Patent ID: 9630676
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60K,B62K,B62M,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. An axle conversion kit for a motorcycle having a pre-existing rear drive assembly and a corresponding original wheel, the conversion kit replacing the original wheel with an off-set differential assembly for a two-wheeled replacement system that draws transmission power from a pre-existing transfer case of the pre-existing rear drive assembly, the conversion kit comprising: a transfer case adaptor configured to mechanically engage with the pre-existing transfer case and a pre-existing swing arm of the pre-existing rear drive assembly, and to rotate via mechanical rotation transmitted through the pre-existing transfer case; a first drive sprocket mechanically engaged to the transfer case adaptor such that mechanical rotation of the transfer case adaptor translates to mechanical rotation of the first drive sprocket; an axle-supported differential assembly; a second drive sprocket mechanically engaged to the axle-supported differential assembly, the second drive sprocket configured to mechanically link with the first drive sprocket such that mechanical rotation from the pre-existing transfer case translates to mechanical rotation in the second drive sprocket and mechanical rotation in the axle-supported differential assembly; and a frame configured to securely engage with the pre-existing transfer case and defining an internal space; wherein, when the conversion kit is assembled and installed on a motorcycle: