1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a front portion structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle.
2. Description of Background Art
Motorcycles with a screen are known, in which a pair of left and right headlights is installed on a front cowl, and the front cowl is provided with a windscreen extending rearwardly and upwardly from an upper portion thereof. In this kind of vehicle, an air guide structure is disclosed, in which an air guide hole is formed between a lower edge of the windscreen and the front cowl in an area (a central portion of the front cowl) sandwiched between the pair of left and right headlights of the front cowl. A flow of air is guided into a space between the front cowl and the windscreen via the air guide hole. See, for example, JP-A No. 2008-265625. According to such a structure, part of the flow of air is guided toward a rear side of the windscreen, which can prevent the rear side of the windscreen from being under negative pressure and inhibit the trapping of the flow of air.
Furthermore, motorcycles having a combination lamp in which a headlamp, blinker lamps, and a lens continuing to the front of the headlamp and blinker lamp are integrally disposed on a front cowl are also known. This kind of combination lamp has a structure where the blinker lamps are disposed above the left and right of the headlamp, and front lighting devices are compactly disposed. See, for example, JP-A No. 2009-234479.
However, in the conventional structure disclosed in JP-A No. 2008-265625, when the air guide structure is formed at the central portion of the front cowl, a light emitting area of the headlight is reduced by the air guide structure, or a shape or layout of the headlight is restricted by the air guide structure.
Further, in the conventional structure disclosed in JP-A No. 2009-234479, the front cowl is adapted to be rearwardly widened from the front of the vehicle body toward the outside of a width direction of the vehicle, and the left and right blinker lamps of the headlight are disposed along the front cowl. As such, the left and right blinker lamps are located inside the lens portion of the headlight or the cowl portion around the headlight.
For this reason, when viewed at an angle from the front right side of the vehicle, the left blinker lamp is hidden from the lens or cowl portion, so that it is difficult to see the left blinker lamp. When viewed at an angle from the front left side of the vehicle, it is difficult to see the right blinker lamp. When the vehicle is viewed from the right or left side, it is more preferable if the opposite blinker lamp is also visible.