The invention prevents a decrease in a bank angle while cornering and
reduces damage incurred to an AMT mechanism when tumbling over. A
motorcycle 1 includes a cylinder block 47 of an engine, a crankcase 49
located below this cylinder block 47, a transmission 55 located behind
this crankcase 49 and provided with a multistage shifting mechanism
having multistage change gears, a clutch for connecting/disconnecting
transmission of rotation when shifting the change gears of this
transmission 55, and an AMT mechanism 63 for automatically actuating this
clutch and shifting the change gears of the transmission 55. Since this
AMT mechanism 63 is located behind the cylinder block 47 and above the
transmission 55, a decrease in the bank angle is prevented while
cornering, and fatal damage to the AMT mechanism 63 can be reduced when
the motorcycle 1 tumbles over.