To provide a saddle riding type vehicle that can prevent an increase in the temperature of a drive motor of a drive motor unit.

The saddle riding type vehicle 10 includes: a cylinder head 54 having a cooling air passage 80 for introducing traveling air from a traveling air inlet 81 and discharging the traveling air from traveling air outlets 82, 83 while cooling the vicinity of a spark plug 75; an air intake path 60 connected to an air intake port formed at a rear surface of the cylinder head 54; and the drive motor unit 72 having the drive motor 73 for opening and closing a throttle valve 70 provided in the air intake path 60. In the saddle riding type vehicle, the drive motor 73 is disposed while being offset relative to the traveling air outlet 83.