Patent ID: 8850915
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B62K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A straddle-ride type vehicle comprising: a power unit, said power unit including: a swing arm supporting a drive wheel at a rear portion; and a pivot shaft disposed behind the crankcase and parallel with the first and second main shafts and with the counter shaft and vertically swingably supporting a front portion of the swing arm, wherein the power unit in configured to switch the speed-change stages by changing the clutches and transmitting power to the drive wheel from an end portion of the counter shaft projecting from the crankcase, and wherein one of respective axial centers of the first and second main shafts is disposed on one side with respect to a line and the other of respective axial centers of the first and second main shafts is disposed on the other side of said line, said line connecting an axial center of the counter shaft with an axial center of the pivot shaft, as viewed in side elevation from the axial direction of the first and second main shafts and the counter shaft.