Patent ID: 7559566
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A swing arm suspension for a vehicle body comprising: a pivot shaft; a swing arm having a rear end portion supporting a wheel, said swing arm being swingably mounted at a front end portion to said pivot shaft; a shock absorber mounted at an upper end portion to said swing arm and connected at a lower end portion though a link mechanism to a portion of said vehicle body lower in level relative to said pivot shaft; wherein an upper portion of said swing arm is provided with an exposing portion for exposing a space for arrangement of said shock absorber to an upper space above said swing arm; and at least one of a subtank and an adjuster as functional components of said shock absorber is located in said exposing portion, wherein the subtank has a cylindrical shape and it projects from a rear end of the adjuster so as to be inclined upwardly toward a rear end of the vehicle body with respect to an axis C of the shock absorber.