Motorcycle

A motorcycle comprising:

• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft accommodated in the crankcase and extending in a vehicle width direction;
• a main shaft accommodated in the crankcase, extending in the vehicle width direction, and located rearward of the crankshaft;
• a clutch including a first clutch member that is supported on the main shaft, rotates together with the main shaft, and includes a plurality of drive plates, and a second clutch member that is supported on the main shaft, is rotatable relative to the main shaft, and includes a plurality of driven plates;
• a first gear provided on the crankshaft;
• a second gear provided on the second clutch member and that meshes with the first gear;
• a transmission including a plurality of transmission gears provided on the main shaft, diameters of the transmission gears being smaller than a diameter of either the first clutch member or the second clutch member, and a transmission ratio of the transmission is changeable from 1st to nth transmission ratios, where n is a natural number of 2 or more;
• a cylinder body attached to the crankcase and extending in an upward-rearward diagonal direction from the crankcase;
• a cylinder head attached to the cylinder body and including a rear wall with an exhaust pipe connection port;
• an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust pipe connection port of the cylinder head, the exhaust pipe including an upstream portion extending in a downward-rearward diagonal direction;
• a starter motor located above the crankcase and rearward of the cylinder body;
• and
• a link gear that links together the second gear and the starter motor;
• wherein
• the starter motor is located above the transmission;
• and
• the starter motor includes an overlapping portion that overlaps with the clutch, as the vehicle is seen from a side, and a front portion located forward of a center axis of the main shaft, as the vehicle is seen from the side.