Patent ID: 9062588
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: F01N

Abstract:
1. An exhaust system of a saddle-ride vehicle includes a tubular muffler connected to an exhaust pipe for discharging exhaust of an engine, the muffler is disposed laterally to a rear wheel rotatably supported by a swingarm via an axle, comprising: an end cap configured to cover a muffler rear end portion of the muffler, said end cap being detachably and attachably provided on the muffler rear end portion; and said end cap is disposed on a vehicle outer side of the axle at such a position that the axle is invisible in a side view of the vehicle, wherein an end cap stay configured to fix the end cap is provided in the muffler rear end portion; the end cap stay includes a cap attachment surface portion formed to have an arc shape surrounding a muffler center axis of the muffler and a substantially inverted C-shape opened on the axle side in a rear view of the vehicle and a plurality of leg portions extending from the cap attachment surface portion toward a closing wall of the muffler rear end portion; and the leg portions are disposed on the vehicle outer side of the muffler center axis.