Motorcycle front end assembly

Claim 2

In a motorcycle front end support having a pair of substantially hollow tubes attached to an axle of the front wheel of the motorcycle with fork tubes having a smooth continuous outer surface telescopically received therein and a coil spring received around each of the fork tubes having one end abutting against the support tube, the improvement of an adjustable collar having a continuous cylindrical inner surface portion telescopically received on each of the fork tubes for sliding movement thereon, each of said collars having a thick wall portion providing a substantially transversely extending abutment face on one end thereof for abutting the other end of said spring, said thick wall portion terminating at its other end with a decreasing outer diameter, and said collar having means extending radially through the thick wall portion to engage the outer surface of the fork tube for releasably securing the collar at an infinite number of positions on the fork tube to entrap the coil spring between the collar and the open end of the support tube as the fork tube is telescopically received therein, said means for releasably securing the collar on the fork tube enabling an infinite adjustment in the length of each fork tube received in its respective support tube to enable an infinite selection for the length of the extension of the front end support of the motorcycle.

Claim 3

In a motorcycle front end support according to claim 1, wherein said means for releasable securing comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced set screws extending radially through said thick wall portion.

Claim 4

In a motorcycle front end support according to claim 1, wherein said abutment face of the collar includes means for radially spacing the other end of the coiled spring from said fork tube to prevent scratching and marring of the tube during movement thereof in the support tube.

Claim 5

In a motorcycle front end support according to claim 3, wherein said one end of the collar has a stepped bottom end with a radially wall forming the abutment face and an axially extending wall forming the means for radially spacing.

Claim 6

In a motorcycle front end support according to claim 4, wherein the collar has a substantial cylindrical portion of a smaller thickness adjacent said thick wall portion, said cylindrical portion terminating in an increased radius bulge portion extending from a chamfered opening at the other end of the collar, and said means for securing comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced set screws.

Claim 7

A motorcycle front end support comprising a pair of fork tubes having a substantial smooth outer surface attached to a motorcycle front end fork assembly, a pair of substantially hollow support tubes attached to an axle of the motorcycle front wheel, each of said pair of support tubes having an open end with an abutment member for telescopically receiving the fork tubes, an adjustable collar having a continuous cylindrical inner surface portion telescopically received on each of said fork tubes for sliding movement thereon and having a thick wall portion adjacent a lower end providing a lower abutment surface, each of said collars having means extending radially through the thick wall portion to engage the outer surface of the fork tube for adjustably fastening said collars to said fork tubes to enable attachment of the collars at any point along the axial length of the fork tuBes, a coil spring telescopically received on each of said fork tubes and entrapped between the lower abutment surface and the abutment member of the open end to determine the length of the fork tube telescopically received in the support tube, wherein the adjustable fastening means on the collar allows adjustment of the axial position of the colar to infinitely vary the length of each fork tube received in its respective support tube to enable an infinite variation in the length of the motorcycle front end support.

Claim 8

A motorcycle front end support comprising a pair of fork tubes having a substantial smooth outer surface attached to a motorcycle front end fork assembly, a pair of substantially hollow support tubes attached to an axle of the motorcycle front wheel, each of said pair of support tubes having an open end with an abutment member for telescopically receiving the fork tubes, an adjustable collar having a continuous cylindrical inner surface portion telescopically received on each of said fork tubes for sliding movement thereon and having a thick wall portion adjacent a lower end providing a lower abutment surface, each of said collars having means extending radially through the thick wall portion to engage the outer surface of the fork tube for adjustably fastening said collars to said fork tubes to enable attachment of the collars at any point along the axial length of the fork tuBes, a coil spring telescopically received on each of said fork tubes and entrapped between the lower abutment surface and the abutment member of the open end to determine the length of the fork tube telescopically received in the support tube, wherein the adjustable fastening means on the collar allows adjustment of the axial position of the colar to infinitely vary the length of each fork tube received in its respective support tube to enable an infinite variation in the length of the motorcycle front end support.