A dry sump type lubrication device for a motorcycle includes a four stroke
engine having, in a crankcase bottom, a first oil pump for collecting
lubricating oil and a second oil pump for delivering lubricating oil. A
frame supporting the four-stroke engine and having left and right down
tubes running around the crankcase from the crankcase front thereof
toward a region therebelow is provided. An oil tank is disposed in a
region surrounded by a forward end of the crankcase and the left and
right down tubes, a return passage for the lubricating oil collected by
the first oil pump to be returned to the oil tank. A feed passage for the
lubricating oil returned to the oil tank to be introduced into the second
oil pump and an overflow passage for the lubricating oil in the oil tank
to be returned to the four-stroke engine are also provided.