JPH10226382A - Scooter type motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve assembly workability and the appearance of a car body cover, facilitate position alignment of lamps to the car body cover, and attain miniaturization and lightening of a bracket for mounting the lamps and facilitation of replacement of the lamp, etc., in a scooter type motorcycle. SOLUTION: In a scooter type motorcycle, a body cover 26 is constituted of a center cover 26A in the center and a side cover 26B mounted in right/left both sides thereof, a tail light 49 is mounted in the center cover 26A, and a flasher lamp 50 is mounted in each side cover 26B. In this way, an alignment surface is not positioned in a width direction center of the car body cover 26, so as to enhance an appearance. In the case of assembly of the car body cover 26, by respectively mounting the side cover 26B in right/left both sides of the center cover 26A, assembly workability is enhanced, and only the side cover 26B can be independently removed.

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 lower part of a seat is covered with a body cover.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a scooter type motorcycle, a storage box, a fuel tank, and the like are arranged below a seat, and these are covered by a body cover.

[0003] By the way, the vehicle body cover is generally formed of resin, but most of the body cover has a left-right divided structure, and a unitized tail light and left and right flasher lamps are attached to a lower portion thereof. Was.

[0004]

However, if the vehicle body cover is divided into two parts, the appearance is impaired because the mating surface is located at the center in the width direction of the vehicle body. It is difficult to simultaneously satisfy the required alignment of the vehicle body covers and the lamps.

[0005] Further, if a structure is adopted in which the taillight and the right and left flasher lamps are unitized and mounted on the vehicle body, the bracket for mounting becomes large and heavy, and when one of the lamps is damaged. Had the problem that the entire lamp unit had to be replaced with a new one.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to improve the assemblability and appearance of a vehicle body cover, to facilitate alignment of lamps with the vehicle body cover, and to improve lamps. It is an object of the present invention to provide a scooter-type motorcycle capable of reducing the size and weight of a bracket for attaching a vehicle and facilitating replacement of a lamp.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a scooter-type motorcycle in which a lower part of a seat is covered by a body cover, the vehicle body cover being attached to a center cover at a center and left and right sides thereof. And a tail cover attached to the center cover, and a flasher lamp attached to each side cover.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the mating surface is not located at the center in the width direction of the vehicle body cover, the appearance is improved.

Further, when assembling the vehicle body cover, the side covers are respectively attached to the left and right sides of the center cover, so that the assembling property is enhanced, and the side cover alone can be removed alone.

[0010] Further, since the taillight and the left and right flasher lamps are separately mounted on the center cover and the left and right side covers which are separated from each other, the size and weight of the bracket for mounting these can be reduced. In addition, the width between the left and right flasher lamps can be increased, and when either the taillight or the flasher lamp is damaged, only the damaged lamp needs to be replaced, which is economical.

[0011]

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 the 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 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 with a resin leg shield 10 at the rear, and the leg shield 1
Headlight cover 11 divided into two parts on the front of
And the front panel 12 is attached to cover the front. A headlight 13 is accommodated in the headlight cover 11, and right and left 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.

Thus, 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.

Here, the details of the configuration around the vehicle body cover 26 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Is a cutaway side view of the body cover part of the scooter type motorcycle,
3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.
5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 2, and FIG.
7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view of the rear part of the vehicle body cover, FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle body cover 26 comprises a center cover 26A located at the center in the vehicle width direction and side covers 26B attached to both left and right sides of the center cover 26A. −
1 and a rear cover 26A-2.

An arch-shaped stay 29 is provided between the rear ends of the pair of left and right seat rail frames 9, and a bracket 30 attached to the rear end of the seat rail frame 9 has a stay. 31 are attached. A rear carrier 32 arranged behind the seat 15 is attached to the stays 29 and 31 by bolts 33 and 34.

The rear cover 26A-2 of the center cover 26A constituting the vehicle body cover 26 is fixed to the storage box 27 by screws 56 at two places on the left and right sides of the upper surface thereof. It is fixed to the stay 31.

The front cover 26 of the center cover 26A
A-1 is fixed to the upper portion of the storage box 27 by screws 35 at the upper left and right sides, and is stored by a long bolt 36 inserted from the front into a boss 26a formed in the front and rear direction of the vehicle body at the center in the width direction. It is attached to the bracket 27a of the box 27. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of engaging portions 26b (only one portion is shown) formed on the left and right rear edges of the front cover 26A-1 are partially formed on the front edges of the left and right side covers 26B. Engagement hole 2 formed
6c so as to engage with the front cover 2c.
The left and right rear edges of 6A-1 are connected to the front edges of left and right side covers 26B.

On the other hand, each of the left and right side covers 26B constituting the body cover 26 has a lower front end attached to the foot board 16 by an attachment structure shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a bracket 26d is provided at the lower front end of each side cover 26B so as to protrude toward the front of the vehicle body, and as shown in FIG.
By attaching d to the bracket 16a protruding from the footboard 16 with screws 37 and spring nuts 38, the lower front end of each side cover 26B is attached to the footboard 16.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the side covers 26B has a center cover 26A and a rear cover 2A.
The screw 39 is partially overlapped on the lower edge of 6A-2.
And the rear cover 26A-2 by the spring nut 40.
The lower part is attached to the footboard 16 by an attachment structure shown in FIG. That is, a bracket 26e is provided below the side cover 26B.
Are projected downward, and this bracket 26
"e" is inserted into a hole 16b formed in the footboard 16 from above, and is attached to the footboard 16 by a screw 41 and a spring nut 42 which are inserted through the hole 16b and the footboard 16 from the outside. In addition, the side cover 26
B is connected to the rear cover 26A-2 at a plurality of locations on the upper edge thereof by a structure similar to that shown in FIG.

