A fuel tank assembly for a motorcycle and a motorcycle equipped with such a fuel tank assembly

The present invention relates to a fuel tank assembly (1) for a motorcycle (100), said assembly comprising a fuel tank (2) with an upper wall (2a), said fuel tank assembly (1) further comprising a fuel pump (3) with a collecting portion (3a) adapted to collect fuel from said fuel tank (2) and a deli...

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Hauptverfasser: TISHIHARU, SHIGETA, LOCATI, CLAUDIO
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a fuel tank assembly (1) for a motorcycle (100), said assembly comprising a fuel tank (2) with an upper wall (2a), said fuel tank assembly (1) further comprising a fuel pump (3) with a collecting portion (3a) adapted to collect fuel from said fuel tank (2) and a delivering portion (3b) adapted to deliver fuel to the injection system (101) of said motorcycle (100), wherein said delivering portion (3b) of said fuel pump (3) is placed on the upper wall (2a) of said fuel tank (2). Locating the fuel pump or at least the delivering portion thereof as stated above allows to overcome leakages of fuel and to improve the aerodynamic and the overall appearance and look of the motorcycle implementing said fuel tank assembly.