Patent ID: 6102149
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
A vehicle having a body frame including two down frame members, an engine supported on the body frame, a fuel tank provided above the engine, and a carburetor provided behind a cylinder of the engine, when viewed from a reference point in front of the vehicle, wherein an engine upper space is defined between the engine and the fuel tank so as to extend from a front portion of the body frame towards the carburetor, the vehicle including a wind deflecting device, comprising:a wind deflector plate having a louver provided on a front side of the engine upper space for deflecting and guiding an air flow to the front side of the engine; anda stiffener plate mounted on the two down frame members at a position adjacent and above said wind deflector plate, said stiffener plate being a substantially triangular member having a pair of arcuate side portions engaging outer circumferential surfaces of the down frame members, said stiffener plate being designed to deflect the air flow away from the engine upper space,wherein said wind deflector plate and said stiffener plate are essentially coplanar, and said louver is fixed and angled such that the air flow therethrough is directed in a direction angled downwardly.