JPH07285480A - Structure of handle cover plate and its mounting structure for motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the stability by screw stopping upper right/left both side parts of a front cover plate to a rear cover plate, fixing the front cover plate to the rear cover plate and a handle, covering a lever mounting holder of a handle bar with both side parts of the front/rear cover plates, and facilitating work simplified of mounting the front/rear cover plates in the handle. CONSTITUTION:Upper right/left parts of a rear cover plate 3 are fixed to a pair of right/left upper stays 4 by a stop screw 6, and a lower central part is fixed to a lower stay 5 by a stop screw 7. Upper right/left both side parts of a frontcover plate 2 are fixed to the rear cover plate 3 by stop screws 8, 8, and a protrusion 2a, protrusively provided rearward from a lower central part of the front cover plate, is snap engaged with a hole of an intermediate stay 9 protrusively provided to the front from the central part of a handle, to fix the front cover plate 2 to the rear cover plate 3 and the handle. A lever mounting holder 32, mounted in the root of a handle grip 1a, is covered with right/left both ends of the rear/front cover plates 3, 2 provided with a switch mounting plate 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a handle cover plate for a motorcycle, particularly a scooter type small motorcycle, and a mounting structure for the handle cover plate. As for what to cover, it is easy to attach the front and rear cover plates to the handle,
In addition to being easy, it can be firmly fixed by a simple mounting structure to improve its stability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electrical component plate for mounting various electrical components such as a meter and a switch is attached so as to cover a central portion of a handle bar (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 56-33796). , Jitsuko 48-339
No. 01) is publicly known, but no publicly known example can be found in which most of the handlebars except the grip are covered by front and rear cover plates. In the above-mentioned conventional technique, by mounting a part of the electrical components around the handle on this electrical component plate, it is possible to facilitate the mounting of these components and the wiring work of these electrical components, and improve the work efficiency.

[0003]

By enlarging the cover range of the handle by the above-mentioned electric equipment plate and covering most of the handle bar except the grip with the front and rear cover plates, the appearance around the handle can be adjusted. ,further,
Since various electrical components such as operation switches of direction indicators that were conventionally attached to the base of the grip can be attached to both left and right ends of the handle cover plate, it is not necessary to attach electrical components around the handle to the base of the handle grip, Therefore, the mounting and wiring of all the electrical components around the handle can be simplified and facilitated, and the work efficiency of these can be significantly improved. However, if you do so, the handle cover plate expands to the left and right and becomes larger, so that the front and rear cover plates are accurately aligned with each other and the front and rear cover plates are properly aligned with the mounting parts, and In order to attach the cover plate, the dimensional accuracy of the front and rear cover plates is required to be high, and the position accuracy of the support stay is also required to be high. Further, since the work of attaching the front and rear cover plates is troublesome and the area receiving the wind pressure is large, the tendency that the handle cover plate is swung by the wind pressure and vibrates increases. Therefore, the front and rear cover plates can be easily aligned with each other and the front and rear cover plates can be easily aligned with respect to the mounting portion without increasing the above-mentioned dimensional accuracy and positional accuracy so much, and the front and rear individual cover plates can be easily aligned. The problem arises that the support for the plate must be stable. The present invention has a structure of front and rear cover plates and a structure thereof, in which the above-mentioned problems of expanding the cover range and covering most of the handle excluding the grip with the front and rear cover plates can be solved. The challenge is to devise a mounting structure.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means taken to solve the above problems are as follows, assuming that most of the handlebars are covered by a front cover plate and a rear cover plate except for the left and right grips. It is composed of the elements (a) to (c). (A) Screw the upper left and right parts of the rear cover plate to the pair of left and right upper stays protruding forward from the handlebar, and screw the lower center part of the rear cover plate to the lower stays protruding rearward from the handle post. Then, the rear cover plate was fixed, (b) the upper left and right sides of the front cover plate were screwed to the rear cover plate, and the front cover plate was fixed to the rear cover plate and the handle. The handlebar lever mounting holder was covered by both sides of the plate and the back cover plate.

