US 7,510,037 B2
Body frame of saddle-ride type vehicle
Tadashi Oshima, Saitama (Japan); Nobuhiko Nakano, Saitama (Japan); and Jin Osada, Saitama (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/226,297.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-284392 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0065454 A1, Mar. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. B60K 11/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 180—68.4  [180/68.6; 296/205] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body frame of a saddle-ride type vehicle extending in a front to rear direction of the vehicle and having a radiator in front of an engine, comprising:
a pair of right and left main pipes extending substantially in the front to rear direction of the vehicle and a pair of right and left lower pipes extending below said main pipes substantially in the front to rear direction of the vehicle;
a pair of right and left down-pipes disposed vertically in a bridgewise manner between said main pipes and said lower pipes;
rear reinforcing pipes extending rearwardly and obliquely downwardly respectively from intermediate positions of said down-pipes and connected at lower ends thereof to said lower pipes;
first reinforcing members for reinforcing first joined portions between said main pipes and said down-pipes and for supporting an upper portion of said radiator; and
second reinforcing members for reinforcing second joined portions between said down-pipes and said rear reinforcing pipes and for supporting a lower portion of said radiator.