V-type internal combustion engine for motorcycle

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EP 0 987 416 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/50

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12

(21)	Application number: 99117155.4

(22)	Date of filing: 31.08.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F02B 75/22, F02B 61/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.09.1998 JP 26006598

(71)	Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Nomura, Akifumi 4-1, Chuo 1-chome, Wako-shi, Saitama (JP) Kanbe, Takashi 4-1, Chuo 1-chome, Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74)	Representative: Liska, Horst, Dr.-Ing. et al
	Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20 81635 München 81635 München (DE)

(54)	V-type internal combustion engine for motorcycle

(57) Object: To provide a V-type internal combustion engine for a motorcycle, having a front bank and a rear bank, which is capable of compactly forming a rear portion of a crank case and a mission case portion continuous thereto without any interference with a lubricating oil pump and a cooling water pump.
Solving Means: A lubricating oil pump 57 for supplying oil to portions to be lubricated of a front bank 4₁ and a rear bank 4₂, and a cooling water pump 62 for supplying cooling water to water jackets 24₁ and 24₂ of the front and rear banks 4₁ and 4₂ are provided in a crank case 21 in such a manner as to be laterally disposed in front of and over a crank shaft 15.

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