Patent ID: 7832766

Claim:
A vehicle frame structure for a saddle-type vehicle, comprising: a main frame; a subframe detachably mounted to the main frame, and including a contiguously extending frame component; at least one joint arranged along a longitudinally intermediate portion of the contiguously extending frame component, said joint configured to operatively connect the main frame and the subframe to each other; said at least one joint comprising: a first joint arm attached to a first end of the contiguously extending frame component; and a second joint arm attached to a second end of the contiguously extending frame component, and fastened to the first joint arm across a plane defined in the joint, wherein each of the joint arms includes: a distal end with an arcuate outer wall formed thereon, and a fastening portion disposed adjacent said arcuate outer wall, and a proximal end with at least one integral upstanding arcuate wall formed therein for nestingly receiving a corresponding arcuate outer wall of the other joint arm.