Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Michiyoshi Hashimoto

Katsumi Kimura

Hisahumi Shako

Hisafumi Shako

A motorcycle frame structure is provided with means for mounting a fuel tank in a lower region of the structure and a storage container thereabove thereby to improve operating performance of the vehicle by lowering its center of gravity. The elevated disposition of the storage container facilitates access to the container whereby articles stored in the container can more readily be deposited therein or retrieved therefrom.

Motorcycle storage container mounting system

A power unit swing type motorcycle provided with a foot floor positioned lower than a line connecting the center of the front wheel axle and that of the rear wheel axle, and a power unit disposed so that its center of gravity is located substantially on the said line.

Power unit swing type motorcycle

Adjacent to a retractable kickstarter on a motorcycle engine unit, there is arranged a footrest pivotable between working and retracted positions. The footrest has formed thereon a stop which when the footrest is in its working position, functions to hold the kickstarter retracted. The kickstarter can be moved to its working position for starting up the engine only after the footrest has been retracted.

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Saitama, Japan

Michiyoshi Hashimoto