Patent ID: 8562010

Claim:
A body structure of a straddle-ride vehicle comprising: a body frame; a handlebar turnably provided on the body frame; a front fork extending from the handlebar and rotatably supporting a front wheel; a front wheel guide member disposed at a front portion of the body frame in a traveling direction of the vehicle and facing the front wheel, the front wheel guide member comprising a slant portion extending from one side of the vehicle to another side of the vehicle in a vehicle-width direction and from a front to a rear in the traveling direction, the front wheel guide member further comprising a reinforcing portion configured to reinforce the slant portion; and an opposite cover supported by the front fork to cover a rear portion of the front wheel and facing the front wheel guide member, the opposite cover comprising a cover portion that is longer than the slant portion in a vehicle-height direction, wherein the slant portion includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a central axis of the vehicle when viewed from above the vehicle, the central axis extending in the traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein the inclined surface includes a first end portion on the one side of the vehicle and a second end portion located at a forward-most position on the front wheel guide in the traveling direction, the inclined surface extending from the first end portion at the one side of the vehicle across the central axis to the second end portion on the another side of the vehicle, and wherein a first distance in the vehicle-width direction from the central axis to the second end portion is greater than a second distance in the vehicle-width direction from the second end portion to an outer-most side of the front wheel guide on the another side of the vehicle in the vehicle-width direction.