Patent ID: 6739420
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
An auxiliary wheel conversion assembly for a motorcycle comprising:a frame having spaced apart side members defining a receiving space for a rear wheel of a motorcycle therebetween, a pair of wheels having a common axis of rotation but each wheel being independently rotatably connected to said frame along only one side of said wheel and being connected to one of said side members opposite said receiving space with said pair of wheels not sharing a common axle, said side members extending forward of said common axis of rotation of said pair of wheels and said side members being connected to a rear cross member located rearward of said pair of wheels on said auxiliary wheel conversion assembly, and wherein when said auxiliary wheel conversion assembly is connected to said motorcycle said rear wheel is received in said receiving space and said pair of wheels are substantially in contact with a ground surface at all speeds at which said motorcycle may travel over said ground surface, said auxiliary wheel conversion assembly having no means by which to selectively lift said pair of wheels above said ground surface, and said frame of said auxiliary wheel conversion assembly is disposed substantially at or below an axis of rotation of said motorcycle rear wheel when said pair of wheels and said rear wheel of said motorcycle contact said ground surface, and said axis of rotation of said motorcycle rear wheel is substantially in alignment with an imaginary vertical plane through said common axis of rotation of said pair of wheels.