Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki

Mitsuru Iseno

Kenji Kawaguchi

Masayuki Toriyama

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Noboru Yamashita

Nagatoshi Katagiri

Kozo Ohta

Shuuji Hirayama

Masashi Igarashi

A fuel battery mounted motorcycle has a lower center of gravity by disposing a reformer for generating hydrogen, together with a fuel battery and a secondary battery, in a lower portion of a floor of the motorcycle. The center of gravity of the motorcycle can be lowered and the floor can be effectively utilized for a purpose other than the original purpose of the floor.

Fuel battery mounted motorcycle

Mechanisms for mounting a main stand on a motorcycle are disclosed. The linkage between the front portion of the motorcycle power unit and the motorcycle body frame is used to mount the main stand. One mechanism employs a link connected to a bracket on the body frame and to bosses extending from the power unit. Another mechanism uses two links connected to each other and a bracket and bosses. A main stand is mounted to the rear end portion of the linkage mechanism.

Main stand mounting mechanism

Growing community of inventors

Saitama, Japan

Mitsuru Iseno