Patent ID: 7857340

Claim:
A stand device for a motorcycle, comprising: an operating element that is capable of being manually operated; a stand that is turnable between an erect position for obtaining a parking condition and a stored position for canceling the parking condition; and an interlocking mechanism that turns said stand from the stored position to the erect position according to a manual operation of said operating element, wherein said interlocking mechanism has a coil-formed stand spring connected at one end thereof to said stand, and a spring support member having a spring support portion, to which the other end of said stand spring is connected, said interlocking mechanism being interlocked and connected to said operating element so as to permit the position of said spring support portion to be changed according to the operation of said operating element, and wherein the position of said spring support portion determined according to the operation of said operating element to the erect position side is so set as to put said stand spring into the state of urging said stand toward said erect position side, and wherein the position of said spring support portion determined according to the operation of said operating element to the stored position side is so set as to put said stand spring into the state of urging said stand toward said stored position side.