JPH0826161A - Front body structure of scooter type vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a front body structure of a scooter type vehicle capable of enlarging an article storage member. [Structure] A large front fender 6 is attached to a front wheel side for steering independently of a front cover 10 provided on a vehicle body side, and a headlight 12 and a blinker 14 are attached to a tip end side of an extending portion 11 of the front cover 10. Further, the front end of the extending portion 11 to which the lamp body such as the headlight 12 is attached is lowered rearward from the front ends of the front wheel 2 and the front fender 6. As a result, the front fender 6 turns together with the front wheel 2 along the same locus, so that the front fender 6 can be made large, and the maneuverability in a narrow space is good, and the lamp bodies 12, 14 are effective from the muddy splash of the front wheel 2. Can be protected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front body structure of a scooter type vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 5-185968, front wheels, a body frame having a head pipe rotatably supporting a steering shaft of the front wheels attached to a front end thereof, and a head pipe surrounding above the front wheels and below a steering wheel are provided. There is shown a scooter type vehicle including a vehicle body cover that covers the vehicle body, a winker, which is one of the lamp bodies, is attached to a handle, and a headlight, which is one of the lamp bodies, is provided on the front surface of the vehicle body cover. The lower part of this vehicle body cover forms an integrally formed front fender, and the lamp body is attached to the stepped part of the vehicle body cover slightly rearward from the front fender tip, and an article support member is provided above the lamp body. It is provided integrally with.

[0003]

By the way, if the winker conventionally attached to the handle is attached to the vehicle body cover below the article support member, the degree of freedom of the disposition position on the winker side with respect to the size increase of the article support member. Will increase. But,
The front fender must be enlarged in order to protect such a low-positioned lamp body from splashing mud.

On the other hand, when the front fender is fixed to the vehicle body cover, if the size of the front fender is increased, the front portion of the vehicle body cover is increased in size, and the maneuverability in a narrow space is deteriorated. The present application is intended to solve such a problem.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a front body structure of a scooter type vehicle according to the present application has a front wheel,
The vehicle body frame is provided with a head pipe that rotatably supports the steering shaft of the front wheels at the front end, and a vehicle body cover that is attached to the vehicle body frame side so as to cover the periphery of the head pipe above the front wheels and below the steering wheel. In a scooter type vehicle in which a lamp body is provided on the front wheel, a front fender that covers the upper portion of the front wheel is provided separately from the vehicle body cover, is disposed between the vehicle body cover and the front wheel, and is attached to the front wheel side. It is characterized in that the lamp body is attached to the front end side of the extending portion of the vehicle body cover which is adjacently extended forward and the position of the lamp body is located rearward of the front end of the front wheel.

[0006]

[Function] Since the front fender is attached to the front wheel side independently of the vehicle body cover, the front fender rotates together with the front wheel along the same trajectory. Also, because the mounting position of the lamp body on the vehicle body cover side is lower than the front end of the front wheel, the front fender can be made larger, and the maneuverability in a narrow space is good, and the lamp body is effective from the muddy splash of the front wheel. Can be protected.

Furthermore, if the lamp body attached to the handle such as a winker is moved to the vehicle body cover side, the degree of freedom in the arrangement position of the lamp body with respect to the increase in size of the article support member is increased. Further, if the article support member is formed separately from the vehicle body cover, the degree of freedom of the article support member is further increased.

[0008]

EXAMPLE An example will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 shows the entire side surface of a scooter type motorcycle to which the first embodiment is applied, and FIG. 2 shows its plane.

In these figures, a front fender 6 is supported on a front fork 4 supporting the front wheel 2. The front fender 6 covers the upper side of the front wheel 2, and the front end of the front fender 6 substantially coincides with the front end of the front wheel 2 and is attached to the front wheel side. The periphery of the head pipe 8 to which the upper end of the front fork 4 is connected is covered with a front cover 10 which is a vehicle body cover formed separately from the front fender 6.

The front cover 10 is attached to the vehicle body frame side via the head pipe 8, and a lower part of the front part thereof is provided with a shelf-like extending portion 11 which is adjacent to the upper surface of the front fender 6 and extends upward. None, a headlight 12 is provided on the front surface and a winker 14 is provided on the side surface on the front end side.
A front end portion of the extension portion 11 provided with the headlight 12 in a side view is located at substantially the same position as the axle 3 that is lowered rearward from the front end portions of the front fender 6 and the front wheel 2.

A large basket 16 as an article supporting member is attached to the pipe member 18 projecting forward of the front cover 10 with screws 19 above the extending portion 11.
The pipe member 18 is attached by a bolt 23 to a bracket 20 that is long in the vertical direction in front of the head pipe 8 and to a front extension portion 21 provided in the lower portion thereof. The front extension 21 is reinforced by a subframe 27 via a stay 25.

