MOTORCYCLE HAVING A VIDEO CAMERA MOUNTED THEREON FOR MONITORING A ROAD SURFACE, AND METHODS OF USING SAME

摘要

A motorcycle has a video camera attached thereto in such a manner as to shoot sharp images. A motorcycle includes a camera adapted to shoot a road surface. The camera is arranged below an engine or a swing arm and more rearward than the center of a crankshaft of the engine. The swing arm pivotally supports a rear wheel with a rear edge portion thereof. The camera is fastened to, and supported either by a lower portion of the engine or by a lower portion of a vehicle body frame connected to the engine.

主权项

1. A motorcycle comprising:
a vehicle body frame, a power unit operatively attached to the vehicle body frame and having a crankshaft, a front wheel provided forward of the power unit, a rear wheel provided rearward of the power unit, a pivot shaft provided, either on the power unit or on the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit at a position more rearward than the crankshaft, and a swing arm that is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, and that pivotally supports the rear wheel thereon at a rear portion thereof, a video camera adapted to capture a moving image of a road surface, the video camera arranged below the power unit or the swing arm and in back of a central portion of the crankshaft; wherein the video camera is fastened to and supported by at least a lower portion of the power unit or a lower portion of the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit.