JP5149131B2 - Motorcycle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a motorcycle to which an antenna for wireless communication can be attached.

Conventionally, when a motorcycle equipped with an in-vehicle device for an automatic toll collection system for road tolls, abbreviated as ETC (registered trademark), an ETC antenna is attached to the handle and the main unit connected to the antenna is attached to the outer wall surface of the front cowl, etc. It was fixed to. However, in that case, the antenna and the like are exposed to the outside of the vehicle body. Therefore, in the motorcycle disclosed in Patent Document 1, it has been proposed that an antenna is disposed on a headlight in a resin front cover to maintain a good appearance.
Japanese Patent No. 4156783

  However, in the motorcycle disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the antenna is installed on the headlamp that is a heat source, the antenna is placed in a high temperature environment in the driving state, and the durability of the antenna is reduced. Will be. In addition, since the headlamp is an electrical component in which a current flows through a light bulb inside the headlamp, it can be said that it is not preferable from the viewpoint of communication reliability to have a headlamp directly under an antenna that receives radio waves.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the durability and communication reliability of an antenna while maintaining a good appearance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a motorcycle according to the present invention includes a headlamp and a front cowl provided with an opening for exposing a light projecting surface of the headlamp. The front cowl has an inclined wall portion extending obliquely upward and rearward from a front end, and is an internal space covered with the front cowl, and an antenna for wireless communication is provided inside the inclined wall portion. and antenna installation portion is provided for installing, the antenna installation portion than said headlamp is disposed upwardly and away ahead, in the antenna installation part, the antenna toward the receiving surface in the traveling direction tilted forward Te characterized Rukoto mounted.

  According to the above configuration, since the antenna installation portion is disposed above and in front of the headlamp, heat from the headlamp does not easily reach the antenna, and the durability of the antenna is improved. Moreover, since the antenna installation part is provided in the interior space of the front cowl, the appearance is kept good. Furthermore, compared with the case where the headlamp is arranged directly below the antenna installation portion, the electromagnetic influence from the headlamp is less likely to reach the antenna attached to the antenna installation portion, and the communication reliability of the antenna is improved.

The front cowl has a bulging portion that bulges forward from the upper edge of the opening, and the bulging portion projects forward from the upper edge of the opening. includes a part, and the inclined wall portion erected to the folded shape obliquely upwardly and rearwardly from the front end of the protruding wall portion, the antenna installation part is a Rukoto provided on the inner wall surface of the bulging portion It is arranged above and ahead of the headlamp, and the lower surface of the protruding wall portion may be exposed outside the vehicle .

A stay for attaching the antenna may be attached to the antenna installation portion provided on the inner wall surface of the bulging portion.

A rib for positioning the stay may be formed on the inner wall surface of the front cowl.

The front cowl may be formed with an opening through which traveling wind passes between the antenna and the headlamp .

A meter unit may be disposed inside the front cowl, and an indicator mounting portion for the antenna may be connected to the meter unit.

Another motorcycle according to the present invention is a motorcycle including a headlamp and a front cowl provided with an opening that exposes a light-projecting surface of the headlamp. The front cowl is inclined from a front end. It has an inclined wall portion extending upward and rearward, and is an internal space covered with the front cowl, and an antenna installation portion for installing an antenna for wireless communication is provided inside the inclined wall portion. The antenna installation part is disposed above and ahead of the headlamp, the antenna is attached to the antenna installation part, and the front cowl is provided between the antenna and the headlamp. An opening for passing the traveling wind is formed.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the durability and communication reliability of the antenna while maintaining a good appearance.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the concept of the direction used in the following description is based on the direction seen from the driver who has boarded the motorcycle.

  FIG. 1 is a right side view of a motorcycle 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the motorcycle 1 includes a front fork 2 provided in a substantially vertical direction, and a front wheel 3 is rotatably supported at the lower portion of the front fork 2. A steering handle 4 is attached to the upper portion of the front fork 2 via a steering shaft (not shown). The steering shaft is pivotally supported by a head pipe 5, and the front wheel 3 is steered when the driver swings the steering handle 4 left and right. A fuel tank 6 is provided behind the steering handle 4, and a driver's seat 7 is provided behind the fuel tank 6.

