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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Shin Sato, Saitama, JP;
Hiroaki Tsukui, Saitama, JP;
Naohisa Hirao, Saitama, JP;
Masatsugu Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Shin Sato, Saitama, JP;
Hiroaki Tsukui, Saitama, JP;
Naohisa Hirao, Saitama, JP;
Masatsugu Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To facilitating arrangement of a muffler and a rear fender without increasing the size of a motorcycle. A motorcycle includes a front wheel, an engine, and a rear wheel disposed on a vehicle body in this order from the front. An exhaust pipe extends rearwardly from the engine with a muffler provided at the rear end of the exhaust pipe. The muffler is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body frame between left and right rear frames above the rear wheel. Stays extend downwardly from the left and the right rear frames. A rear fender is disposed below the muffler and is attached to the stays. The muffler is tapered from the upper portion toward the lower portion when viewed from the rear. The left and the right rear frames comprise a rear seat, which is wider than the muffler, at a level higher than the muffler.