Patent ID: 7963884
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B60W,B60Y,B62K,B62M,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A straddle type vehicle comprising: a drive power source arranged to generate a driving force; a shift shaft arranged to be rotated by the driving force of the drive power source; an engine including a gear shifter and a clutch connected to the engine; a power transmitting mechanism connecting the shift shaft to the clutch and to the gear shifter, the power transmitting mechanism arranged to move the clutch between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the power transmitting mechanism also arranged to cause movement of the gear shifter during a shift operation; an engine speed detecting device arranged to detect an engine speed of the engine; and an engine control device arranged and programmed to control an output of the engine; wherein the engine control device, when a detected engine speed reaches or exceeds a preset value during an up-shift operation, executes an engine output reducing process in which the output of the engine is reduced to be less than an output of the engine when the detected engine speed does not reach the preset value; the gear shifter includes a plurality of sequentially numbered shiftable gears corresponding to a plurality of shift stages, and an execution time of the engine output reducing process is assigned to each of the shift stages; and the execution time of the engine output reducing process becomes longer as a number of the sequentially numbered shiftable gear and the corresponding shift stage becomes lower.