US 7,581,615 B2 · Saddle-ride type vehicle

Abstract

An improved saddle-ride type vehicle in which heat radiation of a body is improved while the exterior appearance of the body is enhanced, and an exhaust pipe and a muffler are free from interference from the outside while a hose, a cable and the like are designed to be easily retained in place in a simple structure. A saddle-ride type vehicle provides a side cover disposed on the side of a body frame, a foot board disposed below the side cover and an exhaust pipe extending in the forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body disposed inside the body frame. The exhaust pipe is disposed as viewed laterally so as to be exposed to the exterior through an opening surrounded by an upper slat frame, the side cover and the side plate of a foot board, and the guard member is disposed at the opening.

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Dependent claims

A saddle-ride type vehicle in which a side cover is disposed on a side of a body frame, a foot board is disposed below the side cover, and an exhaust pipe extends in the forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body is disposed inside the body frame comprising:

a guard member for positioning the exhaust pipe to be disposed, as viewed laterally, so as to be exposed to the exterior through an opening surrounded by the body frame, the side cover and the foot board, and the guard member is disposed at the opening,
wherein, in the opening, the guard member is fixedly attached to the body frame with two fixing parts located forwardly and rearwardly thereof in the extending direction of the exhaust pipe, and the guard member between the fixing parts overlaps the exhaust pipe as viewed laterally.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Saddle-ride type vehicle

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Saddle-ride type vehicle

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Abstract

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