1. A motorcycle comprising:
a chassis frame;
an engine having a hanger portion that is suspended from the chassis frame;
a pair of down tubes in a vehicle width direction that fauns a part of the chassis frame, and extends downwards at a front portion of the chassis frame; and
an engine hanger bracket having a plate portion formed in a plate shape and a collar portion provided to the plate portion, and joining the pair of down tubes with the hanger portion,
wherein the hanger portion includes an upper hanger portion and a lower hanger portion that are respectively disposed one above the other in a height direction of the engine, and
wherein the motorcycle further comprises:
an upper suspension portion that suspends the engine by way of fastening the down tube, the plate portion, the collar portion and the upper hanger portion in a state arranged linearly in a vehicle width direction; and
a lower suspension portion that suspends the engine by way of fastening the plate portion and the lower hanger portion.
2. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the upper suspension portion includes:
a boss portion provided at the down tube;
the plate portion abutting the boss portion;
the collar portion fixed to the plate portion;
the upper hanger portion abutting the collar portion; and
an upper fastening member that is disposed to penetrate the pair of down tubes, the boss portion, the plate portion, the collar portion and the upper hanger portion in a vehicle width direction, and is configured to be fastenable from outside of the pair of down tubes.
3. The motorcycle according to claim 1, further comprising a head pipe that forms a part of the chassis frame, and retains a steering device of a front wheel to be rotatable,
wherein the down tube extends downwards linearly from the head pipe, and
wherein the upper suspension portion and the lower suspension portion are disposed linearly along a direction in which the down tube extends.
4. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein a fastening portion to fasten the plate portion and the down tube is provided above the upper suspension portion.
5. The motorcycle according to claim 4, wherein a cover-member fastening stay to fasten a cover member that covers a lateral side of a chassis is provided between the fastening portion of the plate portion and the upper suspension portion.
6. The motorcycle according to claim 1, further comprising a rear suspension portion that suspends the engine, by way of fastening a rear portion of the engine having a crankshaft extending in the vehicle width direction, and an engine hanger stay that is provided at a substantially central part of the chassis frame in a front-rear direction and supports the rear portion of the engine,
wherein the upper suspension portion and the lower suspension portion are respectively disposed above and below the crankshaft in a side view, and
the crankshaft is disposed within a region of triangular shape formed by linking the upper suspension portion, the lower suspension portion, and the rear suspension portion in a side view.
7. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein a part of the plate portion between the upper suspension portion and the lower suspension portion bends so as to project forwards relative to a line linking the upper suspension portion and the lower suspension portion in a side view.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A head support comprising or including:
a) a harness locatable to the upper body portions of a person
b) a rigid member extending from a region of said harness stabilised in respect of and by the use of the harness relative to the body wherein, when in use, said harness is attached to the body of a person, said rigid member extending therefrom to provide a support region thereof which when said person is in a substantially upright position, and the head is tilted backwards to allow viewing of an object above the horizontal, said support region comes in contact with at least part of the back of the head and provides at least vertical support to the head.
2. A head support as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rigid member has a vertically extending portion which, in use extends substantially vertically and parallel with the general upright position of said user, and an outwardly extending portion which extends, in use from said vertically extending portion, outwardly from the body of a user wherein at or near the distal end of said outwardly extending portion said head supporting region is provided.
3. A head support as claimed in claim 2 wherein said rigid member is secured to said harness at said vertically extending portion thereof.
4. A head support as claimed in claim 3 wherein said harness is secured to the vertically extending portion of said rigid member to, when said harness is secured to the body of the user, press said rigid member against the back of the user.
5. A head support as claimed in claim 4 wherein said rigid member is pressed against is the upper spine region of the back of the user.
6. A head support as claimed in claim 3 wherein said rigid member is held apart from the upper spine region of the back of the user.
7. A head support as claimed in claim 6 wherein said rigid member is held apart from the upper spine region of the back of the user by means of a strut or brace attached to said harness.
8. A head support as claimed in claim 7 wherein the rigid member is not in contact with the upper spine region of the back of the user.
9. A head support as claimed in claim 5 or claim 8 wherein said rigid member is an elongate member having a first distal end defining the lower end of the substantially vertical member and a second distal end defining the outer end region of said outwardly extending portion thereof.
10. A head support as claimed in claim 9 wherein said rigid member is an extrusion, preferably plastics, or is of an elongate sheet material shaped, moulded or fabricated to provide said vertically extending region and said outwardly extending region thereof.
11. A head support as claimed in claim 10 wherein said head supporting region is formed or shaped to additionally provide support to the sides of the head.
12. A head support as claimed in claim 11 wherein the head support includes one or more adjustment means selected from:
(i) adjustment means capable of altering the tilt of said member, andor of said second distal end of said substantially vertical member relative to said first distal end;
(ii) adjustment means capable of altering the height of the rigid member with respect to the harness, andor the head support region with respect to the rigid member andor the harness;
(iii) adjustment means capable of altering the distance between said rigid member and said back of said user.
13. A head support as claimed claim 12 wherein said rigid member is provided with padding in those regions which, when said head support is in use, are in contact with the body of the user.
14. A head support as claimed in claim 13 wherein said harness includes or comprises at least two shoulder engaging straps, one each to locate over shoulder of the user and to locate with said rigid means, or an extension thereof, at the back of said user.
15. A head support as claimed in claim 14 wherein said shoulder straps are each endless members in use and have a means to open such as a buckle and also to provide an adjustment in the length of said strap.
16. A head support as claimed in claim 15 wherein said rigid member is provided with lateral extensions, extending from said vertically extending portion of said rigid member from each side thereof each said lateral member having at its distal end thereof a shoulder strap engaging means to allow the location of said shoulder strap with said lateral member.
17. A head support as claimed in claim 16 wherein each lateral member allows the longitudinal sliding engagement of each shoulder strap at its distal ends thereof, to provide, when said harness is in use a directional stability of said second distal end of said substantially vertical member to prevent it from moving to any significant and functionless degree in a substantially horizonal direction in respect of the head.
18. A head support as claimed in claim 17 wherein the shoulder strap means each locate to said rigid means at the distal end of said vertically extending member thereof.
19. A head support as claimed in claim 18 wherein said harness further includes a chest or waist encompassing strap which is located at substantially the point where said shoulder straps locate at said rigid means.
20. A head support as claimed in claim 19 wherein said harness further includes a release buckle and adjustable means, about the waist or chest of the user.
21. A head support as claimed in claim 20 wherein the head support is a recreational head support.
22. A head support as claimed in claim 20 wherein the head support is for vocational use.
23. A head support comprising a rigid member having a vertically extending region and an outwardly extending region supporting the head, when in use in respect of the vertically upright body of a user, in a tilted backwards position to allow viewing of an object above the horizontal, wherein said vertically extending member has a region adapted for engaging with a head support receiving means located ator near the top of a back pack.
24. A head support as claimed in claim 23 wherein the head support includes one or more adjustment means selected from:
(i) adjustment means capable of altering the tilt of said member, andor of said second distal end of said substantially vertical member relative to said first distal end;
(ii) adjustment means capable of altering the height of the rigid member with respect to the harness, andor the head support region with respect to the rigid member andor the harness;
(iii) adjustment means capable of altering the distance between said rigid member and said back of said user.
25. A head support as claimed in claim 24 wherein the head support is a recreational head support.
26. A head support as claimed in claim 24 wherein the head support is for vocational use.