Patent ID: 7757664

Claim:
A fuel injection valve attaching structure in an engine for a small-sized vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body frame; an engine body mounted on the vehicle body frame; a crankshaft rotatably supported and extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body frame; a storage compartment positioned above the engine body and supported by the vehicle body frame; an intake device forming an intake path having a U-like shape in side view in cooperation with an intake port provided for a cylinder head as a part of the engine body, connected above the cylinder head, and disposed between the engine body and the storage compartment so as to extend rearward from the cylinder head; and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the intake path, wherein the fuel injection valve is integral with an upper portion of a side intake pipe part of the cylinder head, and an axis of the fuel injection valve is tilted forward and outward of the vehicle body frame.