Patent ID: 8746717

Claim:
A saddle riding vehicle that makes turns by leaning a vehicle body, the saddle riding vehicle comprising: a right wheel and a left wheel provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body; a suspension mechanism provided on the vehicle body to support the right wheel and the left wheel to be movable up and down in mutually opposite directions; and a stopper member that contacts the suspension mechanism to stop the vehicle body from leaning in excess of a predetermined amount when a lean amount of the vehicle body becomes the predetermined amount; wherein the suspension mechanism includes: a buffer that absorbs a shock received by at least one of the right wheel and the left wheel from outside even when the suspension mechanism is in contact with the stopper member; a right support mechanism swingably provided on the vehicle to support the right wheel to be movable up and down; a left support mechanism swingably provided on the vehicle to support the left wheel to be movable up and down; a balancer member that links a swinging of the right support mechanism and a swinging of the left support mechanism so as to allow the right wheel and the left wheel to move up and down in the mutually opposite directions; and a carrier beam member swingably provided on the vehicle to support the balancer member to be rotatable about a rotation axis and to be movable up and down; the buffer is disposed between the vehicle body and the carrier beam member; and the stopper member contacts the suspension mechanism without obstructing an upward movement of the balancer member, an upward swinging of the right support mechanism, and an upward swinging of the left support mechanism.