Side fairing and motorcycle fitted with it

Abstract

Side fairing and motorcycle equipped therewith The side fairing (11) has, on a first longitudinal side of its main element, a first wing element and, on a second longitudinal side of its main element, a second wing element and a third wing element. The first, second and third wing elements each have an external visible side and an internal side (25) opposite thereto, and the second and third (22) wing elements have, along the second longitudinal side, different longitudinal extensions and have, in a vertical axial direction, different extensions in this direction. The third wing element (22) has, in this direction, a greater extension than the second wing element. The third wing element (22) has, on the internal side (25), a stop element (53). Figure to be published with the abstract: Fig.7

Description

Title of the invention: Side fairing and motorcycle provided therewith

[0001] The present invention relates to a side fairing for a motorcycle, with a flat and elongated shell-like main element, which has an external visible side and an internal side opposite thereto and the main element has an opening passing through the main element. The invention further relates to a motorcycle with such a side fairing.

[0002] A side fairing of this type is known to the applicant and is usually referred to as a side spoiler, which is arranged on both longitudinal sides of a motorcycle at a heat exchanger and a fuel tank and thus covers, in respective side view of both longitudinal sides of the motorcycle, the fuel tank or a part of the fuel tank and extends forward from a seat or saddle of the motorcycle in the direction of travel of the motorcycle. When the motorcycle comprises an internal combustion engine, a fuel tank is usually also covered laterally by the side spoiler.

[0003] Although the mentioned side fairing has proven itself in practice, there is still room for improvement, more particularly with regard to the ease of use of a motorcycle equipped therewith, which may be an off-road motorcycle.

[0004] From this, the objective of the present invention is therefore to provide a side fairing which increases the ease of use of a motorcycle equipped therewith and, furthermore, to provide a motorcycle provided with this side fairing.

[0005] According to the present invention, this object is achieved by a side fairing for a motorcycle, with an elongated flat shell-like main element, which has an external visible side and an internal side opposite thereto and the main element has an opening passing through the main element, and the side fairing has, on a first longitudinal side of the main element, a first wing element extending away in a first direction from the main element, which has, near the first longitudinal side of the main element, a recess and the side fairing has, on a second longitudinal side of the main element, a second wing element and a third wing element extending away in a second direction generally opposite the first direction, which are arranged spaced apart from each other along the second longitudinal side of the main element, the first,second and third wing elements each having an external visible side and an internal side opposite thereto, and the second wing element and the third wing element having, along the second longitudinal side of the main element, different longitudinal extensions and having, in a vertical axial direction, (H) transverse to the second longitudinal side of the main element, different extensions in the vertical axial direction (H), the third wing element having, in the vertical axial direction, a greater extension than the second wing element, characterized in that the third wing element has on the internal side a stop element.

[0006] The stop element may be designed as an elastomer element.

[0007] According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the third wing element has, in top view, a first lateral edge which extends along the second longitudinal side of the main element and which has a first longitudinal extension, and the third wing element has a second lateral edge generally parallel to the first lateral edge and arranged at a distance therefrom, with a second longitudinal extension shorter than the first longitudinal extension.

[0008] According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the third wing element has a third lateral edge and a fourth lateral edge, arranged at an angle relative to the second longitudinal side of the main element, with different longitudinal extensions.

[0009] According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the third wing element has a fifth lateral edge extending generally in the vertical axial direction (H). The fifth lateral edge may be adjacent to the second lateral edge and the fourth lateral edge.

[0010] According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the third wing element is designed to deform elastically relative to the main element.

[0011] According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the side fairing is adapted to at least partially cover an adjustment unit of a spring damping device of the motorcycle. The side fairing may be designed to be elastically deformable, so that the covering of the adjustment unit can be reversibly removed and reinstated.

[0012] The side fairing according to the invention can be arranged on an off-road motorcycle on a longitudinal side of the motorcycle, for example on the right longitudinal side in the direction of forward movement of the motorcycle.

[0013] The side fairing then covers a right side of a fuel tank of the motorcycle and extends from a heat exchanger of the motorcycle in the direction opposite to the direction of travel, rearwardly, namely along a lower side of a seat arrangement of the motorcycle to a rear side fairing of the motorcycle, which covers a muffler arrangement for an internal combustion engine of the motorcycle.