Further, the lower end of the rear end of each side cover 26B is attached to the rear cover 26A-2 of the center cover 26A by an attachment structure shown in FIG. That is, a bracket 26f protrudes downward from the rear end lower portion of the rear cover 26A-2 of the center cover 26A, and the side cover 26 is similarly formed on the outer end surface of the bracket 26f.
Bracket 2 protruding downward at the lower rear end of B
6g are overlapped, and both brackets 26f and 26g are connected to each other by screws 43 which are inserted and screwed from the outside, and the cap 44 follows the head shape of the screws 43 and engages with the back side of the bracket 26f. The hooks are attached so as to sandwich the head of the screw 43 and both brackets 26f and 26g.

The front cover 26A-1, the rear cover 26A-2 and the left and right side covers 26B of the center cover 26A divided into four parts by the mounting structure described above are assembled and integrated to form the vehicle body cover 26. As shown in FIG. 7, the rear cover 26A constituting the center cover 26A
A mud guard 45 is attached to the inside of the rear part of -2.

That is, one portion of the mud guard 45 is attached to the inside of the rear surface of the rear cover 26A-2 by rivets 46, and two right and left portions thereof are overlapped on both side walls of the rear cover 26A-2 as shown in FIG. Being screw 47
And the rear cover 26A-2 by the spring nut 48.
Attached to.

By the way, in this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a tail light 49 is attached to a rear surface of a rear cover 26A-2 constituting a center cover 26A, and right and left flasher lamps 50 are attached to left and right side covers 26B.

That is, a step-like boss portion 49a is formed on the mounting surface of the tail light 49 in two steps, and a bolt 51 is horizontally protruded from each boss portion 49a.
On the other hand, a portion corresponding to the boss portion 49a of the tail light 49 on the rear surface of the rear cover 26A-2 is formed in a step shape, and a collar 52 is attached to the portion.

The two bolts 51 protruding from the mounting surface of the taillight 49 are passed through the collar 52 attached to the rear cover 26A-2 from the outside, and the boss 49a of the taillight 49 is passed through. After fitting into the rear cover 26A-2, the nut 53 screwed to each bolt 51 is attached to the rear cover 26A-2.
By tightening from the inside of the tail light 49
Is attached to the rear surface of the rear cover 26A-2. A license bracket 54 is attached to a portion of the rear surface of the rear cover 26A-2 below the attachment position of the tail light 49.

Also, the left and right side covers 26B have the structure shown in FIG.
The right and left flasher lamps 50 are mounted by the mounting structure shown in FIG. Although FIG. 10 shows the mounting structure of the flasher lamp 50 on the left side, the mounting structure of the flasher lamp 50 on the right side is the same, so that illustration and description thereof are omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7, a substantially elliptical recess 26h long in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is formed on the rear outer surface of the side cover 26B.
As shown in FIG. 10, a part of the side cover 26B is cut and raised to form a cut-and-raised portion 26i inside the concave portion 26h of the side cover 26B. The flasher lamp 50 is attached to the side cover 26B by being disposed in the recess 26h of the cover 26B and screwing the bracket 50a of the bracket 50a into the cut-and-raised portion 26i of the side cover 26B with a screw 55 inserted from the inside. The width between the left and right flasher lamps 50 is set slightly larger than the width of the sheet 15.

When assembling the vehicle body cover 26, first, the center cover 26A and the rear cover 26A-
2, the left and right side covers 26B are assembled, and finally the front cover 2 of the center cover 26A is assembled.
6A-1 is assembled. The rear carrier 32 can be assembled at any time after the rear cover 26A-2 has been assembled.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
Since the vehicle body cover 26 is composed of the center cover 26A located at the center in the vehicle width direction and the side covers 26B attached to the left and right sides thereof, the matching surface is not located at the center of the vehicle body cover 26 in the width direction. The appearance of the rear portion of the motorcycle 1 can be enhanced, and the tail light 49 and the flasher lamp 50 can be easily positioned.

When assembling the vehicle body cover 26, side covers 26B are provided on the left and right sides of the center cover 26A.
Are attached to each other, so that the assemblability is enhanced, and only the side cover 26B can be detached alone, thereby ensuring high maintainability.

Further, in the present embodiment, the center cover 26A and the left and right side covers 26 in which the tail light 49 and the right and left flasher lamps 50 are divided from each other are provided.
B, each of which is separately mounted and independently mounted, so that these mounting structures are simplified and lightened, and the right and left flasher lamps 50 are attached to the left and right side covers 26.
In addition to being able to set a wide interval between them because they are distributed and attached to B, when either the tail light 49 or the right and left flasher lamps 50 is damaged,
It is economical because only the damaged one needs to be replaced.

In this embodiment, the center cover 26A is divided into a front cover 26A-1 and a rear cover 26A-2.
The center cover 26A may be integrally formed.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, in a scooter-type motorcycle in which the lower periphery of a seat is covered with a vehicle body cover, the vehicle body cover is attached to a central center cover and to both left and right sides thereof. In addition to the side cover, the tail light is attached to the center cover, and the flasher lamp is attached to each side cover.
The effects of facilitating the alignment of the lamps with the vehicle body cover, reducing the size and weight of the brackets for mounting the lamps, facilitating the replacement of the lamps, and the like 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 of a vehicle body cover portion of the 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 an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view of a rear part of a vehicle body cover of the scooter type motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line GG of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scooter type motorcycle 15 Seat 26 Body cover 26A Center cover 26B Side cover 49 Tail light 50 Flasher lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A scooter-type motorcycle in which a lower part of a seat is covered with a vehicle body cover, wherein the vehicle body cover comprises a central center cover and side covers attached to both left and right sides thereof.
A scooter-type motorcycle with tail lights attached to the center cover and flasher lamps attached to each side cover.