Patent ID: 7322437
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. In a motorcycle comprising: a front wheel, a disk brake for braking the front wheel, the disk brake including a brake caliper, and a front fork pivotably supporting the front wheel, the improvement comprising a structure for attaching a wheel speed sensor to the motorcycle, wherein said structure comprises: a mounting boss disposed at a lower portion of the front fork, the mounting boss providing a mounting direction for the brake caliper along a radial direction of the front wheel and having the brake caliper mounted thereon, wherein the mounting boss is formed integrally with, and continuously from, and axle supporting portion formed at a lower end of the front fork; another mounting boss formed integrally with, and continuously from, the axle supporting portion, and having the brake caliper mounted thereto, wherein the mounting bosses are separated in a vertical direction, and wherein the wheel speed sensor is attached to an under surface of a lower one of the mounting bosses.