A motorcycle comprising a footrest release device, the motorcycle comprising a saddle and a frame unit and the motorcycle being covered by a body cover, wherein the footrest release device is mounted to the frame unit, the footrest release device comprising: a hand pull bar unit, which comprises a base, a transmission member, and a hand pull bar, the transmission member being arranged in the base, the hand pull bar being fixed to the transmission member, the hand pull bar unit being coupled to a mounting bracket of the frame unit via the base; a footrest unit, which comprises a footrest and a constraint assembly, the constraint assembly comprising a coupling member and a constraint member, wherein the constraint member imposes a constraint to the footrest, the footrest unit being mounted to the frame unit by a mount seat; and a control wire unit, which has an end coupled to the transmission member of the hand pull bar unit and an opposite end coupled to the constraint member of the footrest unit; characterized in that the mounting bracket is mounted to a cross tube of the frame unit, the base comprising two fixing lugs respectively mounted on two sides thereof, and a shaft hole transversely extending therethrough at a location above the fixing lugs, the shaft hole receiving a shaft extending therethrough, the transmission member comprising a transversely extending pivot joint section facing an assembling direction of the base, the pivot joint section comprising a bore extending therethrough, the transmission member being pivotally coupled to the base by the shaft set through the shaft hole of the base and the bore of the transmission member, a return spring being fit to one side of the pivot joint section, the return spring having one end supported on the base and an opposite end supported on the transmission member, whereby the hand pull bar is located on the body cover at a lower portion of a front end of the saddle and is exposed outside the body cover. a hand pull bar unit, which comprises a base, a transmission member, and a hand pull bar, the transmission member being arranged in the base, the hand pull bar being fixed to the transmission member, the hand pull bar unit being coupled to a mounting bracket of the frame unit via the base; a footrest unit, which comprises a footrest and a constraint assembly, the constraint assembly comprising a coupling member and a constraint member, wherein the constraint member imposes a constraint to the footrest, the footrest unit being mounted to the frame unit by a mount seat; and a control wire unit, which has an end coupled to the transmission member of the hand pull bar unit and an opposite end coupled to the constraint member of the footrest unit; characterized in that the mounting bracket is mounted to a cross tube of the frame unit, the base comprising two fixing lugs respectively mounted on two sides thereof, and a shaft hole transversely extending therethrough at a location above the fixing lugs, the shaft hole receiving a shaft extending therethrough, the transmission member comprising a transversely extending pivot joint section facing an assembling direction of the base, the pivot joint section comprising a bore extending therethrough, the transmission member being pivotally coupled to the base by the shaft set through the shaft hole of the base and the bore of the transmission member, a return spring being fit to one side of the pivot joint section, the return spring having one end supported on the base and an opposite end supported on the transmission member, whereby the hand pull bar is located on the body cover at a lower portion of a front end of the saddle and is exposed outside the body cover.