Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Tatsuya Seiji

Hironori Nakamura

Kyosuke Inada

Kiyotaka Fujihara

Toshikazu Saito

Koichi Sugioka

Takafumi Nakanishi

Shohei Miura

Masato Niki

Kiyotaka Fufihara

A motorcycle includes a main frame, a seat frame connected to a rear portion of the main frame and extending backward to support a seat, an auxiliary frame reinforcing the seat frame, and an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor is supported at a position under the seat frame and above the auxiliary frame in a side view by a bracket extending from the seat frame or the auxiliary frame. Side surfaces of the acceleration sensor are covered with a vehicle body cover.

Motorcycle

A fuel tank support structure for a saddle-type vehicle includes a head pipe which steerably supports a front wheel, a main frame section extending rearwardly and downwardly from the head pipe, and a pair of left and right lower frame sections extending substantially horizontally rearwardly from a lower portion of the main frame section. A fuel tank is disposed in back of the main frame section and between the lower frame sections, and a step floor is disposed over the fuel tank. In the fuel tank support structure, floor support members are disposed under the step floor as support members. The floor support members are disposed in a left-right pair on the outer sides relative to the lower frame sections. The fuel tank is supported by the floor support members. The lower frame sections are disposed so that their lower edges extend along a lower surface of the fuel tank.

Fuel tank support structure for a saddle-type vehicle, and body frame incorporating the fuel tank support structure

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Wako, Japan

Tatsuya Seiji