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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Hagimoto, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Fukuda, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle includes a body frame, a seat, a seat side cover, and a storage box. The seat is supported on a rear portion of the body frame. The storage box is placed below the seat. The storage box is covered with the seat side cover from an outside of the motorcycle in a vehicle width direction of the motorcycle. The lock mechanism is provided to lock and unlock the storage box. The lock mechanism includes an operation device to be operated by a user to at least unlock the lock mechanism. The operation device is mounted in an outer wall of the storage box. The seat side cover includes a cutout or an opening to enable the user to operate the operation device from the outside of the motorcycle in the vehicle width direction with avoiding the seat side cover.