Motorcycle, and body structure therefor

A body strructure for a motorcycle with a front wheel and a rear wheel, comprising:

• an engine;
• a rigid body frame assembly having said engine mounted thereon;
• a front leading arm for supporting said front wheel;
• said front leading arm being vertically swingably joined at a rear portion thereof to said rigid body frame assembly;
• a first shock absorber operatively connected to said front leading arm;
• a steering mechanism for steering said front wheel;
• said steering mechanism including a handlebar;
• a rear trailing arm for supporting said rear wheel;
• said rear trailing arm being vertically swingably joined at a front portion thereof to said rigid body frame assembly;
• a second shock absorber operatively connected to said rear trailing arm;
• said rigid body frame assembly integrally including left and right front standing portions and left and right rear standing portions which are spaced apart from each other as as to be shaped as a whole in a substantially concave form in side view and said engine being disposed in said rigid body frame assembly substantially between said front standing portions and said rear standing portions;
• said engine being a V-type engine with at least a pair of internal combustion cylinders substantially vertically arranged to be forwardly inclined and rearwardly inclined, respectively;
• said V-type engine being secured at a front part thereof to said front standing portions of said rigid body frame assembly and at a rear part thereof to said rear standing portions of said rigid body frame assembly;
• said front standing portions of said rigid body frame assembly are disposed alongside said forwardly inclined internal combustion cylinder and secured at the upper ends thereof to corresponding side faces of said forwardly inclined internal combustion cylinder;
• and
• said rear standing portions of said rigid body frame assembly are secured at the upper ends thereof to a part of said rearwardly inclined internal combustion cylinder.