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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Daisuke Kawai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Daisuke Kawai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle includes an engine having a substantially vertical cylinder assembly and disposed in a front half of a vehicle body frame, an inverted type rear cushion unit disposed behind the engine in substantially vertical posture, an air cleaner disposed behind the rear cushion unit and below a rider's seat, and an intake air passage connecting air an intake port formed in a rear portion of the cylinder assembly and the air cleaner each other. The intake air passage, i.e., connecting pipe, is arranged so as to be overlapped with an upper portion of the rear cushion unit in a side view of the motorcycle. A cross section shape of the connecting pipe is a vertically long shape in which its longitudinal size is greater than its lateral size.