JPH10226374A - Scooter type motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To divide the front cover covering the front of a head pipe into two parts, while well holding fitness between a front cover and a headlight, so that in one cover thereof, thinning of thickness and lightening of weight can be attained, and make outward appearance more attractive by covering a mounting part of one cover with the other cover. SOLUTION: In a scooter type motorcycle, a front cover covering the front of a head pipe 2 is divided into two parts of a headlight cover 11 and a front panel 12, a headlight 13 is mounted in the headlight cover 11, a periphery of the headlight 13 is covered with the headlight cover 11, also therewith, a mounting part on the side of a leg shield 10 (car body frame side) of the front panel 12 is covered. In this way, good fitness between the headlight cover 11 and the headlight 13 is ensured, also the front panel 12 without supporting the headlight 13 can be formed by thinning thickness and lightening weight.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a scooter type motorcycle in which a front cover for covering the front of a head pipe is disposed at the center of the front of a leg shield for covering the rear of a head pipe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a scooter-type motorcycle in which a front cover for covering the front of a head pipe is disposed at the center of the front of a leg shield that covers the rear of the head pipe, when the head light is fixed to the head pipe, the head light and the front The alignment with the cover deteriorates. For this reason, there is a demand to arrange a headlight on the front cover.

[0003]

However, when the headlight is fixed to the front cover, the thickness of the front cover must be increased in order to increase the rigidity of the entire front cover supporting the headlight. There is a problem that the weight increases. In addition, there is also a problem that appearance is impaired because a large number of attachment portions of the front cover on the body frame side are exposed.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to divide the front cover that covers the front of the head pipe into two parts while maintaining good alignment between the front cover and the headlight. It is an object of the present invention to provide a scooter-type motorcycle in which the thickness of one of the covers can be reduced and the appearance of the motorcycle can be enhanced by covering the mounting portion of one of the covers with the other cover.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a scooter type in which a front cover for covering the front of the head pipe is disposed at the center of the front of a leg shield for covering the rear of the head pipe. In a motorcycle, the front cover is divided into upper and lower parts, a headlight is attached to an upper cover, the periphery of the headlight is covered with an upper cover, and the upper cover is moved toward the body frame of the lower cover. Characterized in that the mounting portion is covered.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the front cover is divided into upper and lower parts, and the headlight is attached to the upper cover, so that good alignment between the upper cover and the headlight is ensured and the headlight is secured. The lower cover that does not support the light can be made thinner and lighter, and the degree of freedom of the shape of the front cover can be increased.

In addition, since the upper cover covers the mounting portion of the lower cover to the vehicle body frame side, the appearance of the front surface of the leg shield is improved.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the overall structure of a scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a scooter-type motorcycle 1 according to the present invention. A head pipe 2 is located at an upper front part of a vehicle body of the scooter-type motorcycle 1. The steering shaft 3 is rotatably inserted. A steering wheel 4 is attached to an upper end of the steering shaft 3, and a front fork 5 is attached to a lower end of the steering shaft 3. A front wheel 6 is rotatably attached to a lower end of the front fork 5. It is pivoted.
The upper half of the front wheel 6 is covered by a movable front fender 7.

A down tube 8 extends obliquely downward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the head pipe 2 and is then bent to extend substantially horizontally toward the rear of the vehicle body. A pair of left and right seat rail frames 9 branch from and extend diagonally upward toward the rear of the vehicle body.

The head pipe 2, the down tube 8 and the like at the front of the vehicle body are covered at the rear with an integrated leg shield 10 made of resin, and a headlight cover is vertically divided into two parts on the front surface of the leg shield 10. The front is covered by attaching 11 and the front panel 12. Then, the headlight cover 11
A headlight 13 is housed in the inside, and left and right flasher lamps 14 face the front surfaces of the left and right leg shields 10 of the headlight 13. A low-floor footboard 16 is provided between the handle 4 and the seat 15.

