US 12,428,099 B2
Saddled vehicle
Akiyuki Karashima, Asaka (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,367.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-157965 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099624 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 25/08 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddled vehicle comprising:
front forks that support a front wheel, the front forks being inverted front forks having an outer tube and an inner tube disposed below the outer tube;
a steering handlebar that steers the front forks;
a lever attached to the steering handlebar; and
a stroke adjuster connected to the lever via a cable,
wherein the stroke adjuster comprising a support plate on a bottom member of the inner tube,
wherein the stroke adjuster is supported by the support plate,
wherein an engaged member that engages with an engagement member is provided above the stroke adjuster and in the vicinity of a lower end portion of the outer tube,
wherein the engagement member is biased to an initial position by a spring member,
wherein by operating the lever when the front forks are compressed to a position where the engagement member and the engaged member overlap, the engagement member moves to an engagement position and engages with the engaged member to fix the front forks in a compressed state, and
wherein a locked state between the engagement member and the engaged member is released by braking.