Patent ID: 8157038

Claim:
A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: an underbone frame arranged to provide a concave-shaped space recessed downward in front of a seat of the vehicle; an engine unit supported below the underbone frame and including an engine including a cylinder, a transmission case including a belt chamber, and a V-belt continuously variable transmission accommodated in the belt chamber; an air passage communicating with the belt chamber; and a leg shield arranged to extend substantially vertically along sides of the underbone frame in a vehicle width direction; wherein a lower end of the leg shield is arranged below an upper end of the transmission case; and a portion of the air passage is arranged between the transmission case and the leg shield and between the upper end of the transmission case and a lower end of the transmission case; wherein the portion of the air passage overlaps with the cylinder in a side view of the vehicle, and the portion of the air passage that overlaps with the cylinder in the side view of the vehicle is positioned forward of a foremost portion of the transmission case.