Patent ID: 7353903

Claim:
A straddle vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a vehicle body frame having a head pipe connected to a shaft that supports a front wheel for rotation, a front frame connected to the head pipe and obliquely extending downward rearward, and a rear frame connected to the front frame and obliquely extending upward rearward, and an engine including a crankcase and a cylinder block extending forward therefrom, the engine being supported by the front frame; a seat supported by the rear frame; a rear arm supported by the vehicle body for swinging and extending rearward; a rear wheel supported by the rear arm for rotation, and positioned under, or obliquely below and in the rear of a rear portion of the seat; a seat frontcover that is positioned below and ahead of the seat to define a space recessed downward as a top open concave, in a side elevational view, by continuously forming a forward ascending portion that inclines downward rearward from a front portion thereof and a forward descending portion that inclines upward rearward from the front portion; and an air cleaner including an air intake portion disposed within a space surrounded by the seat and the forward descending portion of the seat front cover.