Straddle-type vehicle

Abstract

The invention provides a straddle-type vehicle which has a rear fender and guarantees the volume of an air filter and excellent air purification performance by effectively and flexibly utilizing limited space. The straddle-type vehicle has a body frame, an engine unit having an engine and swingably supported by the body frame, a rear wheel supported at a rear end portion of the engine unit, a rear fender (80) supported on the engine unit so as to swing relative to the body frame along with the rear wheel, and covering a portion of the rear wheel, and an intake pipe (54) for introducing air to the engine, and air cleaner (100) connected to the intake pipe (54). The rear fender (80) has an upper portion (82) positioned above the rear wheel and side portions (84A), (84B) positioned beside the rear wheel. The air cleaner (100) forms at least the upper portion (82) of the rear fender (80).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to saddle type vehicles. [0002] In addition, this application claims the priority based on the JP Patent application 2011-289097 for which it applied on December 28, 2011, The whole content of this application is taken in in this specification as a reference. Background technique [0003] In a saddle type vehicle including an engine as a driving source, if dust or the like is mixed in the air supplied to the engine, the inside of the engine may be worn, and as a result, the life of the engine may be reduced. Therefore, generally, an air filter, which is a device for cleaning air, is provided on the upstream side of an intake pipe that supplies air to the engine. [0004] Then, it is known to provide a mud-removing portion on a vehicle body cover covering a vehicle body frame in order to prevent splashing of water and / or mud while the saddle-ride vehicle is running. However, in order to improve the mud removal performan...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] Due to the limited space for installing the air filter above the rear fender, it is difficult to install a large-volume air filter

As a result, when the air filter is arranged above the rear fender, the capacity of the air filter decreases as in the motorcycle described in Patent Document 1, and the air cleaning performance required for the air filter may not be sufficiently obtained.

In particular, the above-mentioned problems are more likely to occur in saddled vehicles with a low seat frame (in other words, saddled vehicles with a low seat position)

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