Patent ID: 8652238

Claim:
An air directing device for a motorcycle including an engine having a forward cylinder, a rear cylinder disposed rearwardly of and in line with the forward cylinder, and an air cleaner assembly for intake air for the engine disposed laterally of and overlying outside portions of both of the cylinders, comprising: an engine air cleaner housing bottom half of the air cleaner assembly, said engine air cleaner housing bottom half including a sidewall extending away from a base plate, said sidewall defining a first forwardly facing aperture and an air intake aperture and said base plate defining a first rearward aperture overlying a first outside portion of the rear cylinder with said sidewall defining an air cleaner volume configured to receive an air cleaner unit; an inner air directing plenum having a first top plate and first attached side walls, said inner air directing plenum being horizontally disposed and nesting into said air cleaner volume, with said inner air directing plenum including a second forwardly disposed aperture aligned with said first forwardly facing aperture when disposed within said air cleaner volume forming a first air communication channel extending from a first cooling intake at said first forwardly facing aperture, past said air cleaner unit, to said first rearward aperture at a first cooling exit; and an engine air cleaner housing top half, coupled to said an engine air cleaner housing bottom half enclosing said air cleaner unit; wherein an air intake channel extends from said air intake aperture into said air cleaner unit and then into one or more air tubes coupled into the engine through said engine air cleaner housing bottom half; and wherein said first top plate includes one or more apertures adapted to allow the one or more air tubes to connect the engine to said engine air cleaner.