[0014] A motorcycle for which the side fairing according to the invention is provided usually has a spring shock absorber arrangement, which is also called a suspension strut, with which the rear wheel of the motorcycle rests against the motorcycle frame. The suspension strut has, for adjusting the damping characteristic of the suspension strut damping device, an adjustment unit which is also called a variator.

[0015] Since such an off-road motorcycle usually travels on rough terrain and it often happens that stones and earth are thrown from the front wheel of the motorcycle or stones and earth are thrown from another motorcycle, which may damage the adjustment unit, it is necessary to protect the adjustment unit from these thrown stones or earth, by means of the side fairing.

[0016] The side fairing according to the invention solves this problem by virtue of the fact that the third wing element has, in the vertical axial direction, a greater extension than the second wing element. Thanks to this greater extension of the third wing element of the side fairing according to the invention, the adjustment unit of the suspension strut is protected against damage by stones, earth and the like, since the third wing element covers the adjustment unit from the outside.

[0017] It is therefore no longer necessary to have a fairing element on the motorcycle in addition to the side fairing, which covers or covers the adjustment unit in the outward direction.

[0018] When a user of the motorcycle wishes to change the damping characteristic of the suspension strut, the user must, in a known motorcycle, remove the side fairing or the additional fairing element from the motorcycle, for this he must separate the side fairing from the motorcycle by means of a tool, he must therefore, for example, loosen the screw connections with which the side fairing or the additional fairing element is removably attached to the motorcycle.

[0019] Because the user of such an off-road motorcycle often has to change the damping characteristic of the suspension strut and adapt it, for example during training or competitions, to the nature of the terrain, the detachment of the side fairing or the additional fairing element and the re-attachment of the side fairing or the additional fairing element is a time-consuming process.

[0020] This problem is also solved by the side fairing according to the invention, since the third wing element of the side fairing according to the invention is designed to be elastically deformed relative to the main element.

[0021] A user of the motorcycle equipped with the side fairing according to the invention can thus grasp the third wing element on a side fairing correctly fixed on the motorcycle with one hand and fold the third wing element outwards until the user can adjust the adjustment unit with his other hand in order to change the damping characteristic accordingly as required. When the user releases the third wing element bent outwards again, it automatically returns, due to its elasticity, to its initial position and then covers the adjustment unit again and the latter is again protected from damage.

[0022] During the complete process of adjusting the adjustment unit, the user is not required to detach the side fairing according to the invention from the motorcycle and thus to loosen, for example by means of tools, the screwed or other connections.

[0023] The adjustment of the adjustment unit can therefore be carried out in a very short time, since no tools are required due to the fact that the third wing element is simply bent from its support position or its fixing position on the motorcycle, which is possible thanks to the elastic deformability of the third wing element.

[0024] The third wing element can, in its appropriate support position on the motorcycle, be arranged, removably, in a support position or in a nesting position, with a quick-release element or a fixing element which can be detached without tools, on a counterpart of the motorcycle frame or a counterpart of another component of the motorcycle.

[0025] It is provided, according to the invention, that the third wing element is simply supported, by means of a stop element, which can be, for example, an elastomer element in the form of a rubber buffer, against a counterpart of the motorcycle frame or another component of the motorcycle, so that, for the reversible detachment of the third wing element from the counterpart, it is not even necessary to release a position for engaging a fastening element with the counterpart.

[0026] The user simply grasps the third wing element, bends it away from the counterpart, elastically outwards, so that the user can adjust the suspension strut adjustment unit, and the third wing element automatically snaps back into the initial position, i.e. the support position of the wing element against the motorcycle or the counterpart, when the user simply releases the third wing element. This allows extremely fast adjustment of the suspension strut adjustment unit which, after the user releases the third wing element, is immediately protected again from damage caused by earth or stones, because the third wing element snaps back into the initial position in which the adjustment unit is covered or covered from the outside by the third wing element.

[0027] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the third wing element has, in top view, a first lateral edge, which extends along the second longitudinal side of the main element and has a first longitudinal extension, and the third wing element has a second edge lateral generally parallel to the first lateral edge and arranged at a distance from it, with a second longitudinal extension shorter than the first longitudinal extension.

[0028] This configuration makes it possible to ensure that the side fairing according to the invention fits, with the second lateral edge, on the one hand harmoniously into the side view of the motorcycle equipped with the side fairing according to the invention, and on the other hand, with the second lateral edge, a gripping surface is created, at which the user can grasp the third wing element with the hand, in order to move it elastically outwards from the motorcycle, thus to bend it outwards, and thus to obtain access to the adjustment unit of the suspension strut, the side fairing according to the invention therefore not having to be separated from the motorcycle, as was the case in the traditional configuration.

