Patent ID: 9316138
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B60K,B62K,F01N,F02B,Y02A,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A saddle vehicle comprising: a body frame including a head pipe and a pair of main frames extending rearwardly from the head pipe; an engine mounted on the body frame, the engine including a front-side cylinder directed toward a front side of the vehicle and a rear-side cylinder directed toward a rear side of the vehicle; an air cleaner disposed in a space defined between the front-side cylinder and the rear-side cylinder on an upper side of the engine; and a secondary air supply system having a reed valve between the air cleaner and an exhaust passage of the engine, the secondary air supply system adapted to supply secondary air from the air cleaner into the exhaust passage of the engine or to stop the supply of the secondary air, with the engine and the air cleaner disposed between the pair of main frames; wherein the reed valve includes a front-side reed valve used for the front-side cylinder and a rear-side reed valve used for the rear-side cylinder; the front-side reed valve is disposed at a front portion of the air cleaner, with a longitudinal direction of the front-side reed valve set along a height direction; and the rear-side reed valve is disposed at a rear portion of the air cleaner, with a longitudinal direction of the rear-side reed valve set along a transverse direction of the vehicle.