A motorcycle, which is disclosed in patent literature 1 below, includes left and right side body covers that cover lateral sides of a rear part of the motorcycle, and a rear fender having an upper part covered with these body covers.
The disclosed motorcycle further includes left and right seat rails extending to the rear part of the motorcycle. These seat rails are covered with the left and right side body covers. The rear fender is disposed on rear portions of the seat rails. The left and right side body covers, which rise from left and right lateral ends of an upper portion of the rear fender, cover the rear fender. The upper portion of the rear fender, which has the lateral ends contiguous with the side body covers, is wide enough to prevent splash of muddy water as the muddy water is forced upwardly by the rear wheel.
The size of the rear fender, which unfortunately depends upon a width between the left and right seat rails supporting the side body covers, is too large relative to the width of the rear wheel. The way to address this problem is to provide a technique enabling the rear fender to have a small size regardless of the width between the left and right seat rails.