Patent ID: 8302726

Claim:
A saddle ride vehicle comprising: a longitudinally laid crankshaft engine having a crankcase, a cylinder and a cylinder head; a left-right pair of frames for supporting said engine; an intake system disposed on an upper side relative to said engine with said frames therebetween, said intake system taking air in through an intake duct and having an air cleaner connected to said engine through a throttle body and an insulator which are provided in a case; wherein said engine is so disposed that said cylinder is inclined to one side and that one side of said cylinder head is disposed near one of said left-right pair of frames and said intake system is disposed between the other of said left-right pair of frames and the other side of said cylinder head, said throttle body and said insulator being disposed between said other of said left-right pair of frames and the other side of said cylinder head; and wherein an intake port is provided on one side of said engine, an exhaust port is provided on the other side of said engine and a space is formed between said other of the left-right pair of frames and said other side of the cylinder head, the throttle body being disposed under the air cleaner, in said space, and the throttle body and the cylinder are connected in said space using the insulator.