Patent ID: 7793563

Claim:
A steering handlebar apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a rod-shaped steering handlebar; a hand grip disposed at a distal end of the handlebar, a clutch lever and a hot start lever respectively mounted to the steering handlebar, at positions sufficiently close to the hand grip such that during operation of the vehicle, said clutch lever and said hot start lever are simultaneously reachable and operable; a switch holder for holding various switches, said switch holder being mounted to the steering handlebar at a position proximate the hand grip, wherein the hot start lever is rotatably mounted to the switch holder via a pivot connection; wherein the hot start lever comprises a wire connecting hole, a connecting terminal and a hot start wire, said connecting terminal located at a first end of the hot start wire; and wherein the hot start lever is operatively connected to a carburetor having an air intake channel formed therethrough and a throttle valve disposed in the air intake channel, the carburetor also having an auxiliary air channel formed therethrough for selectively bypassing the throttle valve, the auxiliary air channel having a hot start valve provided therein for selectively blocking air flow therethrough.