| US 7,552,791 B2 | ||
| Straddle-type vehicle | ||
| Satoshi Oohashi, Shizuoka (Japan); Takao Kurita, Shizuoka (Japan); and Hiroshi Shirayanagi, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-Ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/550,326. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-306269 (JP), filed on Oct. 20, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0089923 A1, Apr. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62J 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 180—219 [180/68.3] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A straddle vehicle comprising:
a front fork that supports a front wheel rotatably;
an engine arranged rearward of the front fork to produce a driving force;
an intake temperature sensor that detects temperature of an air sucked into the engine; and
a sensor protective part that protects the intake temperature sensor, wherein
the intake temperature sensor is arranged forwardly of an upper rear end of the front fork,
the sensor protective part is arranged forwardly of the intake temperature sensor,
the front fork comprises a pair of fork portions that support a rotating shaft end of the front wheel,
a steering shaft is arranged between and substantially in parallel to the pair of fork portions,
the front fork turns about the steering shaft, and
the intake temperature sensor is arranged in a region defined by turning the pair of fork portions about the steering shaft.
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