A transportation apparatus (1) comprises a frame (12) having an engagement portion or receiving portion (14) adapted to receive one or more occupant support devices (16); and drive means (20) configured to enable an occupant of the transportation apparatus (1) to power, drive and/or steer the transportation apparatus (1). The drive means (20) has a first configuration or position and a second configuration or position, wherein the drive means (20) is closer to the engagement portion or receiving portion (14) of the frame (12) in the second configuration or position than in the first configuration or position.

A leaning vehicle leaning leftward or rightward when turning left or right. The leaning vehicle include a main body, left and right front wheels, a linkage mechanism located between and supporting the left and right front wheels, and a lean actuator connected to the linkage mechanism. The lean actuator is located at least partially further rearward than the linkage mechanism, and at least partially between the left and right front wheels in a left-right direction. The leaning vehicle further has a leg shield located further rearward than the left and right front wheels, with at least a portion thereof between each of the left and right front wheels, and a leg of a driver when the driver is driving the leaning vehicle. The leg shield includes an intermediate portion covering at least a part of a left portion and a right portion of the lean-actuator.

A tricycle that allows riding in adequate conditions over any type of terrain is disclosed, the tricycle having a structural frame onto which a seat and several pedals are incorporated, equipped with a rolling assembly made up of one rear wheel and two parallel front wheels, with the front wheels incorporated into two mounting forks equipped with several respective stems projecting upwards.

A tricycle that allows riding in adequate conditions over any type of terrain is disclosed, the tricycle having a structural frame onto which a seat and several pedals are incorporated, equipped with a rolling assembly made up of one rear wheel and two parallel front wheels, with the front wheels incorporated into two mounting forks equipped with several respective stems projecting upwards.

A leaning vehicle includes a caliper and an electric motor supported at a same position in a vehicle body frame. Provided that a position opposed to a pad in a plate when a left front wheel is located in an uppermost end in the vehicle-body-frame upward direction in a movable region of the left front wheel and a right front wheel is located in a lowermost end in the vehicle-body-frame downward direction in a movable region of the right front wheel is defined as a left leaning end portion position and a position opposed to the pad in the plate when the left front wheel is located in the lowermost end in the vehicle-body-frame downward direction in the movable region of the left front wheel and the right front wheel is located in the uppermost end in the vehicle-body-frame upward direction in the movable region of the right front wheel is defined as a right leaning end portion position, the electric motor is disposed in a motor disposition region spaced away from a movable region of the plurality of link members by a distance equal to or smaller than a distance between the left leaning end portion position and the right leaning end portion position.

A leaning vehicle includes a caliper and an electric motor supported at a same position in a vehicle body frame. Provided that a position opposed to a pad in a plate when a left front wheel is located in an uppermost end in the vehicle-body-frame upward direction in a movable region of the left front wheel and a right front wheel is located in a lowermost end in the vehicle-body-frame downward direction in a movable region of the right front wheel is defined as a left leaning end portion position and a position opposed to the pad in the plate when the left front wheel is located in the lowermost end in the vehicle-body-frame downward direction in the movable region of the left front wheel and the right front wheel is located in the uppermost end in the vehicle-body-frame upward direction in the movable region of the right front wheel is defined as a right leaning end portion position, the electric motor is disposed in a motor disposition region spaced away from a movable region of the plurality of link members by a distance equal to or smaller than a distance between the left leaning end portion position and the right leaning end portion position.

A leaning vehicle configured to lean leftward and rightward when turning left and right, respectively. The leaning vehicle has a vehicle body frame, a seat supported by the vehicle body frame, left and right front wheel units located at left and right sides of the vehicle body frame and including left and right front wheels, respectively, and a front-portion cover located on the vehicle body frame between the seat and the left and right front wheel units, for covering a front of a driver seated on the seat. The front-portion cover includes a light transmitting part that is made of a light transmissive material, and is so sized as to allow the driver seated on the seat to visually recognize therethrough at least a part of the left front wheel unit and at least a part of the right front wheel unit when the leaning vehicle leans leftward or rightward.

A coupling mechanism for a vehicle body having mutually pivotable first and second frames comprises an axle fixed to the first frame, a rotating member fixed to the second frame and rotatably mounted around the axle, and a torsional resistance module that is actuated when the axle and the rotating member rotate relative to each other. The torsional resistance module includes two force magnifying mechanisms connected between the first frame and the rotating member. A buffering member is disposed between the force magnifying mechanisms. When the buffering member is pressed, a relative torsional resistance is provided between the first and second frames through transmission of the force magnifying mechanisms. The torsional resistance has a non-linear relationship with a relative rotational angle between the first and second frames.

A coupling mechanism for a vehicle body having mutually pivotable first and second frames comprises an axle fixed to the first frame, a rotating member fixed to the second frame and rotatably mounted around the axle, and a torsional resistance module that is actuated when the axle and the rotating member rotate relative to each other. The torsional resistance module includes two force magnifying mechanisms connected between the first frame and the rotating member. A buffering member is disposed between the force magnifying mechanisms. When the buffering member is pressed, a relative torsional resistance is provided between the first and second frames through transmission of the force magnifying mechanisms. The torsional resistance has a non-linear relationship with a relative rotational angle between the first and second frames.

A transformable bicycle or tricycle is presently provided. The transformable bicycle has a first seat and a second seat disposed rearward or forward of the first seat. At least one of the first seat and the second seat is transformable and has a planar seat and a planar back. The transformable seat is configured and disposed to transform into an enclosure or into a flat planar bench having the planar seat and the planar back substantially in the same plane.