Patent ID: 8602427

Claim:
A vehicle assembly, comprising: a two-wheeled vehicle including a frame having opposed first and second sides, opposed front and rear ends, and a front wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the front end of the frame positioned in front of an opposed rear wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the rear end of the frame and that is substantially in-line with respect to the front wheel; first and second stabilizer assemblies positioned along the first and second sides, respectively, of the frame to interact with the ground over which the vehicle is driven, the first and second stabilizer assemblies extending along the first and second sides of the frame proximate to the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, to stabilize the vehicle as the vehicle is driven over the ground, wherein the first and second stabilizer assemblies each include an elongate framework assembly mounted to the frame, and having an attached forward stabilizer disposed proximate to, and outboard of, the front wheel of the vehicle and an attached rearward stabilizer disposed proximate to, and outboard of, the rear wheel of the vehicle; and a frangible area formed in the elongate framework assembly providing a point at which the elongate framework assembly will break so as to break away one of the forward and rearward stabilizers from the elongate framework assembly.