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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Yosuke Hirayama, Shizuoka, JP;

Toshio Iizuka, Shizuoka, JP;

Yutaka Kubo, Shizuoka, JP;

Takahiro Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;

Noboru Miyamoto, Shizuoka, JP;

Kaoru Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;

Hirokatsu Ogawa, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 21/00 (2006.01); B62K 21/20 (2006.01); B62K 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 21/20 (2013.01); B62K 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

At least a portion of a tie rod of a steering force transmitting mechanism overlaps with a portion of a first support member or a second support member when viewed from a front of a vehicle in a fully-tilted condition in which the vehicle body frame is fully tilted in the left-right direction. At least a portion of the tie rod is disposed below a second cross member, above a first front wheel and a second front wheel, behind a front end of the first front wheel and a front end of the second front wheel, and ahead of a first axis of a first side member and a second axis of a second side member when viewed from the left or right of the vehicle when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.


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