Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

Takushiro Shiraishi

Shidehiko Miyashiro

Makoto Kobayashi

Takehisa Katsura

Takayoshi Fukuda

Hiroshi Yamaoka

Sin Yokomizo

Norikazu Unno

A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a frame, an engine, a starter motor, a predetermined component, and a coupling member. The engine is supported by the frame. The starter motor is attached to the engine. The predetermined component is disposed adjacent to the starter motor. The coupling member couples the predetermined component to the starter motor.

Saddle-ride type vehicle

A saddle type vehicle includes a frame, an engine supported by the frame, a swing-arm swingably supported on the frame, a rear wheel supported on the swing-arm, a rear suspension arranged between the engine and the rear wheel, an air cleaner arranged in an intake passage, and an exhaust chamber arranged in an exhaust passage. At least a portion of the air cleaner is arranged above the rear suspension. At least a portion of the exhaust chamber is arranged below the rear suspension. The rear suspension extends in a direction intersecting with a vertical direction when viewed from a side of the saddle type vehicle. The rear suspension is coupled to the engine and the swing-arm. A height of the rear suspension in the vertical direction is smaller than a length of the rear suspension in a front-back direction.

Saddle type vehicle

In a body frame for a motorcycle mounted with an engine unitand provided with a main frameby which a front forkand rear armsare supported, the main frameincludes: a head pipe unitwhich extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipeand so as to expand in a vertical direction; a down framewhich is connected to a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit; and left and right rear arm bracketswhich are stretched and connected to a rear end of the down frameand a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit, and the head pipe unitis an aluminum die-cast molded product, and the down frameand the left and right rear arm bracketsare aluminum forged molded products.

Vehicle body frame for motorcycle

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Shizuoka, Japan

Takushiro Shiraishi