Patent ID: 6637763
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B62H,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
An enclosed motorcycle providing means for transporting a single driver comprising:a structural frame, having sufficient skeletal integrity to surround the driver and provide protection of the driver and also a mounting surface for propulsion means, a pair of tandem wheels, defined as a front steerable wheel and a rear drive wheel rotatably attached to said frame for mobility of the motorcycle, with both the front and the rear wheel further having integral brakes, an engine for rotating said rear drive wheel, securely affixed upon said frame to provide propulsion means for the motorcycle, a handlebar assembly attached to the front wheel on a first end and positioned in a convenient location to the driver on a second end, for steering the motorcycle, a foot brake pedal assembly pivotally affixed to the frame and linked to the front wheel brake and rear wheel brake for stopping movement of the motorcycle, a bench seat rigidly attached to the frame for seating the driver, a pair of electrically actuated outrigger landing wheels, attached to the frame having a track spanning a widest portion of said frame, said landing wheels attached upon a common axle, one on each side of the motorcycle, said landing wheels having automatic control to extend both wheels simultaneously, at a predetermined road speed, so as to be in close proximity to the surface upon which the motorcycle is resting for preventing tipping at low speeds and when stopped, and an enclosure disposed over and attached to the frame, said enclosure having a front housing and a rear housing with said front housing having pair of leg doors and said rear housing having a pair of entrance doors one on each side of the motorcycle for access to the seat and to minimize the enclosure envelope with the front housing lower than the rear housing providing easy entry into the motorcycle and to permit visibility from the rear housing over the front housing, a rear edge of said leg doors mate with a front edge of said entrance doors permitting unrestricted access into the motorcycles interior when seating.