Patent ID: 7934744

Claim:
A straddle-ride type vehicle comprising: a head pipe is mounted at a leading end of a body frame to turnably support a steering handlebar; a seat is mounted rearward of the head pipe and adapted to allow an occupant of the vehicle to sit thereon; a straddle space is defined between the steering handlebar and the seat; and an airbag module is mounted forward of the seat for storing an airbag therein; wherein the airbag module is disposed rearward of the head pipe to partially face the straddle space and at least a portion of the airbag module is disposed within a vertical height of the head pipe as viewed from the side, wherein the body frame includes a pair of left and right upper frames extending downwardly and rearwardly from an upper portion of the head pipe and a pair of left and right lower frames extending downwardly and rearwardly from a lower portion of the head pipe; and wherein both left and right lateral surfaces of the airbag module with respect to an anteroposterior center thereof are disposed externally of a left-right external width of the upper frame and internally of a left-right external width of the lower frame.