Patent ID: 9297300
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B62K,F02B,F02F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle a rider straddles comprising: a body frame having a head pipe, a main frame extending downward to a rear of the vehicle from the head pipe, a down frame extending downward to the rear from the head pipe in a position below the main frame, and a lower frame connecting an end of the down frame with an end of the main frame; a steering shaft rotatably inserted in the head pipe; a front fork attached to the steering shaft; a front wheel rotatably attached to the front fork; an engine having a crankshaft, a crankcase housing the crankshaft, a piston, and a cylinder member attached to the crankcase and having formed therein a cylinder with an axis extending upward obliquely to the rear, the cylinder having an innermost radius so as to form an aperture in the cylinder to house the piston, the axis of the cylinder being located in front of a straight line that intersects an axis of the crankshaft and is parallel to the axis of the cylinder; a first support plate for fixing the crankcase and the lower frame to each other; and a second support plate for fixing the cylinder member and the main frame to each other, wherein both of at least a portion of the first support plate and at least a portion of the second support plate are located in an area corresponding to an extension of the cylinder in a side view, outermost edges of the extension each being both