Vehicle

• Main Authors: IKUSUE, MASATO, MATSUURA, SHIGEYUKI, OOTSU, TOYOHARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.10.2008
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS, CYCLE PROTECTORS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR; RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

To provide a vehicle that can sufficiently protect a sensor section, a motorcycle 1 (vehicle) includes: a body frame 7 including a right side down tube 5a and a left side down tube 5b extending downward to the rear in a traveling direction from a head pipe 2; an exhaust pipe 18, one end 18a of which is attached to an engine 17, and part of which is interposed between the left side down tube 5b and the right side down tube 5a; and an oxygen sensor 20, which is attached to a portion in the exhaust pipe 18 between the left side down tube 5b and the right down tube 5a, for detecting oxygen in exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe 18. The oxygen sensor 20 is disposed to extend from the exhaust pipe 18 to the rearward of the left side down tube 5b.