ENGINE ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE

摘要

To provide an engine arrangement structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle capable of securing an available space ahead of an engine without changing a vehicle body configuration. An engine arrangement structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle in which: a body frame for suspending an engine, and a steering system member supported by the body frame and having a handlebar and a steering shaft are included; the engine includes a crankcase and a cylinder part overhung upward from the crankcase; a vertically-placed crankshaft extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is provided in the crankcase; an alternating current generator is provided at one end of the crankshaft, and a power transmission system member is provided at the other end thereof; the alternating current generator and the power transmission system member are overhung ahead of and behind the engine relative to the engine cylinder part, respectively; a width by which the power transmission system member is overhung is larger than that by which the alternating current generator is overhung; and the body frame includes a seat located behind the engine cylinder part, and two front wheels and two rear wheels are included, wherein the alternating current generator of the engine is arranged so as to be directed to the front side of the vehicle body and the power transmission system member is arranged so as to be directed to the rear side of the vehicle body.