  A frame 8 extends rearward from the head pipe 5, and a front portion of a swing arm 9 extending substantially in the front-rear direction is pivotally supported at the rear portion of the frame 8. A drive wheel is provided at the rear portion of the swing arm 9. The rear wheel 10 is rotatably supported. An engine 12 is supported by the frame 8 between the front wheel 3 and the rear wheel 10. A throttle device 13 connected to the intake port 12 a of the engine 12 is provided behind the engine 12. An air cleaner box 14 for purifying the air supplied to the throttle device 13 is provided behind the throttle device 13. A storage space 16 formed by a rear fender 15 is provided behind the air cleaner box 14 and below the seat 7. A portion of the air cleaner box 14 and the rear fender 15 is covered with a side cover 17 from the side.

  A meter unit 18 is provided in front of the steering handle 4. A headlamp 19 is provided below the meter unit 18 and in front of the front fork 2. A front cowl 20 made of synthetic resin is provided so as to cover the meter unit 18 and the headlamp 19. The front cowl 20 is a so-called bikini cowl type that covers the meter unit 18 and the headlamp 19 and exposes the engine 12, the exhaust pipe, the vehicle body frame, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part when the inside of the front cowl 20 of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the right side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an essential part of the ETC antenna 22 installed on the front cowl 20 of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the front cowl 20 has an opening 20 a that exposes the light projecting surface 19 a of the headlamp 19. The front cowl 20 has a bulging portion 20b that bulges forward from the upper edge of the opening 20a. The bulging portion 20b includes a protruding wall portion 20c that protrudes forward from the upper edge portion of the opening portion 20a, and an inclined wall portion 20b that is erected in a folded shape from the front end of the protruding wall portion 20c obliquely upward and rearward. And have. On the upper side of the inclined wall portion 20b, a windshield 24 made of a transparent plate is fixed with bolts B1 to B3 which are metal members. These bolts B <b> 1 to B <b> 3 are attached to positions other than the center of the front cowl 20 in the left-right direction. That is, the bolts B <b> 1 to B <b> 3 are provided symmetrically at, for example, the left and right ends of the windshield 24 at positions away from the center in the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of ribs that reinforce the protruding wall portion 20 c and define the range of the antenna installation portion 20 e at the center in the left-right direction of the upper surface (inner wall surface) of the protruding wall portion 20 c. 20f is formed. The distance between the pair of ribs 20f in the left-right direction of the vehicle body is formed to be substantially the same as the width dimension of the ETC antenna 22 or the stay 21 in the left-right direction of the vehicle body. The pair of ribs 20f are formed substantially in parallel with each other so as to extend along the front-rear direction. The antenna installation portion 20e defined by the pair of ribs 20f is disposed above and ahead of the headlamp 19 at a position facing the internal space covered by the front cowl 20. In this embodiment, at least a part of the outer surface of the headlamp 19 is subjected to metal plating (for example, chrome plating or aluminum plating).

  A metal stay 21, which is a plate-like attachment member bent in a folded shape (in other words, an L shape), is attached to the antenna installation portion 20 e. The stay 21 includes a fixed plate portion 21a and an antenna mounting plate portion 21b that is inclined so as to extend obliquely upward and rearward from the front end of the fixed plate portion 21a. Then, the fixed plate portion 21a is fixed to the antenna installation portion 20e by a fixing member (for example, double-sided tape), and the substantially rectangular parallelepiped ETC antenna 22 is fixed to the upper surface of the antenna mounting plate portion 21b facing diagonally upward. (For example, double-sided tape). The stay 21 is a metal plate that supports the ETC antenna 22 from the headlamp 19 side, and can shield electromagnetic waves from the headlamp 19 toward the ETC antenna 22.

  The ETC antenna 22 has a reception surface of the ETC antenna 22 with respect to the horizontal plane X at a predetermined angle θ (for example, for example) in order to satisfactorily transmit and receive radio waves with a roadside antenna (not shown) provided above the ETC gate during traveling. (10 to 30 °) It is preferable to attach it by tilting forward in the direction of travel. That is, from the state in which the reception surface of the ETC antenna 22 is arranged parallel to the horizontal plane X, the rear end thereof is angularly displaced upward with the front end of the ETC antenna 22 as a fulcrum, and the ETC antenna 22 is moved forward by a predetermined angle θ with respect to the horizontal plane X. Tilted. Further, it is preferable that the radio wave obstacle is not disposed in a range of a predetermined angle φ (for example, about 80 °) from the horizontal front side to the upper side when viewed from the ETC antenna 22. The radio wave obstacle is, for example, a metal part, a metal plated object, a metal coated object, or the like.

