Steering damper mounting structure for vehicle

A steering damper mounting structure of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

• a head pipe forming part of a vehicle body;
• a front fork steerably disposed on the head pipe, the front fork for suspending a front wheel;
• a fork bridge connecting a left member and a right member of the front fork;
• and
• a steering damper disposed on the front fork and the head pipe, the steering damper for dampening a steering directional movement transmitted from a road surface to a handlebar via the front wheel and the front fork,
• wherein the steering damper is supported by a lower mounting portion on a side of the head pipe and an upper mounting portion on a substantially vertical side of the fork bridge,
• wherein the fork bridge includes a protrusion which contacts a main body of the steering damper to thereby prevent erroneous installation, in which the steering damper is installed invertedly between the head pipe and the fork bridge.

A steering damper mounting structure of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

• a head pipe forming part of a vehicle body;
• a front fork steerably disposed on the head pipe, the front fork for suspending a front wheel;
• a fork bridge connecting a left member and a right member of the front fork;
• and
• a steering damper disposed on the front fork and the head pipe, the steering damper for dampening a steering directional movement transmitted from a road surface to a handlebar via the front wheel and the front fork,
• wherein the steering damper is supported by a lower mounting portion on a side of the head pipe and an upper mounting portion on a substantially vertical side of the fork bridge,
• wherein longitudinal axes of the steering damper and the head pipe are arranged so as to be not parallel to each other even when the front fork is positioned at a center of pivotable motion.