On the other hand, below the seat 15, a unit swing type engine 17 as a power unit is provided. The unit swing type engine 17 is constructed by integrating an engine 18 as a drive source and a transmission case 19 having a V-belt type automatic transmission mechanism and a power transmission mechanism (not shown) built therein. A rear wheel 20 is rotatably supported at a rear end of the vehicle body from one side (left side of the vehicle body). The engine 18
An exhaust pipe 21 extending from the exhaust system extends from the right side of the vehicle body (the back side in FIG. 1) toward the rear of the vehicle body. An air cleaner 22 is provided on the left side of the engine 18.

The unit swing type engine 17
Are swingably supported by an engine suspension bracket 23 fixed to each intermediate portion of the left and right seat rail frames 9 via a link 24, and the upper rear end thereof is connected to the seat rail frame 9 via a rear cushion 25. Supported.

On the other hand, a portion of the vehicle body below the seat 15 is covered by a resin-made vehicle body cover 26. Inside the vehicle body cover 26, a storage box 27 having an open upper surface is provided.
And a fuel tank 28 are stored in the front and rear, and an oil tank (not shown) is disposed on the right side of these.

The body cover 26 comprises a center cover 26A located at the center in the width direction and side covers 26B attached to both left and right sides of the body cover 26. A tail light 49 is attached to a rear surface of the center cover 26A. A flasher lamp 50 is attached to each of the left and right side covers 26B. A mud guard 45 that covers an upper half of the rear wheel 20 is attached to a rear portion of the vehicle body cover 26.

Here, the configuration around the leg shield 10 at the front of the vehicle body will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cutaway side view around the leg shield at the front of the vehicle body, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a partial front view of the front panel, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 5, and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, three stays 29, 30, and 31 are vertically attached to the front surface of the head pipe 2, and one stay 32 is attached to the rear surface of the head pipe 2.
And the leg shield 10 is attached to the stays 29 and 32. That is, two bosses 10a on the left and right are projected from the upper front surface of the leg shield 10, and these bosses 10a are attached to the stay 29 by the screws 33, so that two right and left portions on the upper front surface of the leg shield 10 are formed. It is attached to the stay 29. An intermediate portion of the rear surface of the leg shield 10 is attached to the stay 32 together with a hook 34 by screws 35 together with the hook 34.

As shown in FIG. 5, a substantially rectangular recess 10b which is long in the vertical direction is formed in the center of the front surface of the leg shield 10, and the front panel 12 is fitted into the recess 10b. Have been.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front panel 12 is formed integrally with a resin, and has an opening 12a formed at the center thereof, and a substantially semi-elliptical recessed portion at the periphery of the opening 12a. 12b is formed. The headlight cover 11 is fitted and attached to the recess 12b of the front panel 12.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The upper right and left sides of the 2 le are attached to bosses 10c protruding from the left and right sides of the upper front surface of the leg shield 10 with screws 36 (see FIG. 4), and the lower part is protruded inward. It is attached to the leg shield 10 by a screw 37 screwed into the boss 12c.

On the other hand, the headlight cover 11 is also integrally formed of resin, and the upper part thereof constitutes a light storage portion 11a which is opened in a circular shape toward the front, as shown in FIG. Openings 11b and 11c and a circular recess 11d are formed below the light housing 11a. As shown in FIG. 6, a horn 38 is attached to the tip of the stay 29, and the opening 11c of the headlight cover 11 opens toward the horn 38.

The headlight cover 11 is
As shown in FIG. 3, bosses 11e protruding at two locations on the left and right of the upper end are supported by the leg shield 10 by being attached to the leg shield 10 with screws 39, and the lower part thereof is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, the screw is inserted together with the front panel 12 by screws 40 inserted from the outside into the recess 11d and attached to the stay 30.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the headlight cover 11 is fitted into the recess 12b (see FIG. 4) of the front panel 12 after the front panel 12 is attached to the leg shield 10 as described above. As shown in the figure, the mounting portion of the front panel 12 to the leg shield 10 (the head of the screw 36) is covered by the headlight cover 11 and is not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance of the front surface of the leg shield 10 is enhanced. Can be As shown in FIG. 6, an opening that opens upward is formed between the headlight cover 11 and the leg shield 10.
Since a part of the opening 11f is covered by a cover 12d formed on the upper part of the front panel 12, the inside of the headlight cover 11 cannot be seen from above, so that the appearance around the handle 4 is enhanced.

