Patent ID: 8584783

Claim:
A motorcycle which comprises: a combustion engine having a cylinder block protruding upwardly from a crankcase and a cylinder head mounted atop the cylinder block; an air cleaner unit for substantially purifying an air; a supercharger for taking a substantially purified air from the air cleaner unit thereinto and supplying the air towards the combustion engine, the supercharger having a rotary shaft driven by drivingly connecting the rotary shaft with a crankshaft shaft of the combustion engine through a chain or a train of gears a surge tank disposed rearwardly upwardly of the cylinder block of the combustion engine and above the supercharger, the surge tank including a tank body, a tank inlet portion extending downwardly from the tank body and an opening formed in the tank body; and a throttle body disposed intermediate between the surge tank and the cylinder head, the opening of the tank body being connected with an intake passage of the throttle body; in which the supercharger is disposed rearwardly of the cylinder block.