Patent ID: 8141673

Claim:
An engine for a vehicle with a saddle, comprising: an engine body mounted on the vehicle, the engine body being mounted on the vehicle with a cylinder block having a cylinder axis (CL) inclined toward a front of the vehicle; a crankcase having an upper case half and a lower case half coupled to each other, an oil hydraulic automatic transmission adapted to change over a change gear ratio by control of an oil pressure, the oil hydraulic automatic transmission being incorporated in the engine body; and an oil pressure control unit including a plurality of control valves adapted to control the oil pressure in the oil hydraulic automatic transmission, wherein the oil pressure control unit is mounted to a rear portion of an upper surface of the upper case half of the crankcase in a position that is directly behind the cylinder block inclined toward the front of the vehicle, the upper surface of the upper case half being arranged at an obtuse angle (OA) relative to the cylinder axis (CL), and the rear portion of the upper case half being higher than a forward portion of the upper case half, wherein an exhaust pipe extends rearwardly along a first lateral side of the cylinder block and the oil pressure unit, so that when the vehicle is viewed in an elevation view toward the first lateral side, the exhaust pipe is seen to overlap the oil pressure control unit.