Motorcycle fairing

Claim 2

A fairing for a motorcycle, comprising a yoke connected to the frame of said motorcycle and extending laterally outwardly and upwardly from its connection to said frame, a shield having a pair of laterally spaced vertically extending leg panels interconnected at their upper ends by a transversely extending generally horizontal top panel disposed above the plane of the motorcycle handle bars and connected to the upper end of said yoke, a windscreen mounted on said top panel, said top panel having a recess formed therein through which the fork on the motorcycle and the motorcycle headlight and its mounting brackets extend, and a shell interconnected to said mounting brackets for movement with said fork and headlight, said shell extending over the recess formed in said top panel and having an opening formed therein for reception of said headlight.

Claim 3

A fairing as set forth in claim 1 in which said leg panels angle forwardly from their lower to their upper ends and said yoke projects through openings in said leg panels, and said top panel extends forwardly and rearwardly of said fork and yoke.

Claim 4

A fairing as set forth in claim 1 in which said yoke comprises a pair of generally L-shaped arms each having its lower end connected to said frame, and a generally horizontally disposed finger at its upper end fixedly connected to said top panel.

Claim 5

A fairing as set forth in claim 1 with the addition that a mud guard is mounted on said fork below said shell and forwardly of said leg panels.

Claim 6

A fairing as set forth in claim 4 in which said mud guard has a lateral extent greater than said fork and a pair of ears project upwardly from the ends of said mud guard over the lateral ends of said shell.

Claim 7

A fairing as set forth in claim 1 with the addition that an annular flange projects rearwardly from the edge of said shell opening around said headlight.

Claim 8

A fairing for a motorcycle, comprising a yoke connected to the frame of said motorcycle, a shield connected to said yoke and having a pair of vertically extending leg panels interconnected at their upper ends by a transversely extending top panel disposed above the plane of the motorcycle handle bars, the upper portions of said leg panels being curved forwardly and the forward portion of said top panel being curved downwardly, said top panel having a recess formed therein through which the fork on the motorcycle and motorcycle headlight and its mounting brackets extend, a windscreen mounted on said top panel, a cup-shaped shell interconnected tO said mounting bracket for movement with said fork and headlight, said shell extending over said top panel recess and the adjacent portions of said top and leg panels, and said shell having an opening formed therein for the reception of said headlight.

Claim 9

A fairing for a motorcycle, comprising a yoke connected to the frame of said motorcycle, a shield connected to said yoke and having a pair of vertically extending leg panels interconnected at their upper ends by a transversely extending top panel disposed above the plane of the motorcycle handle bars, the upper portions of said leg panels being curved forwardly and the forward portion of said top panel being curved downwardly, said top panel having a recess formed therein through which the fork on the motorcycle and motorcycle headlight and its mounting brackets extend, a windscreen mounted on said top panel, a cup-shaped shell interconnected tO said mounting bracket for movement with said fork and headlight, said shell extending over said top panel recess and the adjacent portions of said top and leg panels, and said shell having an opening formed therein for the reception of said headlight.

Claim 10

A fairing as set forth in claim 7 in which said top panel has a vertically extending flange at the rear thereof and said windscreen is connected to said flange.

Claim 11

A fairing as set forth in claim 7 in which said yoke projects upwardly from its connection to said frame and is connected to said top panel above the plane of said handle bars, and said leg panels are angled forwardly through the plane of said yoke, said leg panels having a rearwardly open U-shaped cross-section below their intersection with said yoke.