Patent ID: 6363814
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B62K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination:a motorcycle kick starter lever having a distal end including two opposed, planar parallel sides and apparatus attached to the distal end of the motorcycle kick starter lever for engagement by footwear of a cyclist when starting the engine of the motorcycle, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a sleeve having an outer surface and formed of rigid, non-resilient material extending about the distal end of the motorcycle kick starter lever; and mechanical fastener means releasably securing said sleeve to said distal end and maintaining said sleeve at a fixed location on the motorcycle kick starter lever, said sleeve including a pair of sleeve segments defining an opening accommodating said distal end, at least one of said sleeve segments having a notch forming said opening and each of said sleeve segments having a planar motorcycle kick starter lever engagement surface, said sleeve segments being disposed on opposed sides of the distal end, said mechanical fastener means comprising at least one threaded connector extending between said sleeve segments and urging said sleeve segments toward one another, toward said motorcycle kick starter lever and into clamping engagement with said distal end at said fixed location on the motorcycle kick starter lever, the planar motorcycle kick starter lever engagement surfaces engaging the two opposed, planar, parallel sides of said motorcycle kick starter lever to prevent relative movement between said sleeve and said distal end.