Patent ID: 6283242
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B62K,F02B,F02M

Abstract:
A motorcycle comprising:a frame;an engine attached to said frame;a seat attached to said frame;a rear wheel fender attached to said frame;an air intake port for accepting outside air in a first flow direction, extending through said air intake port;an air flow path formed inside a dirty air chamber, said air flow path being connected to said air intake port for redirecting the first flow direction of the outside air approximately 180 degrees;an air cleaner element adjoining said dirty air chamber for filtering the redirected outside air and for producing cleaned air;a clean air chamber adjoining said air cleaner element for accepting the cleaned air; andan outlet port connected to said clean air chamber for passing the cleaned air to said engine, wherein the first flow direction extends approximately perpendicular to a travel direction of said motorcycle, and wherein said dirty air chamber extends rearwardly along a lateral side face of said rear wheel fender.