There is provided a vehicle frame structure for a motorcycle having an
appealing appearance, which structure can be assembled lightweight and
compact in size and at a reduced cost. The vehicle frame structure
includes a head block (2) including a head tube (3), a main frame (11)
forked leftwards and rightwards from the head block (2) to form a pair of
main frame half portions (11a, 11b) extending rearwardly thereof, and
swing arm brackets (8) extending downwardly from rear ends of the main
frame half portions (11a, 11b). An inner frame portion (21) of the main
frame (11) and the swing arm brackets (8) in their entirety or respective
inner portions of the swing arm brackets (8) are integrally formed by an
inner member (19) prepared from a metal casting, and at least an outer
frame portion of the main frame (11) is formed by an outer member (20)
prepared from a sheet metal.