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US 2008/0156557 A1Published application
Straddle-Type Vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuo OKAMOTO
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Abstract
A straddle-type vehicle that adequately and smoothly sucks air into an air cleaner arranged between a front wheel and a leg shield while inhibiting foreign matter from being drawn thereinto. An intake port of the air cleaner is opened rearwardly. The leg shield is formed with a recess that surrounds the air cleaner. The recess includes a round portion along a direction in which the intake 61a is opened.
Claims7
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- a front wheel;
- a leg shield arranged rearwardly of the front wheel;
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- an air cleaner arranged between the front wheel and the leg shield and formed with an intake port through which outside air is sucked, wherein
- the intake port is opened rearwardly of the straddle-type vehicle,
- the leg shield is formed with a recess that surrounds the air cleaner, and
- the recess includes an inclined portion along a direction in which the intake port is opened as viewed in side view of the straddle-type vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.