Patent ID: 8689923

Claim:
A saddle riding vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a front wheel connected to the vehicle body frame; a rear wheel connected to the vehicle body frame; a power unit provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and supported by the vehicle body frame, the power unit having a transmission and a shift mechanism for the transmission; a shift actuator to actuate the shift mechanism and attached to a lower portion of a side face of the power unit; an actuator guard to protect the shift actuator from an obstacle and comprising: a guard frame extending in a forward and backward direction of the saddle riding vehicle below the shift actuator and connected to the vehicle body frame; and a guard member connected to the guard frame and covering a lower face and an outer side face of the shift actuator; a front fork supporting the front wheel in a rotatable manner; and a rear fork supporting the rear wheel in a rotatable manner, wherein the vehicle body frame comprises a head pipe supporting the front fork for steering movement, a main frame extending rearwardly from the head pipe, a down frame extending downwardly from the head pipe, and a pivot frame extending downwardly from a rear portion of the main frame and supporting the rear fork for upward and downward rocking motion through a pivot shaft, and wherein the guard frame includes a front end portion and a rear end portion, the front end portion being connected to a lower end portion of the down frame, the rear end portion being connected to a lower end portion of the pivot frame.