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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a bottom link type front wheel suspension for a motorcycle, which allows accessories such as a headlamp to be easily arranged in front of a front fork. A bottom link type front wheel suspension includes a top bridge and a bottom bridge mounted on upper and lower portions of a steering stem; front forked portions having upper ends mounted on the top and bottom bridges; front wheel supporting arms having front ends vertically swingably connected to the lower ends of the front forked portions; rods having lower ends connected to middle points of the front wheel supporting arms; an arm vertically swingably extending forwardly from the bottom bridge and connected to the upper ends of the rods via a rod hanger; dampers having lower ends connected to the arm; and an upper bracket mounted on the upper portions of the front forked portions and connected to the upper ends of the dampers, wherein the center of the damper substantially corresponds to the center, of the front forked portion.