Patent ID: 7571714

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a head pipe; an engine disposed with a cylinder axis thereof inclined rearward; a body frame located in front of the engine and extending downward from the head pipe; a main frame connected to a rear part of the head pipe and passing over the engine in a longitudinal direction; a fuel tank located above the main frame, wherein a portion of a bottom wall of the fuel tank defines a recess formed into a concave shape and extending upward from a bottom of the fuel tank; an intake pipe located between the body frame and the engine and extending obliquely upward from a forward side of the engine; a fuel injector mounted to the intake pipe, wherein the intake pipe has a straight connecting part that is connected to the engine, and the fuel injector is mounted on a rearward side of the intake pipe relative to a forward side where the body frame is disposed; a fuel pump for supplying fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel injector, wherein the fuel pump is positioned outside of the fuel tank and within the recess defined by the portion of the bottom wall of the fuel tank; and an air cleaner located in front of and above the engine, wherein the intake pipe includes a curved part located upstream of the connecting part of the intake pipe and an upstream part located upstream of the curved part and extending toward the air cleaner.