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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erik F. Buell, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Christopher L. Fiorini, Burlington, WI (US);
Vance C. Strader, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
Buell Motorcycle Company, East Troy, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/102 ; B62M 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/102 ; B62M 7/00 ;
Abstract
A motorcycle includes a swing arm defining a drive member aperture through which a flexible drive member extends. During normal operation of the motorcycle, the drive member and swing arm are interlocked due to a portion of the drive member being captured in the drive member aperture. A portion of the swing arm is removable from the rest of the swing arm to open the drive member aperture and permit removal of the drive member as a continuous unbroken loop without the need to drop the motorcycle's transmission.