Suzuki files 13 new patents for its turbocharged roadster
Designs are getting close to finished machine now
Our ongoing series of articles of the upcoming turbocharged Suzuki roadsters (one in particular) has received a boost with the latest set of production-protecting patents filed from the Japanese factory.
This month has seen Suzuki granted protection on 13 separate patents filed with the USA patent office. The drawings are further, more detailed versions of the parallel-twin motor that we first told you was going into production when we uncovered Suzuki’s secret plans for the machine nearly two years ago.
As with our earlier articles on the project which we brought you on the MoreBikes.co.uk website in July 2015, September 2016 and last December, the latest drawings bear a very close resemblance to the XE7 turbocharged roadster that Suzuki showed as a concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show (that’s the image of the completed motorcycle, alongside).
What looks to have changed the most between those first production designs and this new set of drawings is the frame-design.
The latest frame has changed from the beam-frame original idea on the XE7 show bike to a trellis frame that uses the motor as a stressed member with the production version in the patent designs.
In the designs for the motor you can see the top-mounted radiator that’s a key component with the cooling of the engine, it sits directly on top of the charging unit and runs on a separate pipe route to the main oil cooler and radiator which both sit in a conventional position at the front of the motor.
The bike is likely to appear at the end of this year at the large motorcycle shows and be included in Suzuki’s 2018 line-up.