[0029] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also provided that the third wing element has third and fourth lateral edges, arranged at an angle relative to the second longitudinal side of the main element, with different longitudinal extensions.

[0030] This makes it possible to ensure that the user has, for the outward folding of the third wing element with the third lateral edge, a long gripping surface at which the user can hold the third wing element folded out of the plane of the lateral surface of the motorcycle, for example, with the right hand, while the user can grip, with the left hand, the adjustment unit for the suspension strut, in order to be able to change the damping characteristic according to the wishes of the user.

[0031] When the user releases the third lateral edge after adjusting the adjustment unit, the third elastically deformable wing element returns to its initial undeformed position, the third wing element then pressing again against the counterpart and being able, for example, to be snapped into place therewith again, without this operation requiring the use of a tool.

[0032] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also provided that the third wing element has a fifth lateral edge extending generally in the vertical axial direction.

[0033] With this fifth lateral edge, a gripping surface is also created, at which the user can grip the third wing element, for example with the left hand, if the user prefers, in order to adjust the adjustment unit of the suspension strut, which can then be reached below the folded or outwardly folded third wing element, with the right hand. After adjusting the suspension strut, the user releases the third wing element held or gripped at the fifth lateral edge, which then returns to the initial position again undeformed and rests again, for example by means of a stop element provided on the third wing element, which may for example be a rubber buffer or an elastomer buffer, against a counterpart of the motorcycle. The counterpart may for example be a component of the frame or a component of the bodywork or a component of the air filter box of the motorcycle.

[0034] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the fifth lateral edge is adjacent to the second and fourth lateral edges. This makes it possible to ensure that the fifth lateral edge extends generally vertically when viewed in the vertical axial direction of the motorcycle, in order to facilitate gripping and can be grasped simply with one hand, for example the left hand, in order to be elastically bent out of the plane of the lateral surface of the motorcycle, in order to be able to access the adjustment unit of the suspension strut, as already explained previously.

[0035] According to the invention, it is also provided that the third wing element has, on an internal side, a stop element.

[0036] As already explained above, the third wing element can be elastically bent out of the plane of the side surface of the motorcycle respectively out of the plane of the surface of the main element when the side fairing is still arranged on the motorcycle, the side fairing therefore not having to be removed from the motorcycle for this purpose.

[0037] In the normal operating state, the third wing element therefore rests flush against the outer surface of the motorcycle and matches the outer silhouette of the motorcycle. When the user of the motorcycle has folded the third wing element out of the plane of the outer silhouette of the motorcycle and adjusted the adjustment unit for adjusting the damping characteristic of the suspension strut, the user then only has to release the third wing element, which automatically snaps back into the initial position and is again inserted flush into the outer silhouette of the motorcycle. In this state, the third wing element with the stop element, i.e., for example, the rubber buffer, which is arranged on the inner side of the third wing element, rests again against the counterpart, and the adjustment unit is again protected against damage caused by stones, earth, dust, and the like.

[0038] Because the third wing element rests against the motorcycle again in this state, it is also effectively prevented that the motorcycle user, when moving with the motorcycle, comes into contact, for example inadvertently, with the adjustment unit of the suspension strut.

[0039] According to an alternative not forming part of the invention, it is also provided that the third wing element has, on the internal side, a fixing element.

[0040] This fastening element is a component with which the third wing element can be removably attached to the motorcycle by means of a form-fitting connection, and thus can be put into a removably interlocking position.

[0041] This fastening element may for example be what is called a quick-release pin, a component also called a quick-release pin.

[0042] This fixing element can be inserted, during the manufacture of the side fairing according to the invention, made of a plastic material, into an injection molding mold and then be overmolded, so that the fixing element is integrated into the structure of the side fairing at the internal side of the third wing element.

[0043] Such a quick-release pin, which may also be referred to as a snap-in means, then fits in a form-fitting manner into a counterpart of the motorcycle, which may for example be an elastomer element, which is attached to an arm or cantilever of the motorcycle frame, so that between the snap-in means and the counterpart, i.e. a snap-in element, a form-fitting removable connection is established and thus the third wing element is removably integrated into the structure of the motorcycle and is removably attached to the outer surface of the motorcycle.

[0044] To release this removable interlocking position of the third wing element with the motorcycle counterpart, the user only needs to grasp the third wing element with the hand and pull it outwards, so that the third wing element is bent outwards and thus the suspension strut adjustment unit is immediately accessible for adjustment.

[0045] When the user has adjusted the adjustment unit as desired, the user releases the third wing element, which, due to its elastic design, immediately returns to the initial position in which the latching element rests against the counterpart. The user then exerts a force on the third wing element from the outside for a short time, the latching means engages positively in the counterpart, the third wing element is thus again positively fixed to the motorcycle and the adjustment unit is protected from the outside against damage and inadvertent contact.

[0046] It is also provided that the fastening element is designed as a snap-in element which is configured for a releasable interlocking position with a counterpart.

[0047] The fastening element can also be designed as a quick-release element or a bayonet-type closure element or a hook element.

[0048] The bayonet closure element may, for example, be a rotating handle which can fit into a counterpart on the motorcycle and, when the handle is rotated, rotating, for example 90 degrees, is snapped into place with a counterpart. Since the rotating handle exerts pressure from the outside on the third wing element, the third wing element is also reversibly attached to the motorcycle.

[0049] When a user wishes to access the adjustment unit, which is arranged, in the normal operating position of the side fairing, below the third wing element, the user simply needs to grasp the rotating handle and turn it 90 degrees from the locking position to the unlocking position, whereby the third wing element can then be folded out of the plane of the side surface of the motorcycle, as has been explained several times previously.

[0050] Similarly, the attachment element can also be designed as a hook-like element which can be made, for example in one piece, on the third wing element and, in the mounted position of the side fairing, a counterpart of the motorcycle hooks from behind with the third wing element and the third wing element is thus removably attached to the motorcycle.

[0051] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the stop element is designed as an elastomer element, as already explained previously, for example therefore as a rubber buffer or a rubber element, which is fixed to the inner side of the third wing element and which bears flatly, in the mounted position of the side fairing, against a counterpart of the motorcycle, therefore for example an arm or cantilever of the frame or the like.

[0052] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also provided that the third wing element is designed for elastic deformation relative to the main element. A configuration is thus created, according to which the third wing element can be reversibly pulled or bent out of the plane of the main element without risking a lasting break on a fold line of the wing element.

[0053] It is also provided that the fixing element is designed for removable interlocking with a counterpart provided on the motorcycle. The counterpart may be, in the simplest case, an elastomer body provided with an internal recess which can be introduced or inserted into an opening or passage or drilling of a component on the motorcycle.

[0054] The fastening element then fits, in the mounted position of the side fairing, by form-fitting, into the opening of the counterpart, a removable connection by interlocking and by form-fitting is established between the fastening element and the counterpart, which the user of the motorcycle can easily detach by grasping the third wing element with the hand and pulling it outwards. The wing element deforms elastically and folds out of the plane of the side surface of the motorcycle, the user can grasp the adjustment unit under the third wing element and adjust it. When the user then releases the third wing element, this- This automatically folds back into the initial position, the adjustment unit is again covered by the third fender element. The user then does not need to use any tools, as the third fender element can simply be folded down or pulled out of the plane of the side surface of the motorcycle.

[0055] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also provided that the side fairing is designed for at least partial covering of an adjustment unit of a spring damping device of the motorcycle. The spring damping device may be the suspension strut already described above, which can be easily adjusted by the user when he has folded the third wing element out of the plane of the side surface of the motorcycle.

[0056] According to a particular embodiment of the invention, it is also provided that the side fairing is designed to be elastically deformable, so that the covering of the adjustment unit can be reversibly removed and can be restored. The elastically deformable design of the side fairing, more particularly at the third wing element, makes it possible to avoid removing or dismantling the side fairing from the motorcycle for adjustment of the adjustment unit.

[0057] The invention finally also creates a motorcycle with a front wheel and a rear wheel and a drive motor, characterized in that the motorcycle further comprises at least one side fairing as previously described.

