Cowling structure of riding-type vehicle

A cowling structure of a riding-type vehicle comprising:

• a head pipe mounted to the front of a body frame;
• a steering gear supporting a front wheel rotatably, while being so held with said head pipe that the steering gear is capable of pivoting about an axis of said head pipe in a front of said head pipe;
• a pair of side cowls, each arranged at a transverse outside portion of said body frame and having an opening formed therein, each of the side cowls configured in a manner so that the opening thereof communicates transversely to said body frame;
• wherein in side view, said side cowls are lengthened up to the front of said head pipe, and said opening is in such a position that it is level with said head pipe and overlaps with said steering gear in the front of said head pipe;
• wherein each of said side cowls comprises an upper cowl arranged at a top of the vehicle and a middle cowl arranged below said upper cowl, wherein a top end of said middle cowl is located more outside in a transverse direction than a bottom end of said upper cowl, while the bottom end of said upper cowl and the top end of said middle cowl are so located that said upper cowl and said middle cowl overlap with each other in said side view, and wherein at least part of said opening formed in said upper cowl is covered in said side view with the middle cowl top end, located away in the transverse direction from said opening.