As shown in FIG. 6, the headlight 13 can be turned up and down (ie, aiming can be adjusted) in the light storage portion 11a of the headlight cover 11.
It is stored in. The headlight 13 covers the front surface of the reflector 13a with a lens 13b, and the reflector 13a
A valve 13c is attached to the center of the.

Here, the support structure of the headlight 13 will be described with reference to FIG.

That is, a semicircular bearing 11g whose upper part is open is integrally formed on the left and right inner walls of the light storage portion 11a of the headlight cover 11.
The g is supported by pins 41 projecting left and right of the headlight 13. Accordingly, the headlight 13 is covered by the headlight cover 11 and is supported so as to be able to rotate up and down around the pin 41.

The headlight cover 11 has the opening 11b for aiming adjustment, and a cut-and-raised portion 11h formed inside the opening 11b has a notch 11i. An adjustment bolt 42 is inserted through the notch 11i from below. A bracket 43 connected to a lower portion of the headlight 13 is inserted into the adjustment bolt 42, and a nut 44 is screwed into the notch 11i. A spring 46 is interposed between the nut 44 and the bracket 43.

When adjusting the aiming of the headlight 13, the adjusting bolt 42 is loosened and the notch 1 is cut out.
What is necessary is just to move back and forth along 1i. Then, the headlight 13 pivots up and down about the pin 41, and thereby the aiming adjustment of the headlight 13 is performed. When adjusting the aiming, the headlight 1
When the pivot 3 rotates about the pin 41, the adjusting bolt 42
The relative position and relative angle between the bracket and the bracket 43 change. The change in the relative position between the two is absorbed by the expansion and contraction of the spring 46, and the change in the relative angle is absorbed by the play present between the two.

By the way, in the present embodiment, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the space between the cover 12d of the front panel 12 and the leg shield 10 is opened upward, and the upper opening is covered by a handle cover 47 made of resin.

The handle cover 47 is formed in a cup shape having an opening at the bottom, and is attached to the upper end of the steering shaft 3 by screws 48. The pilot lamp 51 is provided on the handle cover 47.
A speedometer 5 is mounted above it.
2 and a handle 4 are provided. A bracket 53 is attached to the upper end of the steering shaft 3, and the handle 4 is attached to the bracket 53 via a handle holder 54 and the speedometer 5
2 is supported via a stay 55.

In this embodiment, the front cover is divided into a headlight cover 11 and a front panel 12, and the headlight cover 11 is
The headlight cover 1
1 and the headlight 13 are ensured, the front panel 12 that does not support the headlight 13 can be made thinner and lighter, and the degree of freedom of the shape of the headlight cover 11 and the front panel 12 can be increased. Can be increased.

Since the headlight cover 11 covers the mounting portion of the front panel 12 on the leg shield 10 side, the appearance of the front surface of the leg shield 10 is improved.

[0034]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a scooter type in which a front cover for covering the front of the head pipe is disposed at the center of the front of the leg shield for covering the rear of the head pipe. In a motorcycle, the front cover is divided into upper and lower parts, a headlight is attached to an upper cover, the periphery of the headlight is covered with an upper cover, and the upper cover is moved toward the body frame of the lower cover. , The front cover that covers the front of the head pipe can be divided into two parts to reduce the thickness and weight of one of the covers while maintaining good alignment between the front cover and the headlight. By covering the mounting portion of the cover with the other cover, the effect of improving the appearance can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cutaway side view around a leg shield at a front portion of a scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial front view of a front panel of the scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial front view of a front portion of a vehicle body of the scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a mounting structure of a headlight of the scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scooter type motorcycle 2 Head pipe 10 Leg shield 11 Headlight cover (upper cover) 12 Front panel (lower cover) 13 Headlight

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A scooter-type motorcycle in which a front cover that covers the front of the head pipe is disposed at the center of the front of a leg shield that covers the rear of the head pipe. A scooter-type motorcycle, wherein a headlight is mounted on the cover and the periphery of the headlight is covered with an upper cover, and the upper cover covers a mounting portion of the lower cover to the body frame side. .