Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC

Richard M Runte

Robert L Leppanen

R Bruce Dennert

Richard G Dykowski

Jalal M Albulushi

Michael Duley

Dereck Schlett

Henry Hubbard

A compensator assembly for a motorcycle engine including a hub and a compensator coupled to the engine crankshaft. The compensator is axially moveable along the crankshaft axis and a sprocket is supported for rotation with respect to the crankshaft. Cam surfaces on the compensator and the sprocket cooperate to transfer engine torque from the crankshaft to the sprocket. A spring biases the compensator into engagement with the sprocket and a resilient member is positioned between the hub and the compensator to resiliently limit axial movement of the compensator toward the hub. Torque pulses from the engine are damped by allowing relative rotation between the sprocket and the crankshaft.

Compensator assembly for a motorcycle engine

A rocker assembly includes a base member having opposite ends, a flange interconnected with each of the opposite ends, a pair of rocker arm support shafts supported by the flanges, and a rocker arm interconnected with each rocker arm support shaft for rotation with respect to the rocker arm support shaft about a longitudinal axis. The rocker assembly is housed in a rocker box housing, is removable from the rocker box housing, and is mounted directly on the cylinder head of a motorcycle. The rocker box housing includes a generally wedge-shaped cover and a generally wedge-shaped base to allow the cover to be removed from the base in a generally horizontal direction.

Motorcycle rocker assembly

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Sussex, WI, United States of America

Richard M Runte