Patent ID: 8607916

Claim:
A motorcycle comprising: a front wheel; a front fork for supporting the front wheel; an under bracket coupled to the front fork; a steering shaft coupled to the front fork via the under bracket; a head pipe for rotatably supporting the steering shaft; a body frame extending from the head pipe obliquely downward and rearward, as viewed from one side of the motorcycle; a shroud in which an opening extending in a front-to-rear direction is formed, the shroud covering a side of a portion of the frame, extending frontward, and extending outward in a widthwise direction of the motorcycle, wherein the shroud includes an upper piece and a lower piece, and the opening is a gap between a portion of the upper piece and a portion of the lower piece; and a front fender having a horizontal portion extending substantially horizontally, as viewed from one side of the motorcycle, the front fender attached to the under bracket and covering a region over the front wheel; wherein the horizontal portion of the front fender is located frontward of the opening; and wherein the opening of the shroud is formed so as to be tapered rearward, as viewed from one side of the motorcycle.