The present invention provides a saddle riding type vehicle, especially a motorcycle. The motorcycle has a direction indicator lamp at a side cover, so that the direction indicator lamp is more easily visually recognized from other and the direction indicator lamp is unlikely to contact other motorcycles and the like. A side cover includes a first side cover that covers a vehicle widthwise outer side of a front part and has a front part connected to a front cover and a second side cover provided adjacent to the first side cover as viewed in the vehicle widthwise direction. A support surface facing an outer surface of the second side cover in the vehicle widthwise direction is positioned more on the inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction than a first side surface facing an outer side of the first side cover in the vehicle widthwise direction. The support surface has an opening. A part of the direction indicator lamp protrudes to the outer side in the vehicle widthwise direction from the opening.