Patent ID: 7798273

Claim:
A compact vehicle in which a power unit provided with an internal combustion engine for driving a rear wheel is rockably supported by a body frame, both ends of an axle of the rear wheel are journalled by a rear of the power unit and a swing arm fastened to the power unit with the rear wheel held between the swing arm and the rear of the power unit, an exhaust muffler of the internal combustion engine is arranged on a side of the swing arm for the rear wheel, and a rear cushion unit is provided between the body frame and the swing arm, wherein a cushion bracket coupled to a lower end of the rear cushion unit and a muffler bracket that supports the exhaust muffler are separate pieces from the swing arm, and attached to the swing arm, wherein at least one fastener passes through and fastens the muffler bracket, the cushion bracket and the swing arm together, and wherein the muffler bracket is separate from the muffler.