Patent ID: 7490843

Claim:
A suspension assembly for use with a front end of a vehicle, the suspension assembly comprising: an upper triple clamp; a lower triple clamp; the upper and lower triple clamps adapted to retain a pair of forks, the pair of forks substantially parallel to each other; a steering shaft substantially perpendicularly coupled to the upper and lower triple clamps; the steering shaft coupled to a frame of the vehicle and including two ends; wherein the upper triple clamp couples to one end of the steering shaft and the lower triple clamp couples to the other end of the steering shaft; a spring unit coupled to one of the two ends of the steering shaft and adapted to absorb lateral forces that are transferred from a road surface up through a front wheel and the pair of forks; and a pivot mechanism coupled to the other one of the two ends of the steering shaft, the pivot mechanism including a pivoting axis substantially perpendicular to the steering shaft; wherein at least one of the upper triple clamp and lower triple clamp is adapted to couple to the spring unit; and wherein the front end pivots about the pivoting axis and the spring unit flexes in response to bumps in the road surface.