A saddle type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame including a head tube disposed at a center of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction; a seat disposed at a more rearward position than the head tube; a flat foot board disposed at a lower position than the seat and at least a portion of which is disposed at a position more forward than the seat and more rearward than the head tube; a central front cover disposed in front of the head tube; a headlight at least a portion of which is disposed at the central front cover; an inner panel disposed behind the head tube and extending upwardly from the flat foot board; a storage pocket defined by the inner panel; a left-and-right pair of side front covers disposed at a more outward position in the vehicle width direction than the central front cover; and a front flasher at least a portion of which is disposed at the side front cover, wherein the side front cover is formed structurally-independently of the central front cover and the inner panel, wherein the side front cover extends upwardly from the flat foot board and is disposed at a more outward position in the vehicle width direction than the inner panel; wherein the side front cover includes a front cover portion; and the front cover portion of the side front cover extends rearwardly and outwardly from the front flasher; characterized in that the side front cover includes a leg shield portion formed integrally with the front cover portion; an integrally-formed portion of both the front cover portion and the leg shield portion extends from the flat foot board to a position higher than the front flasher; the front flasher and at least a portion of the storage pocket overlap with each other when the vehicle is viewed frontally; the inner panel includes a lower portion disposed at a position lower than the storage pocket and more inward than an outer end of the storage pocket in the vehicle width direction and connected to a lower portion of the leg shield portion; the leg shield portion of the side front cover extends rearwardly and inwardly from an outer edge of the front cover portion toward the storage pocket; and a portion included in the leg shield portion and extending rearwardly and inwardly from the outer edge of the front cover portion includes: an upper portion disposed at a higher position than a flasher opening inside which the front flasher is disposed; an intermediate portion disposed at a height between an upper end of the flasher opening and a lower end of the flasher opening; a lower portion disposed at a lower position than the flasher opening; and the minimum value of a length in a front-rear direction of the intermediate portion when the vehicle is viewed laterally is smaller than the maximum value of a length in the front-rear direction of the lower portion when the vehicle is viewed laterally. a vehicle body frame including a head tube disposed at a center of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction; a seat disposed at a more rearward position than the head tube; a flat foot board disposed at a lower position than the seat and at least a portion of which is disposed at a position more forward than the seat and more rearward than the head tube; a central front cover disposed in front of the head tube; a headlight at least a portion of which is disposed at the central front cover; an inner panel disposed behind the head tube and extending upwardly from the flat foot board; a storage pocket defined by the inner panel; a left-and-right pair of side front covers disposed at a more outward position in the vehicle width direction than the central front cover; and a front flasher at least a portion of which is disposed at the side front cover, an upper portion disposed at a higher position than a flasher opening inside which the front flasher is disposed; an intermediate portion disposed at a height between an upper end of the flasher opening and a lower end of the flasher opening; a lower portion disposed at a lower position than the flasher opening; and