Patent ID: 7736271

Claim:
A clutch controller comprising: an actuator for changing a degree of engagement between drive-side and driven-side members of a clutch that are downstream of an engine in a torque transmission path; an actual torque obtaining section for obtaining torque transmitted from the drive-side member to a downstream mechanism of the torque transmission path as actual transmission torque, the downstream mechanism including the driven-side member; a request torque obtaining section for obtaining torque determined based on a rider's accelerator operation as request transmission torque; and a control unit for performing a first control under which the actuator is actuated based on a difference between the actual transmission torque and the request transmission torque, such that the actual transmission torque approximates the request transmission torque, wherein the control unit performs a second control, in place of the first control, under which the actuator is actuated such that an engine speed increases or decreases to a predetermined engine speed, in an operation range in which engine torque outputted from the engine increases as the engine speed increases.