction, and is branched into left and right bifurcations below the front end portion of the seat 8. A branch pipe of the main pipe 6 is indicated by reference numeral 6a in FIG. The branch pipe 6a branches from the main pipe 6 to the right side of the vehicle body. The down tubes 7 are provided on the left and right, and the rear end of the down tube 7 is connected to the bifurcated rear end of the main pipe 6 via a pair of left and right seat pillars (not shown). . An engine 9 is mounted below the left and right down tubes 7.

The front part of the crankcase 9a of the engine 9 is supported by the cross member 7a of the down tube 7, and the rear part thereof is supported by the lower ends of the left and right seat pillars. Further, the engine 9 has a structure for driving rear wheels (not shown) via a shaft drive type power transmission device 10. Reference numeral 11 is a carburetor of the engine 9, 12 is an air cleaner, 13 is a fuel tank, and 14 is a water bottle for drinking water for passengers.

The front fork 4 has a conventionally well-known structure, and is composed of a pair of left and right telescopic front fork main bodies 15 and a pair of upper and lower upper brackets 16 for holding the upper portions of these front fork main bodies 15 and a lower portion. The upper and lower brackets 16 and 17 are rotatably supported by the head pipe 5 via a steering shaft 18. The headlight stay 19 is attached to the front of the upper and lower brackets 16 and 17.
The headlight 20 is detachably attached through the handlebars 21 and the handlebars 21 are attached to the upper part of the upper bracket 16.
A steering handle 22 is attached via.

The headlight stay 19 is attached to the lower bracket 17 as shown in FIGS.
The bracket 24 that is fixed by 3 and has a U-shape in a top view
And a stay main body 25 made of a round bar welded to the bracket 24. The stay main body 25 is formed by bending a round bar into a substantially inverted triangular shape when viewed from the front, and the lower end portion is welded to the bracket 24. More specifically, the stay main body 25 includes the left and right front fork main bodies 1 from the lower end.
5 extends upward along the front fork main body 15 and is bent forward in the vicinity of the upper bracket 16 so that the front end portion extends forward from the upper bracket 16. A horizontal portion 25a is provided at the front end of the front extending portion as shown in FIGS. The stay main body 25 has a front extending portion fixed to the projecting piece 16a of the upper bracket 16 by a mounting screw 26.

A connector housing box 27, which will be described later, is screwed to a portion of the stay body 25 extending along the front fork body 15 by mounting screws 28 and 29.

The headlight 20 has a conventionally well-known structure including a headlight body 20a and a lens 20b. The lower portion of the bracket 2 is the headlight stay 19.
It is fixed to the vehicle body by being screwed to the bearing 4 by a mounting screw 30 and the upper hook 20c is engaged with the horizontal portion 25a. Further, flashers 31 are attached to both left and right sides of the headlight 20. That is, the headlight 20 is detached from the vehicle body by removing the mounting screw 30 on the lower portion and the hook 20c on the upper portion from the horizontal portion 25a. Then, by removing the headlight 20 from the vehicle body, the flasher 31 is also removed at the same time.

The connector accommodating box 27 is attached to the accommodating box main body 27a which opens toward the headlight 20 and is fixed to the stay main body 25, and is openably and closably attached to the accommodating box main body 27a by a locking structure (not shown). And the lid 27b. Also, this connector housing box 27
It is arranged behind the headlights 20 in the space surrounded by the left and right front fork main bodies 15 and the upper and lower brackets 16 and 17, so that the left and right front fork main bodies 15 overlap with each other when viewed from the side of the vehicle body. It is positioned.

In the connector housing box 27,
A connector 34 for connecting lead wires 33, 33a of electric components (a headlight 20, a flasher 31, a display unit and a handle switch described later, etc.) around a handle is housed in a main harness 32 as a power source side lead wire. . Main harness 32 and headlight 2
0, the lead wire 33a for the flasher 31 is the housing box main body 27
The lead wire 33 for electrical components around the handle penetrates the lower side wall of a, and penetrates the upper side wall of the housing box main body 27a.
In addition, a U-shaped cutout that opens toward the lid 27b is formed in the storage box main body 27a at a portion where these wires penetrate the storage box main body 27a, and the main harness 32,
The structure is such that the lead wires 33, 33a are passed through. In other words, the lead wire 33a connected to the headlight 20 and the flasher 31 is pulled out toward the front of the vehicle body so that the housing box main body 2
It has a structure that can be easily removed from 7a. The lead wire 33a for the headlight 20 and the flasher 31 extends from the lower part of the housing box main body 27a to the front of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. 2, and is guided into the headlight 20 from the lower part of the headlight body 20a. ing. Further, in the present embodiment, the housing box main body 27a is formed into a substantially bottomed rectangular tube shape, and the connector 34 is housed inside thereof.
It is also possible to provide a locking piece on a and hold the connector 34 on this locking piece.

The handle holder 21 has a flange portion 21a screwed to the upper bracket 16 and a handle holding portion 2 extending forward and upward so as to gradually extend forward from the flange portion 21a.
Handle holder body 21c integrally formed with 1b
And a display unit 35 and an indicator lamp 36 attached to the handle holding portion 21b, and are screwed to the central portion of the upper bracket 16 in the vehicle width direction. The display unit 35 and the indicator lamp 36 constitute a meter device according to the present invention. The steering handle 22 is held at the upper end of the handle holding portion 21b.

