Patent ID: 8651221
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B60K,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A saddle riding type vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body frame including a head pipe and a portion that extends towards a rear of the vehicle from the head pipe; an engine supported by the vehicle body frame, the engine including a combustion chamber and an intake throttle valve, wherein the engine adjusts an amount of a fuel-air mixture to be supplied to the combustion chamber according to an opening degree of the intake throttle valve; a steering shaft disposed within the head pipe and rotatable relative to the head pipe; a handle fixed at an end of the steering shaft and extending in a vehicle-widthwise direction of the vehicle; a handle cover that covers a central part of the handle in the vehicle-widthwise direction; a grip attached to the handle at a position that is further away from a center of the vehicle in the vehicle-widthwise direction than a position of the handle cover, the grip being rotatable with respect to the handle; a pulley attached to the handle at a position closer to the center of the vehicle in the vehicle-widthwise direction than a position of the grip, wherein the pulley rotates with respect to the handle as the grip rotates with respect to the handle; and a throttle wire connected to the pulley, the throttle wire adjusting the opening degree of the intake throttle valve, wherein the handle cover includes a first cover, a second cover and a pulley cover, the first cover covers one of a front and rear parts of the handle, the second cover covers the other of the front and the rear parts of the handle, the pulley cover is provided in a space surrounded by the first and second covers, the first cover is provided with a pulley providing groove that covers a part of the pulley, the pulley is provided in the pulley providing groove, the pulley cover is attached to the first cover and covers the pulley together with the pulley providing groove.