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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Yasuhiro Shigeta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuhiro Shigeta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle includes an article storage structure and has a storage space for storing articles. The storage space is defined by a rear fender covering a rear wheel, a frame cover covering a rear portion of a motorcycle body, and a rider's seat and a passenger seat which are arranged in tandem in a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle. The storage space is provided with an onboard auxiliary machinery storage compartment for storing the onboard auxiliary machinery and an article storage compartment for storing the articles, which are formed with openings formed below the rider's seat and the passenger seat, respectively, to be opened or closed. An article holding member having a tubular shape, in which the article is stored, and having an upper end opening disposed within the article storage compartment is also disposed so as to extend rearward and upward from an upper surface of the rear fender below the rider's seat to a region of the article storage compartment.