Patent ID: 8662230
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. A saddle-type vehicle including a head pipe mounted on a front portion of a vehicle frame, a front wheel supported on said head pipe by a front wheel suspension device, a seat disposed behind said head pipe for a rider to sit thereon, left and right knee grip members disposed between said head pipe and said seat for being sandwiched by the knees of the rider, an upper cowl disposed in covering relation to a portion of the vehicle frame in front of said knee grip members, an engine disposed below said knee grip members, a radiator disposed between said front wheel and said engine, and left and right radiator shrouds disposed laterally in transverse directions of the vehicle for guiding ram air to said radiator, wherein said upper cowl includes a pair of slanted surfaces disposed above said radiator and extending rearwardly in covering relation to said front wheel suspension device, said slanted surfaces overlap said knee grip members and are inclined downwardly toward a center of the vehicle in the transverse directions thereof; and said radiator shrouds have respective upper extensions extending upwardly of an upper end of said radiator, said upper extensions having respective upper portions overlapping said slanted surfaces of said upper cowl as viewed in side elevation and disposed outwardly of said slanted surfaces in the transverse directions of the vehicle with gaps defined between said upper portions and said slanted surfaces, as viewed in front elevation.