Patent ID: 6349784
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A motorcycle having hub steering, comprising:a frame; a front wheel; a rear wheel; and an engine; the front wheel being provided with a hub assembly having an axle which is fixedly held in connecting pieces, the connecting pieces connected to a first set of lower support arms and a second set of upper support arms, with a hub body which is arranged around the axle and which is rotatable about a turning axis which is substantially perpendicular to the center axis of the axle,the first and second sets of support arms being pivotably connected to the connecting pieces via lower and upper front pivot points, which pivot points, in operation, allow a movement in a substantially vertical plane, whereina front line which joins the lower and upper front pivot points, and a rear line which joins the lower and upper rear pivot points, the front line and the rear line intersecting one another at a point which lies above the support arms,in which the turning axis of the hub and the center axis of the axle are situated at a distance from one another, and in which there is a resilient steering connection between handle bars and the front wheel.