Patent ID: 8042641

Claim:
An all wheel drive motorcycle having handlebars, the motorcycle comprising: a frame supporting an engine having an output shaft and a back wheel; a front fork attached to the frame with a suspension where the front fork retains the front wheel with a front wheel axle wherein the front fork includes an axis of rotation; a back wheel drive train supplying power from the output shaft to the back wheel; and a front wheel drive train supplying power from the output shaft to the front wheel wherein the front wheel drive train comprises: a universal joint supported by the front fork and wherein the universal joint is located within a range of ten degrees from perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the front fork such that torque steer is substantially eliminated when steering the all wheel drive motorcycle; an output drive sprocket fixedly attached to the output shaft; a first stub shaft attached to the universal joint; a first intermediate fork sprocket attached to the stub shaft; and a front wheel main drive chain attached to both the output drive sprocket and the intermediate fork sprocket wherein the path of travel of the front wheel main drive chain forms an obtuse angle.