Vehicle body frame for motorcycle
First Claim
1. A body frame for a motorcycle mounted with an engine unit and provided with a main frame by which a front fork and rear arms are supported, characterized in that the main frame comprises:
- a head pipe unit which extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipe and so as to expand in a vertical direction;
a down frame which is connected to a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit to extend downward and further extends to the rear of the vehicle; and
rear arm brackets which are stretched and connected to a rear end of the down frame and a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit, at least one of which is an aluminum die-cast molded product and the rest are aluminum forged molded products, or all of which are aluminum forged molded products.
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Abstract
In a body frame for a motorcycle mounted with an engine unit 11 and provided with a main frame 2a by which a front fork 4 and rear arms 7 are supported, the main frame 2a includes: a head pipe unit 20 which extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipe 3 and so as to expand in a vertical direction; a down frame 21 which is connected to a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit 20; and left and right rear arm brackets 10 which are stretched and connected to a rear end of the down frame 21 and a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit 20, and the head pipe unit 20 is an aluminum die-cast molded product, and the down frame 21 and the left and right rear arm brackets 10 are aluminum forged molded products.
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17 Claims
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1. A body frame for a motorcycle mounted with an engine unit and provided with a main frame by which a front fork and rear arms are supported, characterized in that the main frame comprises:
- a head pipe unit which extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipe and so as to expand in a vertical direction;
a down frame which is connected to a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit to extend downward and further extends to the rear of the vehicle; and
rear arm brackets which are stretched and connected to a rear end of the down frame and a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit, at least one of which is an aluminum die-cast molded product and the rest are aluminum forged molded products, or all of which are aluminum forged molded products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a head pipe unit which extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipe and so as to expand in a vertical direction;
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6. A body frame for a motorcycle, characterized by comprising a head pipe unit generally I-shaped in a cross section thereof which is constituted by integrally forming an upper main frame section with a rectangular shape in a section thereof extending obliquely downward to the rear of the vehicle from the upper end of the head pipe, a lower main frame section with a rectangular shape in a section thereof extending downward to the rear of the vehicle from the lower end of the head pipe, and gusset sections of a vertical wall shape which closes a space surrounded by the head pipe and the upper and lower main frame sections and whose vehicle width dimension is set smaller than a vehicle width dimension of the respective main frame sections.
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12. A body frame for a motorcycle comprising:
- a head pipe unit constituted by joining a frame member to a head pipe;
a down frame extending downward to a rear of a vehicle from a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit; and
rear arm brackets connecting the down frame and a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit, characterized in that the down frame is constituted by integrally forming left and right down frame sections and upper and lower cross member sections, which connect the left and right down frame sections each other, with mold forging. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- a head pipe unit constituted by joining a frame member to a head pipe;
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