Patent ID: 8042643

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a body frame formed as a left and right pair in a vehicle width direction; a swing arm with one end swingably supported on the body frame; a rear wheel rotatably supported on the swing arm; a shock absorber operatively connected to the body frame and the swing arm for applying a damping force to swinging of the swing arm; and a shock absorber support member operatively provided to be suspended to the body frame in a vehicle width direction for supporting an upper end of the shock absorber; the shock absorber being supported on a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member; wherein the shock absorber support includes: a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member that is formed in a U-shape that is open at a lower side in a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and an upper surface and a lower surface, each of which is formed so as to be curved in such a way that the central portion of the shock absorber support in the vehicle width direction lies above right and left end portions of the shock absorber support in the vehicle width direction.