Straddled vehicle equipped with eps

A straddled vehicle having a front steerable wheel and a handlebar, the straddled vehicle being equipped with electric power steering (EPS), such that an auxiliary steering force corresponding to a rider's manipulation of the handlebar is applied to the front steerable wheel, the straddled vehicle comprising:

• a front fork including a left leg and a right leg extending in an up-down direction of the straddled vehicle, the front fork rotatably supporting the front steerable wheel disposed between the left leg and the right leg;
• an upper bracket supporting the front fork;
• a steering shaft disposed between the left leg and the right leg, and extending in the up-down direction of the straddled vehicle, the upper bracket being configured to rotate together with the front fork about an axis line of the steering shaft;
• a handlebar holder attached to the upper bracket, the handlebar holder being configured to support the handlebar so that the handlebar holder rotates together with the upper bracket about the axis line of the steering shaft when the handlebar is manipulated, a steering torque being transmitted from the handlebar holder to the upper bracket when the handlebar is manipulated;
• and
• a torque sensor configured to detect the steering torque, the torque sensor including an input shaft, which extends in the up-down direction of the straddled vehicle and receives the steering torque, wherein
• the handlebar holder includes:
• a torque sensor support holder attached to the upper bracket, the torque sensor support holder cooperating with the upper bracket to support the torque sensor, and
• a handlebar support holder rigidly fixed to the torque sensor support holder, and rigidly supporting the handlebar so that when the handlebar is manipulated, the handlebar support holder rotates together with both the torque sensor support holder and the handlebar about the axis line of the steering shaft, wherein
• the torque sensor support holder is configured to cooperate with the upper bracket to support the torque sensor such that
• the torque sensor is positioned either forward or rearward of the handlebar, such that in a top view of the straddled vehicle, the torque sensor is either at a first location or at a second location,
• an axis line of the input shaft is closer in distance to the axis line of the steering shaft than an axis line of the left leg or the right leg of the front fork, and
• between the torque sensor support holder and the upper bracket, the input shaft is twisted, and
• the handlebar support holder is so configured that, a plane containing the axis line of the input shaft at the first location and the axis line of the input shaft at the second location intersects an axis line of the handlebar, and that intersection point lies between the axis line of the input shaft at the first location and the axis line of the input shaft at the second location.