[0058] The invention is described in more detail below using the figures which show:

[0059] [Fig-1] is a side view of a known side fairing, which comes from the applicant;

[0060] [Fig.2] is a side view of an embodiment of a side fairing according to the present invention;

[0061] [Fig.3] is a view of the internal side of the side fairing according to [Fig.2];

[0062] [Fig.4] is a sectional view of the third wing element with a fixing element arranged thereon, in the form of a quick-closing element, which fits into a counterpart;

[0063] [Fig.5] is a sectional view of the third wing element with a fixing element arranged on it, in the form of a bayonet closure;

[0064] [Fig.6] is a sectional view of the third wing element with a fixing element arranged thereon, in the form of a hook surrounding an undercut;

[0065] [Fig.7] a view of an internal side of the side fairing with a stop element arranged thereon in the form of a rubber stamp;

[0066] [Fig.8] is a view of a detail A explaining the arrangement of the third wing element relative to a motorcycle suspension strut adjustment unit;

[0067] [Fig.9] is a side view of a motorcycle equipped with the side fairing according to the invention;

[0068] [Fig. 10] is a side view similar to that of [Fig.9] with a third wing element folded out of the side silhouette of the motorcycle; and

[0069] [Fig. 11] is an enlarged representation of detail XI according to [Fig. 10].

[0070] [Fig.l] shows a side view of a known side fairing 1 of a motorcycle which comes from the applicant.

[0071] The known side fairing 1 has a flat and elongated main element of shell type 2. In the representation according to [Fig.l], the external visible side of the side fairing 1 is shown.

[0072] The main element 2 has an opening 3 through which air can flow out of a heat exchanger 4 of a motorcycle 5. The main element 2 has a first wing element 6 which can cover an upper side of a fuel tank 7. Furthermore, the side fairing has a second wing element 8 as well as a third wing element 9, both of which, seen in the vertical axial direction H, extend away from a lower side 10 of the main element.

[0073] [Fig.2] represents a side view of an embodiment of a side fairing 11 according to the invention.

[0074] As can be clearly seen, the side fairing 11 has a flat and elongated main element, of the shell type 12. The main element 12 has, like the entire side fairing 11, an external visible side 13 and an internal side 14 which can be seen in [Fig.3],

[0075] The main element 12 has an opening 15 which passes through the main element 12 and allows the exit of the cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger 4 of the motorcycle 5.

[0076] The main element 12 has a first longitudinal side 16 and has a first wing element 18 extending away from the first longitudinal side 16 in a first direction 17, which has a recess 19, which is adjacent to the first longitudinal side 16.

[0077] The main element 12 has a second longitudinal side 20, which extends generally parallel to the first longitudinal side 16. On the second longitudinal side 20, a second wing element 21 and a third wing element 22 are arranged, which, seen from the main element 12, extend in a second direction 23, away from the second longitudinal side 20. The second wing element 21 and the third wing element 22 are arranged, seen in the longitudinal direction L of the main element 12, at a distance from each other.

[0078] The first wing element 18, the second wing element 21 and the third wing element 22 each have an external visible side 24, as seen in [Fig.2] and have an internal side 25, as seen in [Fig.3].

[0079] As seen in [Fig.2], the second wing element 21 has, seen in the longitudinal direction L, a longitudinal extension visible along the second longitudinal side 20, which is less than the longitudinal extension of the third wing element 22. Seen in the direction of a vertical axis H transversely to the second longitudinal side 20 of the main element 12, the second wing element 21 and the third wing element 22 have different extensions in the vertical axial direction H, the third wing element 22 having, in the vertical axial direction H, a greater extension than the second wing element 21.

[0080] This makes it possible to ensure that the third wing element 22, as seen with the aid of detail A in [Fig. 9], extends downwards in the vertical axial direction V of the motorcycle 5, i.e. in the direction of a surface O on which the front wheel 26 and the rear wheel 27 of the motorcycle 5 rest, that the third wing element 22 covers, towards the outside, an adjustment device 42, visible with the aid of [Fig. 10] and 11 and visible in detail with the aid of [Fig. 8], such as that seen with the aid of the dotted representation of the third wing element 22 in [Fig. 8]. The motorcycle 5 also has a drive motor 58.

[0081] As can be clearly seen with the aid of [Fig. 2], the third wing element 22 has a first lateral edge 28 which extends along the second longitudinal side 20 of the main element 12 and has a first longitudinal extension. Furthermore, the third wing element 22 has a second lateral edge 29 extending generally parallel to the first lateral edge 28, which is arranged, in the vertical axial direction H, at a distance from the first lateral edge 28 and has a second longitudinal extension which is shorter than the longitudinal extension of the first lateral edge 28.

[0082] The third wing element 22 also has, as can be clearly seen with the aid of the top view according to [Fig. 2], a third lateral edge 30 arranged at an angle to the second longitudinal side 20 and a fourth lateral edge 31. A fifth lateral edge 32 extends generally in the vertical axial direction H and is adjacent to the second lateral edge 29 as well as to the fourth lateral edge 31.