A recess 37 is formed in the handle holding portion 21b at a portion facing the upper end of the steering shaft 18, and a fixing bolt 18a at the upper end of the steering shaft 18 faces the recess 37. An indicator lamp 36 is also housed in the recess 37. The indicator lamp 36 is fixed to the handle holder main body 21c such that the light emitting portion projects from the surface of the handle holding portion 21b that faces the rear of the vehicle body. In this embodiment, three indicator lamps 36 are provided, each of which has a structure for displaying a mission oil shortage, a neutral state of the mission, and a flasher lighting state.

The display unit 35 is provided with a liquid crystal display section 35a for displaying vehicle speed, mileage, time, etc., and a switch 35b located below the liquid crystal display section 35 for selecting display contents on the liquid crystal display section 35a. And the handle holder 2 similar to the indicator lamp 36.
It is attached to a portion of the vehicle body 1b that faces the rear of the vehicle body. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the upper end of the display unit 35 is positioned above the axis of the steering handle 22 and behind the vehicle body, and the lower end is positioned near the upper end of the steering shaft 18. In this embodiment, the display unit 35
Although the indicator lamp 36 is positioned above the indicator lamp 36, the indicator lamp 36 may be positioned above the display unit 35 so that these arrangements are upside down.

Further, the mounting structure of the display unit 35 is such that a recess 21d opening rearward of the vehicle body is formed in the handle holding portion 21b, and the display unit 35 is fitted and fixed in the recess 21d. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the steering handle 22 held by the handle holder 21 has a front brake lever 38, a master cylinder 39 and a throttle grip 40 at the right end of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. A clutch lever 41 and a switch box 42 are provided at the left end of the vehicle body. Brake hose 4 transmitting hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder 39 to the front brake 43
The reference numeral 4 extends downward from the handle portion through the space between the headlight 20 and the connector housing box 27, and further through the space between the left and right front fork main bodies 15, 15 to be guided to the front brake 43.

Further, the clutch wire 45 connected to the clutch lever 41 is also operated in the same manner as the brake hose 44 from the handle portion to the headlight 20 and the connector housing box 2.
7 and extends downward, and is guided to the engine 9 through a lower portion of the lower bracket 17.

In order to remove the headlight 20 and the flasher 31 from the vehicle body of the motorcycle 1 constructed as described above, first, the mounting screw 30 located below the headlight 20 is loosened and then pulled out. Then, the headlight 20 is lifted upward to remove the hook 20c above the headlight from the stay main body 25.

In this way, the headlight 20 is detached from the vehicle body with the lead wire 33a being connected. Next, the lid 27b of the connector housing box 27 is attached to the housing box main body 27.
The connector 34 is removed by removing from the connector a, and the connection between the headlight 20 and the connector 34 connected to the lead wire 33a of the flasher 31 is disconnected.

Then, the lead wire 33a is removed from the housing box body 27a, and finally the lid 27b is housed in the housing box body 27.
Attach to a. In this way, the headlight 20 and the flasher 31 can be removed from the vehicle body. The headlight 20 and the flasher 31 are attached to the vehicle body by a procedure reverse to the above-mentioned procedure.

Therefore, in the handle holder 21 shown in this embodiment, the steering handle 22 is held at the upper end of the handle holder main body 21c, and the handle holder main body 21c is provided at a portion of the handle holder main body 21c that faces the rear of the vehicle body. Since the display unit 35 extending from the lower portion to above the steering handle 22 is attached, the steering handle 2
2 is positioned in front of the vehicle body with respect to the display unit 35.

Further, the handle holder 2 shown in this embodiment.
By using 1, it is possible to cover the fixing bolt 18a at the upper end of the steering shaft 18 with the handle holding portion 21b,
There are no unnecessary protrusions and the appearance is good.

[0030]

As described above, the handle holder of the motorcycle according to the present invention includes the handle holder main body which extends upward from the upper bracket of the front fork and holds the steering handle at the upward extending portion, and the handle holder main body. With a meter device attached to the portion of the holder body facing the rear of the vehicle body, the upper end of the meter device is positioned above the steering handle and behind the vehicle body, and the lower end is positioned near the upper end of the steering shaft. The steering handle is located in front of the vehicle body with respect to the meter device.

Therefore, the steering handle can be positioned near the steering axis without being restricted by the size of the meter device. Therefore, it is possible to mount a large meter device while reducing the size and weight of the handle holder.
In addition, the meter device is not obscured by the brake hose (wire) or the clutch wire. Furthermore, since the meter device is arranged at a position close to the occupant,
The synergistic effect of being able to use the large-sized meter device makes the meter device easy to see.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a front portion of a motorcycle to which a handle holder according to the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a handle holder mounting portion.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a handle portion.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the connector accommodating box, showing the state with the lid removed.

5 is a view of the handle holder in FIG. 2 as viewed in the direction of arrow A. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Motorcycle 2 Body Frame 4 Front Fork 5 Head Pipe 15 Front Fork Main Body 16 Upper Bracket 17 Lower Bracket 18 Steering Axis 21 Handle Holder 21c Handle Holder Main Body 22 Steering Handle 35 Display Unit 36 Indicator Lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A handle holder main body, which is attached to an upper bracket for holding a front fork, extends upward from the upper bracket and holds a steering handle in an upwardly extending portion, and faces the rear of the vehicle body in the handle holder main body. And a meter device attached to a part of the motorcycle, wherein the upper end of the meter device is positioned above the steering handle and behind the vehicle body, and the lower end is positioned near the upper end of the steering shaft. Handle holder.