Straddle type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Noda
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Abstract
The present invention makes maintenance work for an air cleaner easier in a straddle type vehicle that has the under bone type frame structure in which a portion positioned in front of a seat is recessed downward. For example, an air cleaner is disposed behind a cylinder block of an engine to be interposed between a pair of a right and a left seat rail. An upper portion of the air cleaner projects upward more than the seat rails. A top of the air cleaner is covered by a seat front cover that divides a space defined in front of the seat. The air cleaner includes a lid and a cleaner case that is taller than is broad. When the maintenance work is made, the seat front cover is removed, and the lid is taken out obliquely upward forward.
Claims10
A straddle type vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame including a head pipe, a front frame connected to the head pipe and obliquely extending downward rearward, and a rear frame connected to the front frame and obliquely extending upward rearward, at least one of the front frame and the rear frame having a pair of spaced portions spaced apart in a transverse direction of the vehicle;
- an engine including a crankcase and a cylinder block extending forward therefrom, the engine being supported by the vehicle frame;
- an air cleaner positioned behind the cylinder block and between the spaced portions in the transverse direction;
- a seat supported by the rear frame;
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- a seat front cover that is detachably positioned below and ahead of the seat and has a concave, in a side elevational view, to define a top open space in front of the seat for covering a top of the air cleaner,
- wherein a portion or the whole of the air cleaner is mounted to be insertable and removable by an approach from an upper location or an obliquely front upper location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.