BODY COVER STRUCTURE FOR STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE

摘要

In an off road vehicle having a cradle type vehicle body frame, an electrical component is arranged forwardly of rider's legs. A vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, a main frame, a pivot frame, a down frame and a lower frame so as to be formed in a cradle of a closed loop shape in a side view. An engine is supported inside the cradle, and a fuel tank is arranged above the cradle. A vehicle body cover for covering the engine and the fuel tank includes a tank shroud, a side cover and an under cover. A portion of the side cover swells laterally and has an apex located within the cradle on the lateral side of a cylinder section. A fuel pump or an ABS unit as a heavy electrical component is arranged on the inside of the apex.

主权项

1. A body cover structure of a straddle type vehicle comprising:
a cradle type vehicle body frame that includes a head pipe, left and right main frames extending rearwardly from the head pipe, left and right pivot frames, which are connected to rear parts of the main frames and extend downwardly so as to be provided with a pivot shaft, a down frame extending downwardly from the head pipe, and left and right lower frames, which are connected to a lower part of the down frame and extend rearwardly so as to be connected to lower parts of the pivot frames; an engine supported below the main frames and in front of the pivot frames; a fuel tank supported on the left and right main frames above the engine; a seat supported at the rear of the fuel tank; and a vehicle body cover for covering a lateral part of the vehicle body; wherein the body cover includes left and right tank shroud sections that are arranged so as to extend forwardly from the fuel tank so as to take in traveling air to cool the engine, and a side cover section, which is provided with a swelling portion swelling laterally beyond the tank shroud sections below the fuel tank so as to cover at least a part of the lower frames in a swelling fashion and has an apex of the swelling portion located in a cradle of the vehicle body frame in a side view; and wherein an exhaust pipe and an electrical component are arranged separately on the left and right sides of the vehicle body in an inside space of the swelling portion.