Patent ID: 7712756

Claim:
A steering damper mounting structure for a vehicle comprising: a pair of left and right main frames extending toward a rear portion of a vehicle body from a head pipe mounted on a front end portion of a vehicle body frame in a left-and-right split manner; a steering system for rotatably mounting the head pipe; a steering damper for imparting an attenuating force to the steering system between the left and right main frames; and a steering shaft rotatably and pivotally supported on the head pipe, left and right front forks, and a bridge member for connecting the respective front forks, and the steering damper is connected with a connecting portion projecting rearwardly from the bridge member by way of a link mechanism, wherein the link mechanism includes: an arm which with a proximal end portion thereof connected to a shaft of the steering damper, and a rod which with one end portion thereof connected to a distal end portion of the arm, and wherein the steering damper is arranged above an intake duct in a vicinity of the head pipe of the vehicle body frame and arranged completely behind the head pipe and between front portions of the left and right main frames.