Patent ID: 7850221

Claim:
A cowling structure for a motorcycle in which a radiator is disposed behind a front wheel of the motorcycle, said cowling structure comprising: a main cowling covering a periphery of the radiator from a front of a handlebar; a sub cowling arranged to the rear of radiator, comprising an inner cowling mounted on a rear portion of the main cowling and a lower cowling mounted on a lower portion of main cowling, and a space formed within an opening enclosed by the main cowling and the inner cowling that separates the sub cowling from the main cowling, wherein the sub cowling is disposed in front of foot portions of a rider, and is inclined so that a distance from a vehicle width center is increased gradually from the front of the vehicle body to the rear thereof, wherein the inner cowling has a front edge portion, viewed in the width-wise direction of the motorcycle, arranged at a position inside of a rear edge of the main cowling, and the inner cowling comprises a side plate portion extending in a vertical direction and an upper extension portion extending forward and obliquely downward from an upper portion of the side plate portion, wherein the side plate portion comprises a cutout portion and the cutout portion forms a portion of the space on a front portion of the side plate portion of the inner cowl, and wherein exhaust wind passing through the radiator in the main cowling and flowing to the space is directionally changed to be directed to a rear oblique side of the motorcycle by the inner cowling.