Vehicle

A vehicle comprising:

• a body frame;
• a right front wheel and a left front wheel aligned side by side in a left-and-right direction of the body frame;
• a right shock absorbing device supporting the right front wheel at a lower portion thereof and configured to absorb a displacement of the right front wheel in an up-and-down direction of the body frame in relation to an upper portion thereof;
• a left shock absorbing device supporting the left front wheel at a lower portion thereof and configured to absorb a displacement of the left front wheel in the up-and-down direction of the body frame in relation to an upper portion thereof;
• a link mechanism including:
• a right side member supporting the upper portion of the right shock absorbing device so as to turn about a right steering axis extending in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
• a left side member supporting the upper portion of the left shock absorbing device so as to turn about a left steering axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the right steering axis;
• an upper cross member supporting an upper portion of the right side member at a right end portion thereof so as to turn about an upper right axis extending in a front-and-rear direction of the body frame, supporting an upper portion of the left side member at a left end portion thereof so as to turn about an upper left axis parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis, and supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about an upper middle axis parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and to the upper left axis;
• and
• a lower cross member supporting a lower portion of the right side member at a right end portion thereof so as to turn about a lower right axis parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis, supporting a lower portion of the left side member at a left end portion thereof so as to turn about a lower left axis parallel or substantially parallel to the upper left axis, and supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about a lower middle axis parallel or substantially parallel to the upper middle axis;
• a steering shaft supported on the body frame between the right side member and the left side member in the left-and-right direction of the body frame, including an upper end portion provided above the lower middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame, and able to turn about a middle steering axis extending in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
• a handlebar provided at the upper end portion of the steering shaft;
• a turn transfer mechanism configured to transfer a turning motion of the steering shaft according to an operation of the handlebar to the right shock absorbing device and to the left shock absorbing device;
• and
• a resisting force change mechanism configured to change a resisting force exerted against turning operations of the upper cross member and the lower cross member in relation to the body frame;
• wherein
• the resisting force change mechanism includes a first portion and a second portion configured to be displaced relatively and configured to change a resisting force exerted against the relative displacement of the first portion and the second portion;
• the first portion is supported on any one member of the right side member, the left side member, the upper cross member, and the lower cross member that are included in the link mechanism at a location where at least a portion thereof is superposed on the one member at all times as seen from a direction axially along the upper middle axis about which the upper cross member turns in relation to the body frame, and is aligned with one of a forward direction and a rearward direction of the one member and the steering shaft in relation to the direction of the upper middle axis about which the upper cross member turns in relation to the body frame, and
• the second portion is supported on any other member of the right side member, the left side member, the upper cross member, and the lower cross member that are displaced relative to the one member on which the first portion is supported at a location where at least a portion thereof is superposed on the other member at all times as seen from the direction axially along the upper middle axis about which the upper cross member turns in relation to the body frame, and is aligned with the other member in the same direction as the one direction of the first portion relative to the one member and the steering shaft in relation to the direction of the upper middle axis about which the upper cross member turns in relation to the body frame.