Patent ID: 8276702

Claim:
A motorcycle, comprising: a vehicle body frame including rear frames and a rear cross frame connecting said rear frames; an engine disposed on said vehicle body frame; a rider seat; a storage box disposed downward of said rider seat; a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to said engine; and a canister for adsorbing fuel vapors generated in said fuel tank, wherein said storage box and said fuel tank are disposed in a longitudinally parallel arrangement such that either (i) said storage box is disposed forward of said fuel tank, or (ii) said fuel tank is disposed forward of said storage box, wherein said storage box and said fuel tank are disposed on opposite sides of said cross frame forming part, wherein said storage box and said fuel tank are both disposed between said rear frames, wherein said canister is disposed downward of said rear cross frame and between said storage box and said fuel tank, said canister being fixed to said rear cross frame by a stay attached to said rear cross frame and a plurality of engagement members each surrounding said canister and being fixedly retained by said stay, wherein an axis of said canister is disposed in a direction parallel to said rear cross frame, wherein said fuel tank includes a lower portion tank half body and an upper portion tank half body, said lower portion tank half body and said upper portion tank half body being connected at an outwardly bulging flange portion, and wherein said outwardly bulging flange portion is disposed upward of said rear cross frame.