Patent ID: 9239023
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,B62K,F02B,F02D

Claim Text:
1. A straddle type vehicle, comprising: a handlebar; a grip attached to the handlebar; an engine; an intake passage connected with the engine; a throttle body, including a throttle valve, provided on the intake passage; a drive pulley configured to be rotated as the grip is rotated; a first throttle cable and a second throttle cable located between the drive pulley and the throttle valve; a processing unit configured to perform a specified operation or issue an instruction in response to an operation of the grip; and an opening control mechanism configured to control a degree of opening of the throttle valve, wherein the opening control mechanism includes: wherein when the grip is rotated in an opening direction that causes the degree of opening of the throttle valve to increase, further wherein a position taken by the second pulley, when no force acts on the grip, is referred to as a second reference position, and the second pulley is rotatable in the second direction of rotation starting from the second reference position, and further wherein when the grip is rotated in a closing direction that causes the degree of opening of the throttle valve to decrease,