  Since the upper part of the antenna installation part 20e is covered with the inclined wall part 20b of the front cowl 20, the ETC antenna 22 installed on the antenna installation part 20e via the stay 21 is covered with the front cowl 20. Thus, the front cowl 20 is formed with an antenna arrangement space 23 that is an internal space for arranging the ETC antenna 22. The antenna arrangement space 23 is formed above the upper end portion of the headlamp 19 and ahead of the light projecting surface that is the front end portion of the headlamp 19. An antenna arrangement space 23 formed by the protruding wall portion 20c and the inclined wall portion 20b of the front cowl 20 is formed to be opened rearward.

  When the ETC antenna 22 is arranged in the antenna arrangement space 23, the lower end portion of the ETC antenna 22 is located above the upper end portion of the headlamp 19, and the rear end portion of the ETC antenna 22 is the front end portion of the headlamp 19. It is arranged ahead of. A gap having a predetermined dimension L1 is formed between the front end portion of the ETC antenna 22 and the front cowl 20 in the front-rear direction. For example, the gap L1 is set to about 60 mm. When the length of one side along the front-rear direction of the ETC antenna 22 is L3 and the inclination angle of the ETC antenna 22 from the horizontal plane is θ, the front-rear direction dimension L2 of the protruding wall portion 20c of the ETC antenna 22 is larger than (L1 + L3 cos θ). It is set large. Thus, the ETC antenna 22 can be accommodated in the antenna arrangement space 23 without being arranged immediately above the headlamp 19.

  A cable 22 a for connecting to the ETC main body 34 is formed at the front end of the ETC antenna 22. As described above, the predetermined gap L1 is formed between the front cowl 20 and the radius of curvature of the cable 22a can be prevented from becoming excessively small. Further, the cable 22a extends along the protruding wall portion 20c, thereby preventing the portion of the cable 22a near the antenna 22 from vibrating.

  The stay 21 serves to position the ETC antenna 22 on the vehicle body. With the ETC antenna 22 fixed to the stay 21, the mounting surface of the stay 21 is aligned with the rear edge of the protruding wall portion 20c between the ribs 20f and 20f, so that the mounting angle of the ETC antenna 22 is predetermined. It can be easily positioned within the angular range. For example, the ETC antenna 22 preferably has a left / right inclination with the traveling direction as the rotational axis within an angular range within ± 5 ° from the horizontal, and rotation with the vertical direction as the rotational axis is ± 5 ° with respect to the traveling direction. It is preferable to be within the range of the angle within. Moreover, it is preferable that the metal member (bolt etc.) is not arrange | positioned in ETC antenna 22 in the range of +/- 40 degree | times with respect to the advancing direction from a viewpoint of electromagnetic wave reception.

  Since the bolts B1 to B3 for fixing the windshield 24 are not attached to the center of the front cowl 20 in the left-right direction, a metal is placed above the ETC antenna 22 attached to the antenna installation portion 20e via the stay 21. There is no made bolt. That is, the metal bolts B1 to B3 are provided above the antenna installation portion 20e at positions shifted in the left-right direction with respect to the antenna installation portion 20e. The antenna installation portion 20e is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction, and the left and right bolts B1 to B3 are disposed at positions shifted left and right from the center in the vehicle width direction. Good.

  The stay for supporting the ETC antenna 22 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 3, and may be configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a drawing equivalent to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the stay 121 according to the modification can easily adjust the installation angle of the ETC antenna 22. Specifically, the stay 121 includes a fixed member 101, a movable member 102, and a pin 103 that connects the movable member 102 to the fixed member 101 so as to be tiltable. The fixing member 101 has a bottom wall portion 101a and a substantially triangular side wall portion 101b protruding vertically upward from both sides of the bottom wall portion 101a.

