MOTORCYCLE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; drives of front wheels of two-and three-wheeled vehicles. SUBSTANCE: drive has power takeoff box 1, gearbox 2, propeller shaft drive consisting of propeller shaft 5, universal joints 6 and 7 and movable splined joint 8, and wheel chain drive 9. Novelty is that propeller shaft 5 is arranged across plane of symmetry of motorcycle so that with front wheel arranged in plane of symmetry of motorcycle, axes of propeller shaft 5 and steering column 24 intersect, and input and output shafts of power takeoff box are connected, respectively, with gearbox 2 and propeller shaft drive through chain drives 3 and 4. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 2 dwg