Patent ID: 7690472

Claim:
An off-road vehicle comprising: a frame, a plurality of wheels arranged to support the frame, an internal combustion engine including a crankcase housing a rotatable crankshaft, and a cylinder block connected to the crankcase, a transmission arranged to transmit the rotation of the crankshaft to at least one of the wheels, a v-belt transmission housing disposed to a lateral side of the crankcase, a shift lever disposed forward from the cylinder block and laterally to a side of the v-belt transmission housing, and a first seat and a second seat supported by the frame, the first seat and the second seat being arranged side-by-side in a width direction of the vehicle, wherein at least a portion of the engine is arranged between the first and second seats as viewed from above the vehicle, and the shift lever is arranged between the first seat and the second seat in the width direction of the vehicle, and the shift lever is arranged forward relative to a front edge of the first and second seats.