SADDLED VEHICLE

DRIVE November 30, 2016
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An object of the present invention is to provide a saddled vehicle which can instantaneously apply engine brake while travelling at the automatic gear ratio control in accordance with the driver' demand as well as can dispense with a separate dedicate operation means and a separate special operation for applying the engine brake. According to the present invention, there is provided a saddled vehicle driven by a driver sitting on a saddle seat with steering a bar handle comprising a bar handle on both tip ends of which are provided with a grasping grip to be grasped by a driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation; a first brake means and a second brake means including two operation means for performing a braking operation; a gradient detection means for detecting a road gradient during travel of a vehicle; and a deceleration adjustment means for automatically adjusting the deceleration of the vehicle in accordance with the road gradient detected by the gradient detection means characterized in that the saddled vehicle further comprises a driver's demand judgment means for judging the deceleration of the vehicle demanded by the driver in accordance with operation conditions of the first brake means and the second brake means and the road gradient detected by the gradient detection means, and that the deceleration adjustment means is able to control the vehicle on the basis of the deceleration judged by the driver's demand judgment means.

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