[0005]

[Operation] The upper left and right parts of the rear cover plate are screwed to the pair of left and right upper stays protruding forward from the handlebar, and the lower center part of the rear cover plate is screwed to the lower stay protruding rearward from the handle post. By stopping and fixing the back cover plate, the back cover plate is firmly fixed directly to the handlebar and the handle post. Therefore, even if an electric component such as a meter is attached to the rear cover plate and the weight thereof is larger than that of the front cover plate, the stability of the support is sufficiently ensured. And, when attaching the rear cover plate, it is only necessary to align the left and right upper stays and the lower stay,
The alignment for mounting this one is quite simple. Further, by fixing the left and right upper portions of the front cover plate to the rear cover plate with screws and fixing the front cover plate to the rear cover plate and the handle, the front cover plate is firmly fixed to the rear cover plate and the handle. When attaching the front cover plate, it is sufficient to align the front cover plate with the rear cover plate and fix it to the rear cover plate. Can be decided. Therefore, its installation work is easy,
Easily done. The front and rear cover plates are accurately aligned, and even if the front cover plate is slightly misaligned with respect to the handle, there is no problem in terms of appearance in practical use. The wind pressure acts on the front cover plate, but the front cover plate is fixed to the rear cover plate on both left and right sides of the front cover plate, and is further fixed to the handle. By being pressed and supported as described above, vibration of the front cover plate due to wind pressure is effectively suppressed. And even if the front cover plate vibrates slightly due to wind pressure, the rear cover plate is firmly fixed to the handlebar and the handle post as described above,
It does not vibrate due to wind pressure. Since the meter is mounted on the rear cover plate, unless the rear cover plate vibrates, there is no particular inconvenience due to the vibration of the cover plate due to the wind pressure.

[0006]

EXAMPLES Next, examples will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The embodiment is a scooter, and its handle 1 is covered with a handle cover composed of a front cover plate 2 and a rear cover plate 3 made of synthetic resin, and a display unit 10 for meters and the like is provided in the upper center part of the rear cover plate 3. It is provided. A pair of left and right upper stays 4 are welded to the handlebar 1A of the handle 1 so as to project forward, and a lower stay 5 is welded to the handle post 1B of the handle 1 so as to project rearward. Further, an intermediate stay 9 is welded to the center of the handle so as to project forward. The upper left and right parts of the rear cover plate 3 are fixed to the pair of left and right upper stays 4 by set screws 6, and the lower center part is fixed to the lower stay 5 by set screws 7. Set screws 8 on both left and right sides of the front cover plate 2 to the rear cover plate,
It is fixed to the rear cover plate 3 by 8, and a projection 2a projecting rearward from the lower center part of the front cover plate is snap-engaged with a hole of an intermediate stay 9 projecting forward from the center part of the handle, The front cover plate 2 is fixed to the rear cover plate 3 and the handle.
Further, a colored translucent synthetic resin screen 11 is sandwiched and fixed between the abutting surfaces at the upper ends of the front and rear cover plates 2, 3. The screen 11 covers the front of the display unit 10, and the left and right sides of the screen 11 are the handlebars 1.
It extends to the left and right grips 1a, 1a of A, thereby covering the left and right grips 1a, 1a from the front.
The left and right ends of the rear cover plate 3 are partially notched, and the switch mounting plates 12 for various switches are fitted into the notches (see FIGS. 2 and 4), and the upper set screw 20 and the lower set screw 20 are attached. And a lever mounting holder 32 attached to the base of the handle grip 1a by the rear cover plate 3 provided with the switch mounting plate 12 and the left and right ends of the front cover plate 2. Covering. Further, the mounting plates 12 are provided on the left and right ends of the rear cover plate 3.
A mirror 13 is attached to the outside. The switch mounting plate 12 is removably attached to the upper and lower positions of the rear cover plate 3 with set screws 20 and sheet metal nuts 21. The attachment plate 12 has a contact side with the rear cover plate 3 so that the attachment plate 12 can be easily attached and detached in the detaching direction (rear side of the machine body) 1A as shown in FIG.
The obtuse angle α is larger than 90 degrees with respect to the axis line of. The mounting plate 12 is simple and easy to remove. The upper set screw 20 of the upper and lower setscrews 20 is covered at its head by the spacer 27 for mounting the mirror (see FIGS. 4 and 5).
Is exposed to the surface to reduce the appearance and prevent the set screw 20 from being exposed to rain. The light switch 14 and the starter switch 15 are attached to one (right side) of the attachment plates 12 detachably attached as described above, and the beam light is attached to the other (left side) of the attachment plate 12. A switch 16, a direction switch 17, and an alarm switch 18 are attached respectively. The mirror 13 includes a rod 23 fixed to a mount 22.
It is attached to the upper end of the so that it can be oriented in any direction via the ball joint 24. A cylindrical stay 25 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the mount 22 to cover the rod, and a boot 26 made of rubber is connected between the cylindrical stay 25 and the mirror 13. As a result, the upper end of the tubular stay 25 and the mirror 1 are
It is connected to 3. Mounting base 22 configured in this way
Is fixed to the stay 30 which is fixed to the handle 1 with the spacer 27 interposed between the rear cover plate 3 and the bolt 30 via the nut 33 welded to the stay 30. Therefore, by appropriately changing the spacers, the same type of mirror 13 can be used as a common component between different vehicle types. Although the set screw 20 for fixing the switch mounting plate 12 is arranged inside the spacer 27 as described above, the set screw 20 can be easily and easily removed without removing the spacer 27. That is, the cylindrical stay 25 for mounting the mirror
Since a removable lid 25a made of synthetic resin is provided at a position facing the bolt 31, the bolt 31 can be operated from the outside by removing the lid 25a. Therefore, if the bolt 31 is loosened and the spacer 27 is rotated about the bolt 31 as the central axis to expose the head of the set screw 20 to the outside of the spacer 27, the set screw 20 can be removed in this state. The lever attachment holder 32 is attached to the base of the handle grip in the same manner as in the conventional case. In the above embodiment, the switches for operating the electrical components are mounted on the switch mounting plate 12, and the switch mounting plate 12 is detachably mounted on the rear cover plate 3. When performing maintenance work on switches, switch mounting plate 12
Need only be removed from the rear cover plate 3, and therefore the troublesome work of removing the lever mounting holder 32 for brake or clutch operation, which is different from the conventional one in which these switches are provided in the lever mounting holder 32, is performed. It is unnecessary. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the contact side of the switch mounting plate 12 with respect to the rear cover plate 3 has an obtuse angle larger than 90 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the handlebar 1A in the detaching direction (rear of the fuselage). This makes it easier to attach and detach the switch mounting plate 12 to and from the rear cover plate 3. Reference numeral 1b is a base end portion of the grip portion 1a, and 12a and 12b are switch mounting surfaces of the switch mounting plate 12.

