Patent ID: 8037958

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; left and right front wheels supported by the vehicle body frame; left and right rear wheels supported by the vehicle body frame; a steering shaft supported by the vehicle body frame and arranged to steer the front wheels; a handlebar member attached to a top end portion of the steering shaft; an engine unit supported on the vehicle body frame rearward of the steering shaft, the engine unit including a crankcase, a cylinder extending upward from the crankcase, and a transmission case arranged to house a transmission and located to a side of the crankcase in a widthwise direction of the vehicle, the transmission case including a first transmission opening and a second transmission opening; a seat supported on the vehicle body frame such that at least a portion of the seat is located above the engine unit; a fuel tank supported on the vehicle body frame such that a front end of the fuel tank is located rearward of a rear end of the crankcase; an air intake duct connected to the first transmission opening and including an intake port disposed above the first transmission opening; and an exhaust duct connected to the second transmission opening and including an exhaust port disposed above the second transmission opening; wherein each of the intake port and the exhaust port is arranged in front of a rear end of the handlebar member with respect to a front-back direction of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling straight.