Patent ID: 8215677

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a seat for a driver, an engine disposed below said seat, a fuel tank which stores fuel, disposed forward of said engine, said fuel tank including a tank upper half which is a concave shape and has an opening on a lower side thereof, said tank upper half including a joining flange provided on a circumferential edge of said opening on the lower side thereof, and a tank lower half which is a concave shape and has an opening on an upper side thereof, said tank lower half including a joining flange provided on a circumferential edge of said opening on the upper side thereof and a rear inclined wall provided at a rear portion of said tank lower half which forms a substantially right angle with respect to said joining flange of said tank lower half, and a canister which collects evaporated fuel from said fuel tank, wherein said tank upper half and said tank lower half are joined by said joining flanges, wherein said fuel tank is disposed on a vehicle body such that said joining flanges of said tank upper half and said tank lower half are inclined downwardly so that a front portion of said joining flanges is positioned higher than a rear portion of said joining flanges, wherein said fuel tank is disposed on the vehicle body such that said rear inclined wall of said tank lower half is inclined toward a rear upper side of the vehicle, and wherein said canister is disposed below the rear inclined wall of said tank lower half.