Patent ID: 8226527
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B60Y,B62K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A straddle type vehicle comprising: a rider-operated accelerator operating part; a rider-operated kick down operating part separate from the accelerator operating part; a driving source with an output controlled according to operation of the accelerator operating part; a continuously variable transmission connected to the driving source; and a control unit electronically controlling the continuously variable transmission, wherein the control unit shifts to a kick down mode in which a speed change ratio is shifted to be lower by a set amount than a speed change ratio at a time of occurrence of a kick down command in a normal mode according to operation of the kick down operating part, detects a state of the vehicle other than the kick down operating part, and issues a kick down release command according to the detected state to release the kick down mode and return to the normal mode.