  The movable member 102 has a shape obtained by turning the fixed member 101 upside down, and has an upper wall portion 102a and a substantially triangular side wall portion 102b protruding vertically downward from both sides of the upper wall portion 102a. The side wall portion 101b of the fixed member 101 and the side wall portion 102b of the movable member 102 are pivotally supported by a pin 103 having an axis in the left-right direction in a state where they are overlapped with each other. Therefore, the movable member 102 tilts forward and backward with the pin 103 as a fulcrum with respect to the fixed member 102. The bottom wall portion 101a of the fixed member 101 is fixed to the antenna installation portion 20e by a fixing member (for example, a double-sided tape), and the ETC antenna 22 is fixed to the upper surface of the upper wall portion 102a of the movable member 102 (for example, a double-sided surface). Fixed by tape).

  FIG. 5 shows the meter unit 18 and the bracket 25 of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the meter unit 18 is disposed inside the front cowl 20 and the windshield 24. In the meter unit 18, a speedometer 41 and a rotational speed meter 42 are arranged side by side. One indicator 43 is provided between the speedometer 41 and the tachometer 42, and four indicators 44 are provided on the right side of the tachometer 42 on the right. These indicators 43 and 44 include lighting / flashing lamps including a display unit of a direction indicator, a high beam display unit of a headlamp, and other display units. An indicator is not provided on the left side of the speedometer 41 on the left.

  The meter unit 18 is supported by a bracket 25. The bracket 25 is formed by integrating a metal plate, a metal rod, or the like by welding or the like, and also supports the front cowl 20 and the headlamp 19. The bracket 25 is provided with a plate-like indicator mounting base 26 below the speedometer 41 when viewed from the driver. An ETC indicator 27 is fixed to the indicator mounting base 26 by a fixing member (for example, double-sided tape). The ETC indicator 27 has a display portion 27a which is a lighting / flashing lamp on the tip surface facing the driver. The ETC indicator 27 lights in green when an ETC card is inserted into the ETC main body 34 described later, lights in red when no ETC card is inserted, and blinks green when passing through the ETC gate. Yes.

  Further, around the meter unit 18, a resin cover member 28 having an opening 28 a along the contour of the meter unit 18 is provided. The cover member 28 is provided in a region that covers the ETC indicator 27 from above, and has a window portion 28 b that exposes the display portion 27 a of the ETC indicator 27. According to such a configuration, while the many indicators 44 are concentrated on the right side of the meter unit 18, the ETC indicator 27 is arranged on the left side, so that the driver can connect the ETC indicator 27 to the other indicators 44. It becomes easy to distinguish and distinguish.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the storage space as seen from the diagonally left rear side with the seat 7 of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. 1 removed. As shown in FIG. 6, a storage space 16 surrounded by a rear fender 15 is provided below the seat 7 (see FIG. 1). The rear end of the fuel tank 6 is provided with a locked hole 6a, and the frame 32 behind the rear fender 15 is also provided with a locked hole 33 to lock the seat 7 (see FIG. 1). A protrusion (not shown) is inserted and locked in the locked holes 6a and 33, so that the seat 7 (see FIG. 1) is detachably locked to the vehicle body and the storage space 16 is closed.

  The rear fender 15 is connected to the rear wheel 10 (FIG. 1) in succession to the bottom wall portion 15a, a pair of side wall portions 15b protruding upward from both side ends of the bottom wall portion 15a, and the rear ends of the bottom wall portion 15a and the side wall portions 15b. And an arcuate rear wall portion 15c extending in an arch shape from the rear end of the bottom wall portion 15a obliquely upward and rearward along the outer shape of the reference wall. The rear fender 15 has a front opening 15d. That is, the rear fender 15 has a shape in which the upper part of the front wall is opened. An air cleaner box 14 is disposed so as to face the front opening 15d from the front. The air cleaner box 14 includes a main body portion 14a in which an air cleaner element (not shown) is accommodated, a plate-like lid portion 14b that faces the storage space 16 by closing a rear opening of the main body portion 14a, and a plate-like lid portion. 14b and a bolt B4 for fixing the main body 14a to the main body 14a. The rear wall surface 14 c of the plate-like lid portion 14 b is a substantially vertical surface whose normal is directed rearward, and also serves as the front wall surface of the storage space 16. Note that an air inlet and an air outlet (not shown) of the air cleaner box 14 are provided on the front wall and the side wall of the main body portion 14a.

