Patent ID: 6837508

Claim:
A motorcycle comprising: a motorcycle frame; a fork blade pivotally attached to the motorcycle frame, the fork blade having an upper support member and a lower support member, each of the upper and lower support members having upper and lower end margins, the lower end margin of the lower support member being adapted to be secured to a wheel axle, the lower end margin of the upper support member being telescopically received within the upper end margin of the lower support member in manner so that the upper support member is movable in a reciprocating manner along an axis relative to the lower support member and so that bending moment perpendicular to the axis is transmittable from the lower support member to the upper support member; and a shroud attached to the fork blade, the shroud having upper and lower portions, the upper portion of the shroud being fixedly attached to the upper end margin of the upper support member, the upper end margin of the lower support member being telescopically received in the lower portion of the shroud.