Patent ID: 8694210

Claim:
A saddle riding type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a head pipe attached to a front end of the vehicle body frame; a steering shaft provided rotatably in the head pipe; a detector to detect a steering angle of the steering shaft; a steering damper; and a controller programmed to control the steering damper, the controller including a timer counter programmed to decrement time; wherein the steering damper includes: an electromagnet arranged around an axis of the steering shaft and including a first surface; a magnetic member arranged around the axis of the steering shaft and including a second surface opposed to the first surface of the electromagnet; and a magnetic fluid stored in a gap between the first and second surfaces; the controller includes: a steering angular velocity determiner to determine a steering angular velocity based on the steering angle detected by the detector; an instructor programmed to set the timer counter to a first reference time and to instruct a supply of current to the electromagnet for the first reference time when the determined steering angular velocity exceeds a first reference velocity, and to instruct a stopping or reduction of the current after the first reference time elapses; and a driver to supply the electromagnet with current in response to an instruction from the instructor.