JPH08258772A - Windshield mounting structure of motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce a cost through reduction of the number of using parts and to simplify a work to assemble parts together by a method wherein a windshield disposed in the vicinity of the upper front end of the car body of a motorcycle is mounted directly on a headlight body. CONSTITUTION: In a motorcycle wherein a headlight 7 is mounted through a headlight stay 13, a small windshield 11 is disposed in front of the upper ends of right and left front forks 12 and above the headlight 7. In a windshield 11, a lower part 11a is fixed to the upper part 73a of a headlight body 73 fixed to the headlight stay 13 by means of a bolt fastening part 23. The upper part 73a forms a plate-form part extended rearward from the containing part of the headlight body 73 and formed in an arcuate shape in cross section and the lower part 11a corresponding to the upper part is also formed in a plate- form part in a shape conforming to the shape of the upper part 73a and curved in an arcuate in cross section.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a windshield mounting structure disposed near the upper front end of a motorcycle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many American type motorcycles suitable for touring and motorcycles such as enduro motorcycles suitable for off-road use do not have a windshield near the upper front end of the vehicle body. ,
For such motorcycles that do not have a windshield as standard equipment, a small windshield is optionally installed according to the user's need in order to reduce the influence of the running wind hitting the rider. ing.

In the case of mounting such a small windshield on a vehicle body, conventionally, a mounting stay for a windshield is newly added to parts such as a headlight stay, and the windshield is fixed to this mounting stay. are doing.

[0004]

However, in the conventional windshield mounting structure as described above, the number of parts to be used increases and the cost increases, and the work of assembling the parts becomes complicated and troublesome. There is a problem.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience of the conventional windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle as described above. More specifically, the number of parts to be used can be reduced and the assembling work can be performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle that can be easily carried out.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems and to achieve the object, the present invention is arranged near the upper front end of the motorcycle body as described in claim 1 above. The windshield is directly attached to the headlight body.

Further, in such a motorcycle windshield mounting structure, as described in claim 2, the lower portion of the windshield is formed as a curved plate portion conforming to the upper shape of the headlight body, It is characterized in that the upper part of the headlight body and the lower part of the windshield are detachably fixed by bolting at a plurality of points along the curved direction of the joint between the two.

[0008]

[Operation] With the above configuration, the windshield can be easily attached to the vehicle body by the headlight body without newly adding a stay for the windshield or the like.

Further, according to the structure described in claim 2, when the windshield is attached to the headlight body, the windshield can be stably placed on the headlight body. At the same time, if you align the bolt tightening part at one place with the windshield mounted, the windshield will not rotate to the left or right with respect to the headlight body, so the other bolt tightening parts will also be automatically aligned. As a result, the mounting work is easy and the mounting accuracy is good.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show an entire motorcycle to which the windshield mounting structure of the present invention is applied.
In a motorcycle 1, a fuel tank 2 is placed across a main frame (not shown) of a vehicle body, an engine 3 is suspended below the main frame, and a seat 4 is arranged behind the fuel tank 2. In order to be suitable for off-road running, the suspension stroke of each of the front wheels 5 and the rear wheels 6 is relatively long, and the road clearance (minimum ground clearance) is set high. It is a type that is used.

The motorcycle 1 is provided with lights such as a headlight 7, a front winker 8, a rear winker 9 and a taillight 10 required for running on a public road, and above the headlight 7. Is equipped with a windshield 11 to change the flow of wind from the front and reduce the wind pressure on the rider.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a structure near the headlight 7 in the motorcycle 1 described above. The headlight 7 is arranged in front of the pair of left and right front fork upper parts 12, Headlight stays 13 surrounding the left and right sides from above the headlight 7 are
The left and right front fork upper portions 12 are fixed respectively at two upper and lower locations 14 and 15, respectively.

The headlight 7 includes a light bulb and a reflector in a storage space formed by a front housing composed of a transparent lens surface 71 covering the front surface and a frame body 72 thereof, and a headlight body 73 serving as a rear housing. Internal parts such as (not shown) are housed therein, and are fixed to the headlight stay 13 at the headlight body 73 by bolts 21 and screws 22 from both left and right sides.

The headlight stay 13 fixes the headlight 7, and also serves as a guard member surrounding the right and left sides of the headlight 7 from above to protect the headlight 7 from an impact. The left and right front turn signals 8 are also fixed to the headlight stay 13.

