Rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of swingarm
View Patent ↗This rear wheel suspension device of a motorcycle is disposed so as to be displaced to the right lateral side relative to a center portion in the vehicle widthwise direction of the motorcycle. A swingarm-side support member which extends in the vehicle widthwise direction is provided to a swingarm. An upper end portion of the rear wheel suspension device is rotatably supported by a main frame, and a lower end portion of the rear wheel suspension device is rotatably supported at a right end portion of the swingarm-side support member.
1. A rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of a swingarm, in which a rear wheel suspension device of a motorcycle is disposed so as to be displaced to one lateral side relative to a center portion in a vehicle widthwise direction of the motorcycle, the rear wheel suspension device mounting structure comprising:
a swingarm-side support member which is provided to the swingarm supporting a rear wheel and which extends in the vehicle widthwise direction; and
a bracket which protrudes upward from the swingarm, wherein
the rear wheel suspension device has one end portion supported by a motorcycle frame structure and the other end portion rotatably supported by one end portion of the swingarm-side support member,
the swingarm has a pair of left and right arm pieces and a gusset which couples front end portions of the pair of left and right arm pieces to each other,
the swingarm-side support member is mounted to the gusset, and
the swingarm-side support member is mounted to an apex portion of the bracket.
2. The rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of the swingarm as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcement member having a substantially triangular shape in a side view, with one side thereof being connected onto the swingarm and another side thereof being connected to the bracket.
3. The rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of the swingarm as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the bracket and the reinforcement member are provided on the gusset.
4. The rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of the swingarm as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the one end portion of the rear wheel suspension device is rotatably supported through a vehicle-body-side support member, at a position displaced to the one lateral side in the motorcycle frame structure.
5. A rear wheel suspension device mounting structure of a swingarm, in which a rear wheel suspension device of a motorcycle is disposed so as to be displaced to one lateral side relative to a center portion in a vehicle widthwise direction of the motorcycle, the rear wheel suspension mounting structure comprising:
a swingarm-side support member which is provided to the swingarm supporting a rear wheel and which extends in the vehicle widthwise direction, the swingarm-side support member including a pipe, wherein the rear wheel suspension device has one end portion supported by a motorcycle frame structure and the other end portion rotatably supported by one end portion of the swingarm-side support member;
a bolt which penetrates an insertion hole defined in the other end portion of the rear wheel suspension device and a hollow portion in the pipe;
a collar inserted in a shank portion of the bolt; and
a nut into which a tip portion of the bolt is threaded,
the other end portion of the rear wheel suspension device being rotatably supported at one end portion of the pipe by the bolt and the nut.