Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinji Matsubayashi

Kazuhiko Saito

Kazuhiro Iwai

Ikuo Ariga

Eiji Hosoya

Tsuneo Kajikawa

Shokichi Arai

Kohsuke Asao

Satoru Kiyota

Shoukichi Arai

A saddle type, off-road vehicle comprises a frame, including upper, lower and rear portions, an engine supported by the frame, a pair of rear wheels disposed on opposite sides of the main frame. The lower portion of the frame extends rearwardly and upwardly behind the engine and the rear portion of the frame extends substantially horizontally therefrom, while the upper portion of the frame extending rearwardly downwardly behind the seat terminates in the vicinity of a junction between the lower and rear portions of the frame.

Saddle type off-road vehicle

A saddle type, off-road vehicle, comprising a frame, an engine supported on the frame, at least one front wheel, a pair of rear wheels disposed on opposite sides of the frame, and a storage receptacle provided on the vehicle having at least a portion thereof positioned above the rear frame. The storage receptacle is positioned rearwardly of the major part of the frame and above the rear axle.

Saddle type vehicle having a storage receptacle

A saddle type, off-road vehicle, comprising a frame, an engine supported on the frame, at least one front wheel, a pair of rear wheels disposed on opposite sides of the frame, and a storage receptacle having at least a portion thereof positioned above the rear frame. The storage receptacle having at least a portion thereof positioned rearwardly of the seat and the storage receptacle having an opening defined in an upper surface thereof, including a lid means for opening and closing the upper surface of the storage receptacle.

A front brake apparatus in a motorized three-wheeled vehicle of the type that a wheel hub supported rotatably on a front wheel axle is provided with a brake drum fixed thereto. A brake panel fixed to the front wheel axle is so provided as to be positioned axially outside the brake drum. The brake panel is provided with brake shoes arranged to be brought into internal contact with the brake drum. The invention is characterized in that the brake panel is provided with a drum cover which extends to cover a surrounding portion of the brake drum and serves to tightly seal the surrounding portion through a seal member. The seal member is positioned in an inside space defined by a wheel rim attached to the wheel hub.

Front brake apparatus in motorized three-wheeled vehicle

A vehicle frame construction in a buggy with a riding saddle, includes a main frame extending longitudinally along a central axis of the buggy, the main frame having front and rear ends, and a pair of down tubes disposed one on each side of the main frame and having one ends fixed to sides of the front end of the main frame and opposite ends fixed to sides of the rear end of the main frame. Each of the down tubes is composed of a downwardly directed portion extending downwardly from the front end of the main frame and in a forward direction of the buggy, a horizontal portion extending substantially horizontally from the downwardly directed portion in a rearward direction of the buggy, and an upwardly directed portion extending substantially vertically upwardly from the horizontal portion to the rear end of the main frame. Each of the down tubes includes a curved portion between the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion, the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion having axes extending at an acute angle with respect to each other. A reinforcement pipe is detachably coupled between the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion of each of the down tubes.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Matsubayashi