Patent ID: 6611743
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B60G,B62K

Abstract:
A motorcycle and suspension system, said motorcycle having a body frame, two wheels spaced axially along the length of said body frame, each supported for suspension movement by said body frame, a front damping element having a pair of relatively moveable members defining a first fluid chamber and interposed between the forward most of said wheels and said body frame for varying the volume of said first fluid chamber upon suspension movement of said forward most wheel, first damping means for damping the flow of fluid from said first fluid chamber, a rear damping element having a pair of relatively moveable members defining a second fluid chamber and interposed between the other of said wheels and said body frame for varying the volume of said second fluid chamber upon suspension movement of said other wheel, second damping means for damping the flow of fluid from said second fluid chamber, said front and said rear damping elements having different physical dimensions so that the application of the same force to each of them will effect a different flow from the respective fluid chamber thereof, a conduit interconnecting said first and said second fluid chambers, and a control arrangement in said conduit for precluding fluid flow through said conduit in response to a first suspension condition and for providing a damped flow through said conduit in response to a second suspension condition.