Patent ID: 8096114

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: an engine including a crankshaft, a crankcase, and a cylinder which extends from an upper portion of said crankcase toward a front side of said vehicle, and a catalytic converter in an exhaust pipe between an exhaust port of said engine and an exhaust muffler of said engine, wherein said catalytic converter is disposed in a space which is defined by an upper side of a horizontal plane which substantially horizontally extends from a bottom surface of said crankcase, a lower side of a front surface of said cylinder of said engine, and a front side of a front surface of said crankcase, wherein a fuel tank is disposed at a front side of said cylinder, wherein said space in which said catalytic converter is disposed is further defined by a rear surface of said fuel tank, and wherein an axis of said catalytic converter is parallel to an axis of said crankshaft.