Patent ID: 8001862

Claim:
A reverse drive assembly for a motorcycle including a transmission assembly having a transmission case, a main shaft rotatably coupled to the transmission case, a counter shaft rotatably coupled to the transmission case, and a plurality of gears coupled to at least one of the main shaft and the counter shaft, the main shaft having an input end and an opposite end, the input end configured to be rotatably driven, the counter shaft having a first end adjacent to the input end of the main shaft and a second end opposite the first end, the opposite end of the main shaft and the second end of the counter shaft being supported for rotation by a support plate, the plurality of gears configured to selectively allow the main shaft to drive the counter shaft in a forward direction, the plurality of gears positioned substantially within the transmission case and to the inside of the support plate, the reverse drive assembly comprising: a first drive member configured to be positioned to the outside of the support plate and coupled to the opposite end of the main shaft; a second drive member configured to be positioned to the outside of the support plate and coupled to the second end of the counter shaft, the first drive member drivingly coupled to the second drive member for rotation therewith; and an engagement member operatively positioned between one of the first drive member and the main shaft and the second drive member and the counter shaft, the engagement member movable between a first position out of engagement with the one of the first drive member and the main shaft and the second drive member and the counter shaft, and a second position in engagement between the one of the first drive member and the main shaft and the second drive member and the counter shaft to drive the counter shaft in a reverse direction.