Patent ID: 7950367
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. An accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for a motorcycle, comprising: an accelerator position sensor adapted to detect operation of a throttle grip provided on a right side of a handlebar; and a control motor adapted to drive a throttle valve which controls an amount of intake air for an engine supported by a body frame, wherein the accelerator position sensor is connected to the throttle grip via a throttle cable, and is disposed externally of main frames, of the body frame, extending from a head pipe toward a rear of a vehicle body, wherein the main frames are right and left side main frames which branch right and left from the head pipe and extend toward the rear of the vehicle body, the accelerator position sensor is disposed externally of the left side main frame and is secured to an upper surface of the left side main frame via a bracket having a laterally extending portion which extends outwardly from the left side main frame, and a downwardly extending portion at an outer end of the laterally extending portion, wherein the accelerator position sensor includes a throttle drum disposed under the laterally extending portion of the bracket and a throttle operation amount sensor disposed on an outer side of the downwardly extending portion of the bracket for detecting a turning amount of the throttle drum, and wherein the throttle cable extending from the throttle grip is arranged to extend from a vicinity of the head pipe along an external lateral surface of the vehicle body left side main frame, and is connected to the throttle drum of the accelerator position sensor.