  A rear wall surface 14c of the plate-like lid portion 14b of the air cleaner box 14 serves as a main body installation portion (hereinafter, reference numeral 14c is also referred to as a “main body installation portion”) for installing the ETC main body 34. Specifically, a plate-like vibration absorbing pad 30 made of urethane or the like is fixed to the main body setting portion 14c with a fixing member (for example, double-sided tape), and the ETC main body 34 is fixed to the rear surface of the vibration absorbing pad 30. It fixes with a member (for example, double-sided tape).

  The ETC main body 34 is provided with a lid 34a supported at the lower end so as to be rotatable at the storage space 16 side, and an ETC card (not shown) can be inserted by opening and closing the lid 34. It is like that. The ETC main unit 34 is electrically connected to the ETC antenna 22, the ETC indicator 27, and a battery (not shown), and is used in a state where an ETC card (not shown) is inserted. The ETC main unit 34 uses the power from the battery (not shown) to perform recognition processing of the ETC card (not shown), processing of signals wirelessly communicated with the outside by the ETC antenna 22, and the like. The display information regarding the processing contents is output to the ETC indicator 27 (see FIG. 5).

  According to the configuration described above, the antenna installation portion 20e is disposed above and in front of the headlamp 19, so that the heat from the headlamp 19 does not easily reach the ETC antenna 22, and the durability of the ETC antenna 22 is improved. Improves. Further, since the antenna installation portion 20e is provided at a position facing the internal space of the front cowl 20, the appearance of the motorcycle 1 is kept good. Furthermore, since the headlamp 19 is not directly under the antenna installation portion 20e, the electromagnetic influence from the headlamp 19 hardly reaches the ETC antenna 22 attached to the antenna installation portion 20e, and the communication reliability of the ETC antenna 22 is improved. .

  Further, the bulging portion 20b protruding toward the front of the front cowl 20 is cooled by traveling wind, and the temperature rise of the ETC antenna 22 installed therein is suppressed, so that the durability of the ETC antenna 22 is further improved. Can be made. Moreover, since the bulging part 20b provided with the antenna installation part 20e protrudes forward from the upper edge part of the opening part 20a, it is possible to avoid the ETC antenna 22 installed in the interior and other parts. . Further, since the reinforcing rib 20f also serves as a mark of the place where the stay 21 supporting the ETC antenna 22 is installed, the stay 21 and the ETC antenna can be used even when a retrofit operation is performed by a user or a dealer. 22 can be easily installed in the correct position. Further, since the bolts B1 to B3 for fixing the windshield 24 to the front cowl 20 are provided at positions avoiding the upper side of the antenna installation portion 20e, the bolts B1 to B3 made of metal are used to transmit radio waves received by the ETC antenna 20. A good radio wave environment can be secured without being an obstacle.

  Furthermore, since the seat 7 that closes the storage space 16 in which the ETC main body 34 is accommodated is detachably locked to the vehicle body, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated lock device for protecting the ETC main body 34 from theft. Further, since the main unit installation portion 14c is provided on a substantially vertical side wall surface facing the storage space 16, the storage device 14c is provided with a storage space that is smaller than that provided on the bottom wall portion 15a or the inclined arcuate rear wall portion 15c. It becomes easy to take out the luggage in the space 16. Furthermore, since the ETC main body 34 is attached to the air cleaner box 14 through which the air taken in from the outside flows, the air cleaner box 14 exhibits a heat dissipation effect. Further, since the air cleaner box 14 is provided at a position that becomes the front wall of the storage space 16, heat from the engine 12 is hardly transmitted to the ETC main body 34 by the air cleaner box 14, and is connected to the cable of the ETC main body 34. Can afford. Therefore, heating of the ETC main body 34 can be suppressed. Further, since the plate-like lid portion 14b to which the ETC main body 34 is attached can be easily detached from the main body portion 14a by removing the bolt B4, maintenance of the ETC main body 34 can be easily performed.

