Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Eiji Toriyama

Teofilo Plaza

Maurizio Carbonara

Satoshi Kogo

Kenji Morita

Tetsuya Nakazawa

Kenji Kofuji

Toshiaki Kishi

Ikuo Hara

Toshiyuki Iwai

Gen Tanabe

Taisuke Nimura

Valerio Aiello

Kiyotaka Sakai

Hajime Soda

Hirotoshi Akita

Shinichi Yamase

Rinatsu Iida

Toru Ukawa

Satoshi Kawawa

Antonio Arcadu

Saiji Suzuta

Keiichi Kaji

Lorenzo Palazzo

A lower part structure of a motorcycle is provided which enables air having flowed past a radiator to be guided to transversely outer sides more efficiently. In a motorcycle, a radiator is disposed forwardly of an engine and rearwardly of a front wheel, and an air guide port opening forward is provided forwardly of the radiator. A body frame and the radiator are covered with a cowling. The cowling includes side cowls covering lateral sides of the radiator, and an undercover covering a lower portion of the body frame rearwardly of the radiator. The undercover includes a V-shaped part, and air guide surfaces extending obliquely from the V-shaped part toward transversely outer rear sides.

Lower part structure for vehicle

A vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame (), a front cowl () provided in front of the vehicle body frame, and a headlight unit () mounted within the width, in the vehicle's lateral direction, of the front cowl. The headlight unit has, on the opposite sides thereof, recesses (L,R) recessed inward in the vehicle's lateral direction. Air intake openings (L,R) for introducing air in front of the front cowl into the inner side of the front cowl are formed between the headlight unit and the front cowl.

Vehicle

A side trunk mounting structure which enhances the external appearance of a two-wheeled motor vehicle. Mounting holes (F,) for mounting the side trunk () are formed in a rear fender (). The side trunk mounting holes are located below a rider's seat ().

Side trunk mounting structure for two-wheeled motor vehicle

A two-wheeled motor vehicle provided with a drive shaft () rotatably supported by a swing arm () rockable on a pivot shaft (). The longitudinal center axis (J) of the drive shaft () is located below a line (C) interconnecting the pivot shaft () and an axle (). The drive shaft () is surrounded by the swing arm ().

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