Patent ID: 8146698

Claim:
A motorcycle comprising: a body frame comprising left and right seat rails which are spaced apart from one another and provided to support a seat thereon; an engine mounted on said body frame, said engine comprising an engine body; a wheel brake; a manually operable brake operating element which is fluidly connected to said wheel brake; and a brake-by wire system comprising: an operation amount detector for detecting an amount of force applied to the brake operating element; a fluid pressure-generating unit capable of generating a fluid pressure independently from an operation of said brake operating element, a pressure-regulating unit interposed between said fluid pressure-generating unit and a wheel brake for regulating an output fluid pressure of said fluid pressure-generating unit and applying the regulated fluid pressure to said wheel brake, and a control unit for controlling the operation of said pressure-regulating unit on the basis of a signal from said operating amount detector, said pressure-regulating unit being disposed on the rear side of said engine body, wherein as seen in a top plan view thereof, said fluid pressure-generating unit is disposed between and supported by said left and right seat rails.