Patent ID: 8205903

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a straddle-type seat disposed on the vehicle body; and a steering device supported by the vehicle body and being disposed generally forwardly of the seat for steering the vehicle, the steering device having a left side and a right side, each side having: a hand grip assembly receiving portion having one of an elongated hollow member and an elongated member; a hand grip assembly having: the other of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member; and a hand grip disposed on the other of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member; and at least one releasable fastener disposed on one of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member, the elongated member being received coaxially in the elongated hollow member, a common central longitudinal axis of the elongated member and the elongated hollow member being oriented generally horizontally when the vehicle is upright, stationary and steered straight, one of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member having a radially protruding portion protruding radially toward the other of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member, the hand grip being axially movable relative to the hand grip assembly receiving portion along the central longitudinal axis by moving the elongated member axially relative to the elongated hollow member along the central longitudinal axis between a plurality of axial positions, the radially protruding portion of the one of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member abutting a portion of the other of the elongated hollow member and the elongated member to limit an axial movement of the hand grip relative to the hand grip assembly receiving portion in a laterally outward direction, the hand grip being pivotable relative to the hand grip assembly receiving portion about the central longitudinal axis by pivoting the elongated member relative to the elongated hollow member about the central longitudinal axis between a plurality of orientations, the at least one releasable fastener being operative to selectively and releasably fix the elongated member relative to the elongated hollow member in any one of the plurality of axial positions and in any one of the plurality of orientations.