Patent ID: 7117846

Claim:
A throttle control apparatus for a motorcycle comprising: a throttle body having an intake passage extending through therein; a throttle valve shaft supported rotatably in the throttle body across the intake passage, a throttle valve mounted on the throttle valve shaft for opening or closing the intake passage; a drive lever mounted on one end of the throttle valve shaft; a throttle opening sensor mounted on another end of the throttle shaft; the one end of the throttle valve shaft being protruded from one side outer wall of the throttle body, while the other end of the throttle shaft being protruded from another side outer wall of the throttle body; the rotation of a throttle lever operated with accelerator wires being transmitted to the drive lever through a link lever; wherein a bypass air passage is provided on the other side outer wall of the throttle body so as to detour the throttle valve to make the intake passage communicated, an air valve is provided in the bypass air passage to open or close the bypass air passage by the operation of an initial operation wire and said accelerator wires and the initial operation wire are arranged at opposite sides of the intake passage respectively, so that the operating directions thereof are substantially the same to one another.