The pipe member 18 is connected to the head pipe 8 via a frame body 20. The steering shaft 22, which is rotatably supported by the head pipe 8, has a front cover 10.
And is covered with the handle cover 24, and the tip end portion extends laterally from the handle cover 24 to form a handle (grip) 26.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-section showing the mounting portion of the front fender 2. As is apparent from this figure, the steering shaft 22 rotatably supported by the head pipe 8 and the front fork 4 (FIG. 1) are connected. A bolt 74 is attached to a flange-shaped attachment portion 72 formed on the bottom bridge 70, and is rotated integrally with the rotation of the steering shaft 22.

Inside the handle cover 24, the instrument 2 is
8, a position lamp 30 is provided in the front, and a horn 32 is provided between them. A main frame 34 is connected to the lower part of the head pipe 8 obliquely downward and rearward, and a step floor 36 is provided on the saddle part thereof so as to be connected to the lower rear part of the front cover 10. Main frame 3
4, a fuel tank 29 is attached to the leg shield 3
It is covered with 7 and is protected by a sub-frame 27 that wraps around to the side.

The rear portion 38 of the main frame 34 obliquely rises from the step floor 36 portion and extends rearward to form the seat 4
0, luggage box 42, oil tank 44, carrier 46, etc. are supported. In the drawing, reference numeral 48 is a body cover, 50 is a swing type power unit, 52 is a carburetor, 54 is an air cleaner, 56 is a rear cushion unit, 58 is a muffler, and 60 is a rear wheel.

There are various variations in attachment of the article support member to the front cover 10. 4 to 6 show a second embodiment in which only the shapes of the front fender 6 and the front cover 10 are slightly different. However, the structure of the present embodiment is the same as that of the previous embodiment except for the article support member described below, and therefore the description will be omitted and the same reference numerals will be used.

FIG. 4 shows this variation. FIG. 4A shows a state in which the article supporting member is not used, and the mounting portions 80 and 82 of the frame 18 are exposed. Usually, a basket as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 to be described later is directly fastened to the mounting portion for use. Further, (B) is a state in which the front cover-integrated basket 84 is attached, and (C) is a front carrier 86 which is an article supporting member for heavy articles.
The state in which is attached is shown.

An openable lid 85 can be provided at the upper opening of the basket 84 of FIG.
In addition, (A) the front cover 10 is provided with separate baskets on the back surface and the bottom surface side in which the shapes of the mating surfaces of the adjacent body covers are the same.
If this basket is attached after removing, the state similar to (B) can be obtained.

Next, the operation of these embodiments will be described. Referring to the second embodiment as a representative example, FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state in which the basket 84 shown in FIG. 4B is attached, where FIG. 5A is straight ahead and FIG. Indicates. Further, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the state in FIG. 5B from obliquely above.

As shown in these figures, at the time of cornering, since the front fender 6 is attached to the front wheel side independently of the front cover 10, the front fender 6 turns together with the front wheel 2 along the same locus. At this time, the front cover 10 on the side of the vehicle body frame has a locus different from that of the front fender 6 and rotates with a delay (FIG. 6), but the front end portion of the extending portion 11 is lower than the front end of the front fender 6 rearward in a side view. Therefore, the locus of the extending portion 11 is inside the locus of the front end of the front fender 6 and is closer to the locus of the front wheel 2.

For this reason, even in a narrow space, the extension parts 11 of the front fender 6 and the front cover 10 can be handled without contacting the surroundings with the lamp body mounting parts such as the headlights 12 and the winkers 14 especially at the tips. become. As a result, the size of the front fender 6 can be increased, the lamp bodies such as the headlights 12 and the winkers 14 can be effectively protected from the muddy splash of the front wheels 2, and the vehicle can travel lightly even in a narrow place.

Moreover, as is apparent from FIG. 5B, even if the basket 84 is provided so as to hide a part of the handle 26 during cornering, the winker 14 is provided with the extension portion 11 located below the basket 84. It is provided in the, and is not hidden by the basket 84. Therefore, the degree of freedom in designing the article support member such as the basket 84 and the lamp body is increased.

Further, since the basket 84 is constructed separately from the front cover 10, these are the front cover 1
0 compared with the case where it is integrally formed with the basket 84
The degree of freedom in selecting the size of is increased. Although not described, the operation of the second embodiment is almost the same as that of the first embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle to which the first embodiment is applied.

FIG. 2 Same as above

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a variation of attachment (removal) of the article support member in the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the second embodiment at the same time during straight ahead and during cornering.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a front portion of a vehicle body at the time of cornering to which the second embodiment is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

2: front wheel, 6: front fender, 8: head pipe,
10: Front cover, 11: Extension part, 12: Headlight, 14: Turn signal, 16: Article support member

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front wheel, a vehicle body frame having a head pipe rotatably supporting a steering shaft of the front wheel attached to a front end thereof, and a vehicle body cover attached to a vehicle body frame side so as to cover a periphery of the head pipe above the front wheel and below a handle. In a scooter type vehicle having a lamp body on the front surface of the vehicle body cover,
The front fender that covers the front wheels is provided separately from the vehicle body cover, is placed between the vehicle body cover and the front wheels, and is attached to the front wheels. A front vehicle body structure of a scooter type vehicle, wherein a lamp body is attached to a tip end side of the extending portion, and the position of the lamp body is located rearward of a front end of a front wheel.