Patent ID: 9580142
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B62J,B62K,B62M

Claim:
1. A cooling structure for a saddle-type vehicle comprising: a main frame extending obliquely rearward and downward from a head pipe; an engine supported on the main frame; an exhaust pipe extending rearward from a front portion of the engine; fuel tanks disposed laterally of the engine; a skid plate covering the front portion of the engine and the exhaust pipe, the skid plate having openings defined in a central upper portion thereof for introducing ram air from a front of the vehicle toward the engine, wherein the openings are covered with a mesh member, the skid plate has first bulging portions bulging forward on both sides of the openings, the fuel tanks include bulging tank portions disposed rearward of and along the first bulging portions and covering the front portion of the engine, and the ram air guided toward a central area in a vehicle widthwise direction by the first bulging portions passes through the mesh member and the openings to cool the exhaust pipe and the engine.