Patent ID: 7377552

Claim:
A straddle vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a vehicle body frame having a head pipe, a front frame connected to the head pipe and obliquely extending downward rearward, and a rear frame connected to the front frame and obliquely extending upward rearward, and an engine supported by the vehicle body frame; a seat supported by the rear frame; a fuel tank disposed below the seat; a rear arm supported by the vehicle body for swinging about an axis of a pivot shaft and extending rearward; a rear wheel supported by the rear arm for rotation; and a single rear cushion unit having a top support end supported by the rear frame, and a bottom support end supported by an upper portion of the rear arm that is positioned higher than a center thereof in a vertical direction, the single rear cushion unit slanting forward so that the top support end is positioned ahead of the bottom support end, wherein a lower portion of the fuel tank projects toward a space defined by the rear cushion unit and the rear wheel, wherein the top support end of the rear cushion unit is positioned ahead of a bottom end of the fuel tank.