Patent ID: 8820465

Claim:
A front fork for a saddle ride vehicle having a vehicle body frame, a head pipe attached to the vehicle body frame, and a front wheel, said front fork comprising a pair of left and right leg members respectively disposed on left and right sides of the front wheel, each of the left and right leg members comprising: an outer tube having a lower end portion thereof journaling an axle of the front wheel; and an inner tube slidably fitted into the outer tube and having an upper portion thereof connected to the head pipe arranged at a front end portion of the vehicle body frame; and a cap bolt threadedly engaged with an upper end portion of the upper portion; wherein: the left leg member further comprises: a cylindrical collar accommodated inside the left inner tube in abutment with the left cap bolt; a left spring installed in a compressed state between the cylindrical collar and the left outer tube; the right leg member further comprises: a right spring installed in a compressed state between the right cap bolt and right outer tube, the right spring being longer than the left spring; the left and right springs have substantially the same reaction characteristic; and the left and right springs are set to have different weights from one another, said springs configured such that an imbalance in weight between the left and right sides of the vehicle is improved by the difference in weight between the left and right springs.