Patent ID: 7681942

Claim:
A fairing assembly for a motorcycle, which assembly includes: an aerodynamic shield which is mountable on a motorcycle and operable between a stowed condition and an operative condition in which the shield is positioned to reduce aerodynamic drag on a front wheel of a motorcycle, such that, in use, the drag on the front wheel is smaller when the shield is in its operative condition than when it is in its stowed condition; and a mounting arrangement for mounting the shield on a motorcycle, the assembly being characterised in that the shield includes a fixed component which is fixedly mountable to a motorcycle and at least two displaceable components which are displaceable relative to the fixed component, wherein the assembly further comprises a control arrangement which includes temperature sensing means configured to sense the temperature of a motorcycle engine and response means configured to instruct displacement of the shield into its stowed condition when the engine temperature sensed by the temperature sensing means exceeds a preset threshold temperature.