Patent ID: 8752661

Claim:
A saddle seat vehicle comprising a body frame, a seat provided on said body frame for use by an operator, an engine located below said seat, an intake pipe for supplying an air-fuel mixture to said engine, a right step and a left step provided on said body frame as footrests for said operator, a center tunnel located between said right step and the left step so as to be expanded upwardly wherein a foot passage space is provided for allowing the passage of the operator's foot in riding said vehicle is formed above said center tunnel, a fuel tank located inside said center tunnel on the front side of said engine, a charge pipe extending from said fuel tank for leading out fuel gas in said fuel tank, a canister connected to said charge pipe for temporarily adsorbing said fuel gas in said fuel tank, a purge pipe extending from said canister to said intake pipe for supplying said fuel gas to said intake pipe, and a purge control valve provided in said purge pipe for opening and closing a purge passage; wherein said center tunnel is provided wherein a lowermost point of said foot passage space is higher in level relative to a connection point where said purge pipe is connected to said intake pipe as viewed in a plan view of said vehicle, and said center tunnel has an inclined portion inclined upwardly from said lowermost point toward the front end of said vehicle; said purge control valve being located at a position on the front side of said lowermost point and higher in level than said canister; and said purge pipe is composed of a first purge pipe extending from said canister to said purge control valve and a second purge pipe extending from said purge control valve to said intake pipe, said second purge pipe being inclined downwardly toward the rear end of said vehicle.