[0083] [Fig. 3] shows a top view of the inner side 14 of the side fairing 11 according to the invention. The side fairing 11 can be removably attached by means of two attachment means in the form, for example, of screws, which pass through housings 34, which are arranged, spaced apart from each other at a rib or a stiffening rib 33 arranged generally in the vertical axial direction H, on the inner side 14 of the side fairing 11, to a counterpart of the motorcycle which can be, for example, a subassembly arranged on the fuel tank 7 or a support for the heat exchanger(s) 4.

[0084] Furthermore, the side fairing also has a housing 35 which allows the side fairing 11 to be arranged on a mushroom-shaped screw.

[0085] [Fig. 3] also shows the third wing element 22 seen from the inner side, the third wing element 22 having a spacer 36 with which the third wing element 22 bears, in the position mounted on the motorcycle, against a counterpart.

[0086] As already explained previously, the third wing element 22 can be folded or bent, in an elastically deformable manner, out of the plane of the lateral silhouette of the motorcycle.

[0087] [Fig. 3] shows a fold line 37 shown in dotted lines, along which the third wing element 22 can be folded down or folded by the user, so that the user has access to the suspension strut adjustment unit 38, visible in more detail with the aid of [Fig. 8].

[0088] Furthermore, the third wing element has, at the lower right corner in the plane of [Fig. 3], a fastening element in the form of a latching means 40, visible in more detail with the aid of [Fig. 4], which is designed as a quick release pin 41 ("Quick Release Pin").

[0089] When the user wishes to access the adjustment unit 42, the user can grasp the second side edge 29 or the fifth side edge 32 or the third side edge 30 with the hand and detach the latching means 40 from its interlocking position or its removable locking position with the counterpart 43 which can be an elastomer body which has a through recess. Then the third wing element 22 folds down or folds generally along the fold line 37 out of the lateral silhouette or the lateral surface of the motorcycle, as shown with the aid of [Fig. 10] and the adjustment unit 42 is accessible to the user for its adjustment.

[0090] When the user has adjusted the adjustment unit 42, he simply has to release the third wing element 22, due to the elasticity of the third wing element 22, the third wing element 22 moves again towards the lateral surface of the motorcycle, the latching means 41 rests on the counterpart 43 and, with the aid of a brief application of pressure from the outside on the third wing element 22, the latching means 40 latches into the recess of the counterpart 43, whereby the third wing element 22 again assumes a releasable interlocking position with the counterpart 43, whereby the side fairing 11 again assumes its operating position in accordance with the intended use.

[0091] In the entire process of detaching the latching means 40 from the removable interlocking position with the counterpart 43, of folding or folding down the third wing element 22 and of the removable fixing, which then takes place again, from the third wing element 22 to the counterpart 43, the side fairing 11 does not have to be detached from the motorcycle or removed from the motorcycle. This constitutes a significant advantage over the need to disassemble the known side fairing 10, which had to be disassembled from the motorcycle in order to access the adjustment unit 42.

[0092] [Fig. 5] shows a sectional view of the third wing element 22 with a fastening element 39 ([Fig. 3]), arranged thereon, in the form of a bayonet closure 44.

[0093] The bayonet closure 44 comprises a rotary handle 45 on which is arranged an annular actuating element 46, which can be tilted through 90 degrees, in order to rest in the recess 47 of the third wing element 22.When a user wishes to fold the third wing element out of the plane of the lateral silhouette or lateral surface of the motorcycle, in order to access the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38, the user simply has to turn the rotary handle 45 by means of the actuating element 46 by a predetermined rotation angle, for example 90 degrees, so that the rod 48 of the rotary handle 45 detaches from the engagement position with the counterpart 49 in the form of an engagement element on an arm or cantilever or a component of the frame or another subassembly of the motorcycle 5, so that the third wing element can be folded or folded out of the plane of the lateral surface of the motorcycle 5 by a predetermined angle, so that the user accesses the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38.

