Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasushi Ohmika

Nobuyuki Kondou

Yoichi Inayama

Hidetoshi Miyazaki

Tetsuo Mikami

A scooter type motorcycle is provided for improving a high speed travelling operation by forming a rear wheel supporting member, being a separate body from an internal combustion engine, in a freely swingable manner, for realizing efficient arrangement of parts, and for securing large spaces for floors. In a scooter type motorcycle having lower deck type floors, the scooter type motorcycle includes an internal combustion engine arranged rearwardly of the floors and on a downward side of a seat, and a rear wheel supported via a supporting member which is swingable independent of the internal combustion engine.

Scooter type motorcycle

A motorcycle, such as a scooter, includes a frame structure and arrangement of component parts which allows the footboards of the motorcycle to be lowered, enlarged and lengthened. The overall frame of a motorcycle includes a front frame portion and a rear frame portion. The front frame portion is connected to an engine of the motorcycle and the rear frame portion is connected to a transmission casing of the motorcycle. In a first embodiment, the front and rear frames are not directly connected together. In a second embodiment, the front and rear frames are connected together. By using the engine and transmission casing as components of the overall motorcycle frame in both the first and second embodiments, more flexibility is gained in the design and layout of the motorcycle's body cover and footboards. Particularly, the footboards may be lowered, enlarged and lengthened so as to improve the riding comfort of the operator and passenger of the motorcycle.

Body structure of a low floor motorcycle

A handle grip for resiliently attaching to a handle tube having a predetermined outer diameter includes a grip body formed of a resilient material and having a first end and a second end. An inner bore which has a diameter slightly smaller than the predetermined outer diameter of the handle tube extends from the first end of the grip body toward the second end of the grip body. An attaching portion is formed in an outer surface of the grip body adjacent to the second end of the grip body. The attaching portion includes at least one engaging groove formed therein. A cap member includes at least one engaging projection. The cap member is positioned on the attaching portion with the engaging projection being received within the engaging groove. Mounting the cap member on the attaching portion and mounting the grip body on the handle tube creates a resilient expansion force due to the smaller diameter of the inner bore of the grip body relative to the predetermined outer diameter of the handle tube for securely retaining the cap member to the grip body.

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Saitama, Japan

Yasushi Ohmika