Patent ID: 8141906

Claim:
A saddle-type vehicle having a body frame, an engine mounted inside said body frame, a pair of spaced-apart front wheels operatively attached to said body frame, each of said front wheels being rotatable about a corresponding axle, and left and right fenders located in front of said engine on each side of said body frame for respectively covering upper and rear side portions of left and right front wheels, said saddle-type vehicle comprising: a wheel well shield located laterally inside each of said front wheels, said wheel well shield having a lower front edge portion disposed between said front wheels and situated rearwardly of an axle of a corresponding one of said front wheels; an underbody splash guard member for covering the lower side of said body frame and the lower side of said engine, said underbody splash guard member comprising a respective outer guard portion located laterally inside of a corresponding one of said wheel well shields on each side of said splash guard member, and a central guard portion located laterally between the outer guard portions, said central guard portion configured and arranged for covering a front portion of said engine.