Patent ID: 8141670
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62K

Abstract:
1. A radiator attachment structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame having a pair of left and right down tubes extending from a head pipe respectively on left and right sides; and a radiator between lower portions of the pair of left and right down tubes; the radiator having a front, a rear, and two sides, the two sides having an area smaller than that of the front and rear of the radiator; an upper portion of each of the left and right down tubes is formed as a curved portion curved in a side view, and a lower portion of each of the down tubes is formed as a linear portion extending linearly downwardly from a corresponding one of the curved portions in the side view; and a majority of the two sides of the radiator are overlapped with the right and left down tubes in the side view, an upper rear portion of the radiator protrudes from rear surfaces of the down tubes in the side view; and wherein the radiator is arranged in a manner such that no portion of the radiator extends forward of the left and right down tubes.