  The antenna installation portion for attaching the stay that supports the ETC antenna 22 is not limited to the above-described location, and the meter unit 18, the headlamp 19, and the like can be used as long as the ETC antenna 22 can be disposed above and in front of the headlamp 19. You may provide in the windshield 24 etc. or the support member connected to them. Alternatively, the ETC antenna 22 may be directly attached to the front cowl 20 without using a stay. Further, the front cowl 20 of the present embodiment is a so-called bikini cowl type, but other types of cowls may be used. The antenna provided in the antenna installation unit 20e of this embodiment is for ETC, but other wireless communication antennas (for example, GPS antenna, mobile phone antenna, inter-vehicle communication antenna, Bluetooth (registered) Trademark) antenna, RFID antenna, etc.).

  Further, the front cowl 20 may be formed with an opening through which traveling wind passes between the ETC antenna 22 and the headlamp 19. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent heat from being transmitted from the headlamp 19 to the ETC antenna 22 by the traveling wind from the opening flowing on the headlamp 19. Moreover, although the attachment position of the stay 21 is prescribed | regulated by the rib 20f, an attachment position may be prescribed | regulated in parts other than a rib. For example, a columnar convex portion may be formed on the inner surface of the front cowl 20, a concave portion into which the stay 21 is fitted may be formed, or an indication indicating the attachment position of the stay 21 may be attached.

  As described above, the motorcycle according to the present invention has an excellent effect of improving the durability and communication reliability of the antenna while maintaining a good appearance, and is beneficial when widely applied to motorcycles equipped with ETC and the like. It is.

1 is a right side view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part when the inside of a front cowl of the motorcycle shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a principal part of an ETC antenna installed on a front cowl of the motorcycle shown in FIG. It is drawing equivalent to FIG. 3 of a modification. It is drawing which shows the meter unit and bracket of the motorcycle shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the storage space seen from diagonally left rear with the seat of the motorcycle shown in FIG. 1 removed.

1 Motorcycle 7 Seat 14 Air Cleaner Box 14c Rear Wall (Main Unit Installation Section)
15 rear fender 16 storage space 19 head lamp 19a light emitting surface 20 front cowl 20 ETC antenna 20a opening 20b bulging part 20e antenna installation part 20f rib 22 antenna 24 windshield 30 vibration absorbing pad 34 ETC main unit B1-B4 bolt (metal) Element)

Claims (7)

A motorcycle including a headlamp and a front cowl provided with an opening that exposes a light projecting surface of the headlamp,
The front cowl has an inclined wall portion extending obliquely upward and rearward from the front end,
An antenna installation part for installing an antenna for wireless communication is provided in the inner space covered with the front cowl and inside the inclined wall part ,
The antenna installation part than said headlamp is disposed upwardly and away forwardly, wherein the antenna installation part, and wherein the Rukoto mounted tilted forward toward the traveling direction of the antenna reception surface Motorcycle. The front cowl has a bulging portion that bulges forward from the upper edge of the opening,
The bulging portion includes a protruding wall portion protruding forward from the upper edge portion of the opening portion, and the inclined wall portion standing in a folded shape from the front end of the protruding wall portion obliquely upward and rearward. Have
Wherein the antenna installation part, the are disposed above and forward of the headlamp in Rukoto provided on the inner wall surface of the bulge portion, the lower surface of the protruding wall portion, which is exposed to the outside of the vehicle The motorcycle according to claim 1. Wherein the antenna installation part provided on the inner wall surface of the swollen portion motorcycle according to claim 2, wherein the stay for mounting the antenna is installed. The motorcycle according to claim 3 , wherein a rib for positioning the stay is formed on an inner wall surface of the front cowl . The motorcycle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the front cowl is formed with an opening through which traveling wind passes between the antenna and the headlamp . A meter unit is arranged inside the front cowl,
The motorcycle according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein an attachment portion of the indicator for the antenna is connected to the meter unit . A motorcycle including a headlamp and a front cowl provided with an opening that exposes a light projecting surface of the headlamp,
The front cowl has an inclined wall portion extending obliquely upward and rearward from the front end,
An antenna installation part for installing an antenna for wireless communication is provided in the inner space covered with the front cowl and inside the inclined wall part,
The antenna installation portion is disposed above and ahead of the headlamp,
The antenna is attached to the antenna installation portion,
Wherein the front cowl, automatic two-wheeled vehicle you characterized in that openings for passing the traveling wind between the antenna and the head lamp is formed.

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