Side support for motorcycle
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1. A parking support device for a two, tandem wheeled vehicle having a frame, said device comprising:
- a mounting means fixed to said frame;
a side support mounted on said mounting means for pivotal movement about a first axis, between a ground engaging parking position and a retracted, driving position;
a pivot lever means mounted on said mounting means for pivotal movement about a second axis positioned above said first axis;
means for pivoting said lever means about said second axis from a first to a second position;
spring means having two ends;
means for connecting one of said two ends to said side support; and
means for connecting the other of said two ends to said lever means at a point below said first axis whereby when said lever means is in said first position said point is beyond a dead-center position causing said spring to bias said side support to said parking position, and when said pivoting means moves said lever means to said second position said point moves into a position ahead of dead-center causing said spring to move said side support into said driving position.
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Abstract
A kick stand for a motorcycle which is pivotally connected at the frame and is pivotal into a swung-out parking position against the action of a spring retaining the kick stand in the swung-in driving position; the kick stand is thereby forcibly pivoted into the driving position at the beginning of the drive by an actuating mechanism.
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1. A parking support device for a two, tandem wheeled vehicle having a frame, said device comprising:
- a mounting means fixed to said frame;
a side support mounted on said mounting means for pivotal movement about a first axis, between a ground engaging parking position and a retracted, driving position;
a pivot lever means mounted on said mounting means for pivotal movement about a second axis positioned above said first axis;
means for pivoting said lever means about said second axis from a first to a second position;
spring means having two ends;
means for connecting one of said two ends to said side support; and
means for connecting the other of said two ends to said lever means at a point below said first axis whereby when said lever means is in said first position said point is beyond a dead-center position causing said spring to bias said side support to said parking position, and when said pivoting means moves said lever means to said second position said point moves into a position ahead of dead-center causing said spring to move said side support into said driving position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a mounting means fixed to said frame;
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