Main stand device for two-wheeled motorcycle

Abstract

A main stand device for a two-wheeled motorcycle having a body frame, which comprises a main stand pivotally secured to the body frame for rotation between a stored state and a standing state, an actuator operatively coupled with the main stand and operably provided on the body frame for manually rotating the main stand, the main stand being fixedly secured to a rotational shaft rotatably supported on the body frame, a drive source coupled to the rotational shaft so as only to transmit a drive force from the source to the shaft for rotatably driving the shaft, the drive source being constructed to start its operation for rotating the main stand in a direction toward its standing state in response to the operation of the actuator which is operated to rotate the main stand from the stored state to a position in contact with the ground or immediately before contact with the ground. Thus, the main stand device can operate to rotate the main stand manually in a range where a small operating force is required therefore and rotate the stand by means of both the force of a drive source and the manual force or only by the drive force when a large operating force is required, thereby bringing the main stand into a standing position with small operating force in a short period of time.