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Fuel tank apparatus for a motorized two-wheeled vehicle

  • US 3,926,274 A
  • Filed: 10/31/1974
  • Issued: 12/16/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a motorized two-wheeled vehicle having a vehicle body composed of a pipe frame, a front wheel, a rear wheel, driver'"'"''"'"'s seat in the frame, an internal combustion engine mounted at the front lower portion of the frame, and a fender for the rear wheel at the rear portion of the frame, an improvement wherein a fuel tank is mounted on said body, said pipe frame, seat, engine and fender defining a substantially enclosed chamber in which said fuel tank is fixedly secured, said fuel tank having a shape substantially conforming to the shape of said chamber;

  • said pipe frame comprising a pair of left and right side frames having a space therebetween, said chamber being defined within said space, support means mounting said fuel tank from said side frames, said support means comprising a pair of spaced brackets secured to said side frames, and means suspending said fuel tank from said brackets, said fuel tank having a concavity therein at the front thereof, and resilient means supported from said side frames and engaged in said concavity.

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