Patent ID: 6820886
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A front fork yoke for a motorcycle comprising:a parallel pair of posts, each post of said pair of posts being hollow and having an upper end and an opposite lower end, an upper arch extending from and between each said upper end of said each post, each said upper end being shoulder at opposite ends of said upper arch, a lower arch paralleling said upper arch and mounted to, so as to extend between, said pair of posts adjacent said lower ends of said pair of posts, said upper and lower arches each having uppermost end lying generally on an axis of rotation of said yoke when said yoke is mounted to a motorcycle frame so that a head tube of the motorcycle frame coaxial with said axis of rotation is mountable snugly between said uppermost ends of said upper and lower arches, said upper and lower arches each forming a corresponding concavity under each said arch which opens downwardly towards said lower ends of said pair of posts, wherein said upper arch is one unitary rigid piece and wherein said lower arch is butt-joint mounted to said pair of posts without the use of external collars around maid pair of posts.