Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoru Nojiri

Hiroshi Inaoka

Hirohisa Takahashi

Norihiko Sasaki

Kazutaka Minami

A motorcycle has an engine mounting structure in which a rear wheel supporting swing arm is vertically swung together with a rear wheel, and in which both sides in the vehicle body width direction of a vehicle body side bracket provided in a vehicle body frame are clamped between a left-right pair of engine-side brackets provided on an engine and the engine is mounted to the vehicle body side bracket through elastic members. The vehicle body frame includes a left-right pair of auxiliary brackets disposed on both sides of the vehicle body side bracket, with an interval therebetween. The left and right engine-side brackets are clamped by the auxiliary brackets. An engine supporting bolt is made to penetrate through the vehicle body side bracket, the left and right engine-side brackets and the left and right auxiliary brackets, whereby the brackets are connected to each other.

Engine mounting structure for motorcycle

An exhaust silencer allows for elongation of an inner cylinder relative to an outer cylinder. The exhaust silencer is assembled and constructed in such a way as to simplify the assembly process. A rear end portion of the outer cylinder is blocked with a stepped disc. A rear end portion of the inner cylinder is slidably mounted on a step portion of the stepped disc. A fuse portion is provided at the rear end portion of the inner cylinder and is welded to the step portion of the stepped disc. The fuse portion temporarily tacks the stepped disc to the inner cylinder during a temporary assembly stage. The fuse portion is so constructed that it will fracture as a result of thermal expansion of the inner cylinder, when exhaust gas flows through the exhaust silencer.

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Saitama, Japan

Satoru Nojiri