[0094] The user can then actuate the adjustment unit 42 in order to change the damping behavior of the suspension strut 38 in accordance with the requirements. In a next step, the user simply has to release the third wing element 22, which he has bent with one hand out of the plane of the lateral surface of the motorcycle 5, in order to access the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38, without having to use a tool, the third wing element 22 returns, due to its elastic design, to the initial position, the rod 48 of the rotary handle 45 passes through the opening 50 of the counterpart 49, so that the user turns the rotary handle again by 90 degrees, in order to obtain a removable interlocking position by form-fitting between the rotary handle 45 and the counterpart 49.The third wing element 22 is thus again arranged in the normal operating position and covers the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38 towards the outside, as can be seen with the aid of [Fig. 8].

[0095] [Fig. 6] shows a sectional view of the third wing element with a fixing element arranged thereon in the form of a hook 52 surrounding an undercut 51. The undercut 51 is arranged on a counterpart 49 of the motorcycle 5 and the hook 52 is produced on the third wing element 22, for example in a single piece with it.

[0096] A user can grasp the second lateral edge 29 from below and detach the hook 52 from the removable engagement position with the undercut 51 and then simply fold the third wing element 22 out of the plane of the lateral surface of the motorcycle, as has already been explained several times previously. When the user has adjusted the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38, the user simply releases the third wing element 22, the third wing element snaps back into the intended operating position due to its elasticity, the hook 52 automatically snaps behind the undercut 51, the third wing element 22 is again in the intended operating position for moving the motorcycle 5.

[0097] [Fig.7] shows a view of the inner side 25 of the third wing element 22 of the side fairing 11 with a stop element 53, arranged thereon, in the form of a rubber buffer 54.

[0098] Furthermore, [Fig.7] also shows schematically represented ribs 55, which are arranged on the inner side 25 of the third wing element 22 and allow an increase in the rigidity of the third wing element 22 despite an elastic design of the third wing element 22.

[0099] Instead of the fastening element 39, in this embodiment of the side fairing, a rubber buffer 54 is provided, which, when the side fairing 11 is arranged as intended, bears against the lateral surface of the motorcycle on a counterpart 49 of the motorcycle. In this embodiment of the side fairing 11, the third wing element 22 therefore bears, in the arrangement as intended for the movement of the motorcycle 5, with the rubber buffer 54 against the counterpart. If the user of the motorcycle wishes to access the adjustment unit 42, the user simply has to grasp the second side edge 29 or, for example, also the fifth side edge 32 or the third side edge 30 with the hand and can then fold the third wing element 22 out of the arrangement, in which it rests with the rubber buffer 54 against the motorcycle counterpart, in order to access the adjustment unit 42.

[0100] After adjusting the adjustment unit 42, the user simply releases the third wing element 22, this snaps back into the initial position, the third wing element 22 again rests, with the rubber buffer 54, against the motorcycle counterpart 5, the adjustment unit 42 is again covered outwardly by the third wing element 22.

[0101] [Fig. 10] shows a side view similar to that of [Fig.9] with a third wing element 22 folded out of the side silhouette of the motorcycle 5, in order to explain the operating principle and [Fig.l 1] represents an enlarged view of detail XI according to [Fig. 10].

[0102] In the side view of the motorcycle 5 according to [Fig. 10], the third wing element 22 is shown folded down or bent out of the plane of the side surface 56 of the motorcycle 5, in which the representation according to [Fig. 10] as well as the representation of the detail according to [Fig. 11] are shown in an exaggerated manner in order to explain the operating principle. In other words, in order to access the adjustment unit 42 of the suspension strut 38, it is sufficient to fold down or bend the third wing element 22 less far out of the plane of the side surface 56 of the motorcycle 5. The representation of [Fig. 10] and [Fig. 11] was chosen in order to explain the operating principle of the elastically foldable configuration of the side fairing with the third wing element 22.

[0103] [Fig. 10] and the detail of [Fig. 11] show that the adjustment unit 42 is easily accessible to the user as soon as the user has folded or folded the third wing element 22 out of the plane of the lateral surface 56, as has already been explained several times previously. When the user, after adjusting the adjustment unit 42, releases the third wing element 22, it automatically returns to the operating position shown in [Fig. 9], based on the elastic configuration of the third wing element 22, thus returns to be placed in the plane of the lateral surface 56 of the motorcycle 5 and the quick-release pin or quick-release pin 41, shown in [Fig.l 1], snaps back into the recess 57 of the counterpart 43, the side fairing 11 is again in the intended operating position on the side surface 56 of the motorcycle, the user does not have to remove the side fairing 11 from the motorcycle 5 to adjust the adjustment unit 42.

