Patent ID: 8753247

Claim:
A motorcycle comprising: an engine; a continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley including a first oil chamber and sandwiching a belt due to hydraulic pressure in the first oil chamber and receiving torque from the engine, and a secondary pulley including a second oil chamber and sandwiching the belt due to hydraulic pressure in the second oil chamber and receiving the torque from the primary pulley; an oil pump to feed hydraulic oil to the first oil chamber and to the second oil chamber; a valve including a discharge port to discharge the hydraulic oil from an oil passage connected to the oil pump to at least one of the first and second oil chambers, the valve arranged to open and close the discharge port; and a controller to perform an upright posture control to operate the valve based on a driving state of the motorcycle; wherein the controller includes an inclination determination section to determine whether or not inclination of the motorcycle exceeds a predetermined threshold, and when the inclination of the motorcycle exceeds the predetermined threshold, the controller performs a discharge promoting control to operate the valve such that the discharge port is prevented from being closed.