Fairing mounting apparatus

• US 4,331,344 A
• Filed: 01/03/1978
• Issued: 05/25/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: First Champaign Corporation
• Original Assignee: First Champaign Corporation
• Inventors: Vetter, Craig W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Love, John L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carroll, John A.
• Application Number:
  US05/867,189
• Time in Patent Office: 1,603 Days
• Field of Search: 296/78.1, 296/1 S, 296/84 R, 296/95 R, 180/1 FV, 280/289 R, 280/289 G, 280/289 S, 280/270
• US Class Current: 280/270
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/02 shielding only the rider's front

Abstract

A disk on a motorcycle fork blocks the flow of air and water upwardly along the fork and is rotatable in a frame mounted carrier located inside a motorcycle fairing mounted on the motorcycle frame. The disc also functions as an engine noise barrier. A pair of crash bars, one on either side of the motorcycle, have forward ends secured to the fairing mounting plates above the front wheel. The crash bars extend downwardly and rearwardly and diverge outwardly from the motorcycle. The intermediate portions of the crash bars are secured to the motorcycle frame and the rear portions rest on the engine.

Claims

1. In combination with a motorcycle having a frame mounted fairing, said frame having a fork head with an axis on which the front wheel fork turns, the improvement comprising:

a disc carrier mounted on said frame in a plane at right angles to and intersecting said fork head axis; and

a disc rotatable with respect to said carrier and connected with the motorcycle fork to turn therewith, said disc extending transversely of the front wheel fork, below the fork head and above the front wheel, to block the flow of air and water upwardly along said fork.

2. The motorcycle of claim 1 in which said disc carrier includes a plate that mates with the fairing and the motorcycle frame.

3. The motorcycle of claim 2 in which said disc carrier plate has an opening about said front wheel fork, said disc closing said opening.

4. The motorcycle of claim 3 in which said disc has a circular edge and said plate has a mating channel in which the disc edge is rotatably received.

5. The motorcycle of claim 3 in which said disc has a pleated portion connected with said plate.

6. The motorcycle of claim 4 in which said disc is generally semicircular and has pleated portions at each end thereof, connected with said plate.