Abstract: An electronically controlled suspension includes a suspension configured to damp vibration of a wheel of a saddle-riding vehicle, an actuator configured to change a damping force of the suspension, an operation device configured to receive a selection of a damping specification among a plurality of damping specifications for low vehicle speed, and a controller configured to operate the actuator with the damping specification for low vehicle speed or a damping specification for high vehicle speed. The controller is configured to apply any damping specification for low vehicle speed, during low-speed traveling at a speed equal to or lower than a predetermined speed. The controller is configured to automatically apply the damping specification for high vehicle speed, during high-speed traveling at a speed exceeding the predetermined speed.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure for a straddle-type vehicle is provided. The straddle-type vehicle includes a headlight installed in a vehicle front. The vehicle front structure includes: a front cowl configured to cover a periphery of the headlight and having a lower surface with an opening; a cowl brace configured to support an inner side of the front cowl from a vehicle rear side; and a lower cover configured to cover the opening of the front cowl below the headlight. A front part of the lower cover is mounted to a lower edge of the front cowl, and a rear part of the lower cover is mounted to a lower portion of the cowl brace.

Abstract: An engine for a straddle-type vehicle. The straddle-type vehicle is to be mounted on a vehicle frame in which a down frame extends downward from a head pipe. The engine includes a cylinder head having an exhaust port formed thereon, an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust port of the cylinder head, and an exhaust gas sensor attached to the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe extends downward passing through a first lateral side of the down frame, crosses a front side of the down frame, and extends upward passing through a second lateral side of the down frame. A part of the exhaust pipe that crosses the down frame is a straight portion. The exhaust gas sensor is attached to the straight portion and overlaps the down frame from the front side.

Abstract: An engine to be mounted on a straddle-type vehicle. The engine includes a cylinder and a cylinder head stacked on an upper portion of a crank case, an exhaust pipe extending from the cylinder head and passing through a lateral side of the cylinder, an exhaust gas sensor attached to the exhaust pipe, on the lateral side of the cylinder, and a radiator positioned in front of the cylinder head. The exhaust gas sensor is covered by the radiator from a front side.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes upper and lower shafts extending from an engine toward a propeller, a transmission mechanism interposed between the upper and lower shafts, and a shift device that operates the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes an upper gear fixed to the upper shaft, a lower gear rotatably supported by the lower shaft, and an intermediate gear meshing with the upper and lower gears. The shift device includes a shift shaft extending downward from an actuator, a cam mechanism that converts rotation of the shift shaft into upper-lower movement of an operation portion, a shift slider coupled to the operation portion, a dog clutch coupled to the lower shaft and connectable to the upper or lower gear, and a connector pin coupling the shift slider and the dog clutch. The shift slider is positioned above the upper gear or below the lower gear.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes upper and lower shafts extending from an engine toward a propeller, a transmission mechanism interposed between the upper and lower shafts, a shift device that operates the transmission mechanism, and a housing. The shift device includes a shift shaft extending downward from an actuator, a cam mechanism that converts rotation of the shift shaft into upper-lower movement of an operation portion, a shift slider coupled to the operation portion, a dog clutch that is moved in the upper-lower direction to operate the transmission mechanism; and a connector pin coupling the shift slider and the dog clutch. The housing includes an anti-cavitation plate provided above the propeller, widened and narrowed portions provided above and below the anti-cavitation plate. The transmission mechanism is accommodated in the widened portion, and at least the shift slider of the shift device is accommodated in the narrowed portion.

Abstract: A front fender attached to a front fork of a straddle-type vehicle, the front fender includes a fender body covering an upper side of a front wheel supported by the front fork, and a pair of fender side surfaces extending from two side edges of the fender body to an axle. The front fork is provided with brake caliper that brakes the front wheel. A lower edge of each of the fender side surfaces extends in a front-rear direction above the brake caliper, and includes a folded portion formed such that the lower edge of each of the fender side surfaces is directed inward in an axle direction.

Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder and a cylinder head stacked on an upper portion of a crankcase, an electronically controlled throttle interposed in an intake passage behind the cylinder head, and an exhaust pipe extending rearward from the cylinder head through a side of the cylinder. The electronically controlled throttle includes a throttle valve provided in the intake passage and an actuator that opens and closes the throttle valve. The actuator is disposed on an opposite side of the exhaust pipe with respect to a vehicle center line extending in a vehicle front-rear direction.

Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the plurality of rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that control the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a coupling piston and a separation piston that are moved forward and backward by the oil pressure. The plural rocker arms are coupled to one another along forward movement of the coupling piston. The plural rocker arms are separated from one another along forward movement of the separation piston. The oil control valve moves the coupling piston forward at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft and moves the separation piston forward at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft.

Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that controls the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston moveable forward and backward to couple and separate the rocker arms. First and second oil passages extend from the oil control valve to the hydraulic piston. The first oil passage includes an oil groove through which oil is allowed to pass at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft. The second oil passage is closed by the hydraulic piston after the rocker arms are separated from one another along the backward movement of the hydraulic piston.

Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that controls the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston moveable forward and backward to couple and separate the rocker arms. First and second oil passages extend from the oil control valve to the hydraulic piston. The first oil passage includes an oil groove allowing oil to pass at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft. The second oil passage is opened and closed during forward and backward movement of the hydraulic piston. A bypass passage is provided for bypassing the oil groove when the second oil passage is closed.

Abstract: There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a head pipe; a steering stem rotatably supported in the head pipe; a front fork; an upper bracket connecting an upper end portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a lower bracket located below the upper bracket and connecting an upper portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a front wheel supported by a lower end portion of the front fork; a front fender covering the front wheel from above; a front cowl covering an upper front portion of the straddle-type vehicle; a shroud located above the front fender and covering a lower portion of the front cowl; and a lower bracket cover located above the front fender and covering the lower bracket from below. The shroud has an opening through which the front fork passes. The lower bracket cover is provided below the opening.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a fine dust capturing device, the fine dust capturing device includes a water intake for taking in water around the outboard motor, a passage through which the water taken in from the water intake flows, a filter for capturing fine dust contained in the water by allowing the water flowing through the passage to pass therethrough, and a water outlet for discharging the water after passing through the filter to a periphery of the outboard motor. The water outlet is positioned in front of the propeller and inside a circle having the same diameter as a diameter of the propeller, with a rotation center of the propeller as a center, when the outboard motor is viewed from a rear side, and faces in a direction other than a front side of the outboard motor.

Abstract: An electric outboard motor for propelling a boat, includes: a propeller unit; a motor; a first battery and a second battery; an accommodation portion; and a support portion. The first battery is disposed in the accommodation portion such that a thickness direction thereof is an upper-lower direction of the electric outboard motor, and is located above the support portion. The second battery is disposed in the accommodation portion such that a thickness direction thereof is a front-rear direction of the electric outboard motor, and is located rearward of an upper portion of the support portion.

Abstract: An outboard motor for propelling a ship, includes: a propeller unit including a propeller shaft, a propeller fixed to the propeller shaft, and a case for rotatably supporting the propeller shaft; a support portion formed in a columnar shape extending in an upper-lower direction and having a lower end portion to which the propeller unit is supported; a bracket provided at an upper portion of the support portion and configured to attach the support portion to the ship; and a fine dust capturing device having a passage through which water around the outboard motor flows and configured to capture fine dust contained in the water flowing through the passage. The fine dust capturing device is provided between the lower end portion of the support portion and the case such that an extension direction of the passage is a front-rear direction of the outboard motor.

Abstract: A fine dust capturing device provided in a ship propulsion device, is disposed in water, and configured to capture fine dust contained in the water. The fine dust capturing device includes: a body portion extending in one direction; a water intake; a wall portion; a first passage and a second passage; a water discharge chamber; an outlet; and a filter. One end side of each of the first passage and the second passage is connected to the water intake. Another end side of each of the first passage and the second passage opens in the water discharge chamber. The outlet is disposed in the wall portion at a position that does not face an opening of the first passage opening in the water discharge chamber, but faces an opening of the second passage opening in the water discharge chamber.

Abstract: A louver member, configured to be installed on a side cowl so as to cover an air discharge port of a straddle-type vehicle, is provided. The louver member includes a frame body including a first frame along a first side edge of the air discharge port and a second frame along a second side edge of the air discharge port opposite to the first side edge, a first arm portion crossing the air discharge port from the first frame to the second frame, and a second arm portion branching from the first arm portion and extending to the second frame.

Abstract: There is provided an air cleaner configured to be disposed inside a vehicle body frame, the air cleaner including: an air cleaner case in which an intake chamber is formed; an air filter disposed in the intake chamber; an inlet tube configured to take in air to the intake chamber; and an outlet tube configured to send out the air from the intake chamber. The inlet tube extends in a front-rear direction. The inlet tube has a bottom wall curved downward in a side view to form a concave curved portion below a discharge port of the inlet tube. The concave curved portion is formed with a drain hole.

Abstract: In an installation structure of an accelerator position sensor connected to an accelerator grip via an accelerator cable in a straddle-type vehicle, a seat is supported from a lower side of the straddle-type vehicle by a pair of seat rails, an air cleaner case is installed below the pair of seat rails, an outlet tube extends forward from the air cleaner case, an upper surface of the outlet tube is lower than an upper surface of the air cleaner case, and the accelerator position sensor is installed above the outlet tube between the pair of seat rails.

Abstract: In an installation structure of an intake air temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of intake air to an engine in a straddle-type vehicle, an air cleaner case is installed behind the engine, an outlet tube is connected to a front surface of the air cleaner case, a rear suspension is installed in front of the air cleaner case, the outlet tube has a passage portion extending forward through one side with respect to the rear suspension in a vehicle width direction of the straddle-type vehicle, and the intake air temperature sensor is installed on a side surface on another side of the outlet tube in the vehicle width direction.