Patent ID: 8919487

Claim:
In a body frame of a saddle-type vehicle where said body frame includes a head pipe which steerably supports a steering system including a front wheel, a main frame section extending rearwardly downward from said head pipe, and a pair of left and right lower frame sections extending substantially horizontally rearward from a lower portion of said main frame section, and where a fuel tank is disposed rearwardly of said main frame section with a portion thereof disposed between said left and right lower frame sections, a fuel pump is provided for pumping fuel out of said fuel tank, and a floor panel is disposed above said fuel tank for supporting a driver's feet thereon, the improvement comprising a fuel tank support structure comprising: a pair of spaced apart floor support members provided below said floor panel, said floor support members extending laterally outside of said lower frame sections, wherein said floor support members are operatively attached to said fuel tank to provide support thereto, wherein said fuel pump is attached to an upper surface of said fuel tank, and wherein upper edges of said floor support members are located above said fuel pump, and wherein said lower frame sections are disposed such that lower edges thereof extend proximate a lower surface of said fuel tank, and wherein the fuel tank is extended in a left-right direction on the sides to the floor support members beyond the lower frame sections in the left-right direction and is extended to the level of the lower edges of the lower frame sections.