[0104] List of reference figures

[0105] 1. Side fairing

[0106] 2. Main element

[0107] 3. Opening

[0108] 4. Heat exchanger

[0109] 5. Motorcycle

[0110] 6. First wing element

[0111] 7. Fuel tank

[0112] 8. Second wing element

[0113] 9. Third wing element

[0114] 10. Lower side

[0115] 11. Side fairing

[0116] 12. Main element

[0117] 13. Visible side

[0118] 14. Internal side

[0119] 15. Opening

[0120] 16. First longitudinal side

[0121] 17. First direction

[0122] 18. First wing element

[0123] 19. Hollowing

[0124] 20. Second longitudinal side

[0125] 21. Second wing element

[0126] 22. Third wing element

[0127] 23. Second direction

[0128] 24. Visible side

[0129] 25. Internal side

[0130] 26. Front wheel

[0131] 27. Rear wheel

[0132] 28. First lateral edge

[0133] 29. Second lateral edge

[0134] 30. Third lateral edge

[0135] 31. Fourth lateral edge

[0136] 32. Fifth lateral edge

[0137] 33. Rib

[0138] 34. Accommodation

[0139] 35. Housing

[0140] 36. Spacer

[0141] 37. Fold line

[0142] 38. Suspension strut

[0143] 39. Fastening element

[0144] 40. Snap-fastening means

[0145] 4L Quick Release Pin

[0146] 42. Adjustment unit

[0147] 43. Counterpart

[0148] 44. Bayonet closure

[0149] 45. Rotating handle

[0150] 46. Actuating element

[0151] 47. Hollowing

[0152] 48. Stem

[0153] 49. Counterpart

[0154] 50. Opening

[0155]

[0156]

[0157]

[0158]

[0159]

[0160]

[0161]

[0162] 51. Undercut 52. Hook 53. Stop element 54. Rubber buffer 55. Ribs 56. Side surface 57. Recess 58. Drive motor

Claims

Claims

1. Side fairing (11) for a motorcycle (5), with an elongated flat shell-like main element (12), which has an outer visible side (13) and an inner side (14) opposite thereto and the main element (12) has an opening (15) passing through the main element (12), and the side fairing (11) has, on a first longitudinal side (16) of the main element (12), a first wing element (18) extending away in a first direction (17) from the main element (12), which has, near the first longitudinal side (16) of the main element (12), a recess (19) and the side fairing (11) has, on a second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12), a second wing element (21) and a third wing element (22) extending away in a second direction (23) generally opposite to the first direction (17), which are arranged at a distance from each other along the second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12),the first, second and third wing elements each having an external visible side (24) and an internal side (25) opposite thereto and the second wing element (21) and the third wing element (22) having, along the second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12), different longitudinal extensions and having, in a vertical axial direction (H) transverse to the second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12), different extensions in the vertical axial direction (H), the third wing element (22) having, in the vertical axial direction, a greater extension than the second wing element (21), characterized in that the third wing element (22) has on the internal side (25) a stop element (53).,

2. Side fairing (11) according to claim 1, characterized in that the stop element (53) is designed as an elastomer element (54).

3. Side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the third wing element (22) has, in top view, a first lateral edge (28) which extends along the second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12) and which has a first longitudinal extension, and the third wing element (22) has a second lateral edge (29) generally parallel to the first lateral edge (28) and arranged at a distance therefrom, with a second longitudinal extension shorter than the first longitudinal extension.

4. Side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the third wing element (22) has a third lateral edge (30) and a fourth lateral edge (31), arranged at an angle relative to the second longitudinal side (20) of the main element (12), with different longitudinal extensions.

5. Side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the third wing element (22) has a fifth lateral edge (32) extending generally in the vertical axial direction (H).

6. Side fairing (11) according to claim 5, characterized in that the fifth side edge (32) is adjacent to the second side edge (29) and to the fourth side edge (31).

7. Side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the third wing element (22) is designed to deform elastically relative to the main element (12).

8. Side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the side fairing (11), when mounted on a motorcycle, is adapted to at least partially cover an adjustment unit (42) of a spring damping device (38) of the motorcycle (5).

9. Side fairing (11) according to claim 8, characterized in that the side fairing (11) is designed to be elastically deformable, so that the covering of the adjustment unit (42) can be removed and reinstated reversibly.

10. Motorcycle (5) with a front wheel (26) and a rear wheel (27) and a drive motor (58), characterized in that the motorcycle (5) further comprises at least one side fairing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 9.

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