In the motorcycle 1 in which the headlight 7 is mounted via the headlight stay 13 as described above, a small windshield 11 is provided above the headlight 7 in front of the upper ends of the left and right front fork upper parts 12.
Has been deployed.

The windshield 11 is for reducing the wind pressure on the rider due to the running wind, but it does not itself serve as a screen for covering the front surface of the rider, but the flow of the wind hitting the front surface of the windshield 11 is prevented. It is changed upward, and the wind flow changed upward is used as a screen, and the windshield 11 itself is not of such a size as to cover the front surface of the rider.

5 to 7 show this windshield 11
Fig. 5 shows the concrete mounting structure of
The windshield 11 has a lower portion 11a directly fixed to the upper portion 73a of the headlight body 73 fixed to the headlight stay 13 by a bolt fastening portion 23.

The upper portion 73a of the headlight body 73 is
As shown in FIG. 6, the storage portion 7 of the headlight body 73
It is formed by further extending rearward from 3b, and as shown in FIG. 7, it is a plate-shaped portion curved in an arc shape in section,
The lower portion 11a of the windshield 11 corresponding to this is also formed in a plate-like portion curved in an arcuate cross-section in conformity with the shape of the upper portion 73a of the headlight body 73.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lower portion 11a of the windshield 11 and the upper portion 73a of the headlight body 73 are detachably attached by bolting portions 23 at three locations along the curved direction of the joint portion between the two. It is connected.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bolt tightening portion 23 has a well nut 23b (a metal nut is insert-molded in rubber) inserted into a hole formed in the upper portion 73a of the headlight body 73. And a bolt 23 that penetrates a hole machined in the lower portion 11a of the windshield 11.
This is due to screwing with a.

According to the windshield mounting structure of this embodiment having the above-mentioned structure, the headlight body 73 can be simply bolted to the motorcycle 1 without adding a dedicated mounting stay or the like. Since the windshield 11 can be attached by the above, the cost increase due to the increase in the number of parts for attachment can be avoided, and the assembling work can be performed easily.

Further, in this embodiment, the windshield 1
1 lower part 11a and headlight body 73 upper part 73a
Since the joint portion of is a plate surface curved in an arc shape in cross section, the windshield 11 can be stably mounted on the headlight body 73 during the mounting work, and the windshield 11 can be mounted. If the bolt tightening portion 23 at one position is aligned in the installed state, the windshield 11 does not rotate left and right with respect to the headlight body 73, so that the other bolt tightening portions 23 are automatically aligned. , The installation work is easy and the installation accuracy is good.

Although one embodiment of the windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific structure as described above. For example, the headlight body 73. As the shield mounting portion of the windshield 12, without particularly forming the portion 73a as shown in FIG. 6, the lower shape of the windshield 12 is fitted to an appropriate portion such as the rear wall of the storage portion 73b, and the both portions are bolted together. It is also possible by tightening.

In addition to the headlight body having a circular shape when viewed from the front as shown in the embodiment,
The present invention can be applied to headlight bodies of other shapes such as rectangular and elliptical, and the fixing means to the headlight body can also be implemented by using appropriate means other than bolting as shown in the embodiment. It is also possible to do so.

[0026]

According to the windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle of the present invention as described above, no additional parts are required for mounting the windshield, and the number of parts to be used can be suppressed, resulting in cost reduction. In addition to downsizing, the work of assembling the parts can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a left side view showing an entire motorcycle to which an embodiment of a windshield mounting structure of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the motorcycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the vicinity of the windshield of the motorcycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view near the windshield shown in FIG.

5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the windshield in FIG.

6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a mounting portion of the windshield shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing the joint between the windshield and the headlight body.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Motorcycle 11 Windshield 11a Lower part of windshield 23 Bolt tightening part 73 Headlight body 73a Upper part of headlight body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle, wherein a windshield arranged near an upper front end of a vehicle body of the motorcycle is directly attached to a headlight body. 2. The lower portion of the windshield is formed as a curved plate portion conforming to the upper shape of the headlight body, and the upper portion of the headlight body and the lower portion of the windshield are arranged along the curved direction of the joint portion between the two. Where
The windshield mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the structure is detachably fixed by bolting.