Patent ID: 7766119

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a head pipe; an engine disposed with a cylinder axis thereof inclined rearward; a lower frame located in front of the engine and extending downward from the head pipe toward a rear of the vehicle; an intake pipe located between the lower frame and the engine and connected to a front portion of the engine, the intake pipe including: a connecting assembly connected to the front portion of the engine and inclined upward toward a front of the vehicle to define an acute angle with respect to the cylinder axis of the engine; and a funnel portion connected to the connecting assembly and extending in a more vertically upward direction than an axis of the connecting assembly; wherein the connecting assembly of the intake pipe includes: an engine connecting portion connected to the engine; and a coupling portion coupling the engine connecting portion with the funnel portion and having an inclination angle approximately equal to the inclination angle of the engine connecting portion.