[0007]

[Effect] Except for the handle grip, no conventional technology has been found in which most of the handle is covered by front and rear cover plates. The present invention presupposes that most of the handle is covered by the front and rear cover plates, facilitating the alignment of the front and rear cover plates with each other and the alignment of the front and rear cover plates with respect to the mounting portion, and the front and rear individual cover plates. It is an object of the present invention to devise the structure of the front and rear cover plates and its mounting mechanism so that the support to the cover plate can be made stable (the above-mentioned [problems to be solved by the invention]). It is not yet known that the item) has solved this problem. Therefore, the solution to this novel problem, that is, the effect and the effect as described in the above-mentioned [Operation], is the most peculiar effect of the present invention. Also, since the left and right ends of the front cover plate and the rear cover plate cover the lever mounting holder of the handle grip, the lever mounting holder is prevented from being exposed to wind and rain, and therefore deterioration due to rust or the like occurs. In addition, the wiring around the handle and the wire cables for operation are stored in the space inside the handle cover by the front and rear cover plates, so the appearance around the handle is very neatly organized. . Furthermore, the operating wire cables connected to the brake lever and clutch lever are most likely to be damaged by rust at the connection with each lever, which determines the useful life of the operating wire cable. Since the connecting portion of the operation wire cable with the lever is protected from wind and rain together with the holder, the service life of the lever attachment holder and the operation wire cable can be remarkably improved. Furthermore, the front cover plate,
Since the structure for attaching the back cover plate to the handle is relatively simple, the removal work is relatively simple and easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a scooter as seen from a driver's seat.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow X in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line YY in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line ZZ in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting mechanism of a mirror.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Handle 1A ... Handle bar 1B ... Handle post 1a ... Handle grip 2 ... Front cover plate 3 ... Rear cover plate 4 ... Upper stay 5 ... Lower stay 9 ... Intermediate stay 12 ... Switch mounting plate 32 ... Lever mounting holder

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A structure of a handle cover plate of a motorcycle in which most of the handle except a handle grip is covered by front and rear cover plates, and a mounting structure thereof, in which a pair of left and right upper stays projecting forward from the handle bar are provided with rear. Screw the upper left and right parts of the cover plate, screw the lower center part of the rear cover plate to the lower stay protruding rearward from the handle post, fix the rear cover plate, and the upper left and right side parts of the front cover plate. The handle cover plate of a motorcycle in which the front cover plate is fixed to the rear cover plate and the handle, and the handlebar lever mounting holder is covered by both sides of the front cover plate and the rear cover plate. Structure and its mounting structure.