Patent ID: 6460907
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
A straddle type four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, compnsing:a body frame having a front end part; a front guard joined to the front end part of the body frame; and a winch unit including an electric winch and a guide roller mechanism for guiding a tow rope, the electric winch and the guide roller mechanism being arranged longitudinally from a rear toward a front in that order in a lower part of a space existing behind and protected by the front guard, wherein the body frame has right and left lower frame members each having a front end; wherein the front guard has right and left lower members joined to the front ends of the right and left lower frame members of the body frame and extending forward from the front ends of the right and left lower frame members, right and left front members extending upward from the right and left lower members and located at substantially the same position in a longitudinal direction as a front end of a front fender is located so as to form a front end of the front guard protecting the front fender, and a lower cross member disposed rearward with respect to the front members and extending between the right and left lower members; and wherein a winch support member for supporting the electric winch is joined to the lower cross member of the front guard, the winch support member supporting the electric winch so that the electric winch is located under the front fender.