Patent ID: 8651213

Claim:
A braking device of a saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: a head pipe; a body frame; a steering unit steerably supported by the body frame; a front wheel rotatably supported by the steering unit; a front wheel brake that brakes the front wheel; an ABS modulator that is mounted in a floating state off the body frame and controls the braking force of the front wheel brake; and a front wheel brake piping that connects the ABS modulator and the front wheel brake, the front wheel brake piping including: a metal pipe connected to the ABS modulator; a flexible brake hose connected to the front wheel brake; and a joint that is supported by the body frame and connects the metal pipe and the brake hose, wherein the joint is mounted in a floating state off the body frame via an elastic member, and fixed by a support structure, such that a relative displacement of the joint with respect to the body frame in a direction parallel to an axis of the head pipe of the vehicle is permitted by the elastic member, and a relative displacement of the body frame in directions perpendicular to the axis of the head pipe that varies a distance between the joint and the steering unit is not permitted, wherein the steering unit is provided with: a steering stem rotatably supported by the head pipe provided to a front end of the body frame; wherein the joint is fixed to a downside of the steering stem.