Motorcycle having a front wheel suspension

US7784809B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Gerrit Heyl · Munich, DE
• Josef Seidl · Straßkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62K25/24
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motorcycle having a forked front wheel support with two rigid fork arms on which a front wheel of the motorcycle is mounted, an upper trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces connected via an upper joint to an upper area of the wheel support, and lower trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces situated below the upper trailing link and connected via a lower joint to the lower trailing link, in which at least one of the two joints is elastically connected to its respective upper or lower trailing link and/or to the wheel support.