Patent ID: 8684385

Claim:
A steering damper device for a saddle riding vehicle, the steering damper device giving a damping force to rotate a steering shaft of the saddle riding vehicle and comprising: a tubular damper including a cylindrical damper cylinder and a piston rod slidably passed through the damper cylinder, either the damper cylinder or the piston rod being supported on an upper frame or a down frame of the saddle riding vehicle, the upper frame extending rearwardly from a head pipe through which the steering shaft passes and which holds the steering shaft therein rotatably about an axis of the steering shaft, the down frame extending downwardly from the head pipe, and the steering shaft rotating with a bottom bridge; a linkage mechanism to connect the bottom bridge to the tubular damper; and a sub-upper pipe extending in a fore-aft direction so as to connect the upper frame and the head pipe through a frame connecting member, wherein the tubular damper is disposed such that an axis thereof is disposed on a vehicle width direction central plane, wherein the tubular damper extends or contracts as the bottom bridge rotates, wherein the tubular damper extends or contracts within a space between the upper frame and the down frame in a side view, and wherein the tubular damper is disposed so as to extend along the sub-upper pipe.