Patent ID: 7637341

Claim:
An apparatus for temporarily limiting travel of a rear suspension member of a motorcycle relative to a frame of the motorcycle, the apparatus including a device comprising: a first base; means for securing the first base to at least one frame member of the frame at a location above the rear suspension member; a second base adapted to be mounted on the rear suspension member at a location in proximity to the first base; a structure between the first and second bases and coupled to one of the first and second bases, the structure having a first position in which the structure is operable with the first and second bases to temporarily limit downward travel of the frame relative to the rear suspension member, the structure being movable to a second position in which the structure permits downward travel of the frame relative to the rear suspension member; and means for biasing the structure toward the second position thereof; wherein the structure is adapted to move from the first position to the second position in response to the first and second bases moving apart from each other.