Battery layout structure of saddle-ride type vehicle

[Problem] [0002] To enable effectively utilizing space on the upside of a battery in battery layout structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle. [0003] [Solution] [0004] In battery layout structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle provided with a head pipe that forms the front of a body frame and steerably journals a front wheel, a fore cover 60 that covers a circumference of the head pipe and a battery 88 provided in front of the head pipe and inside the fore cover 60, the battery 88 is arranged so that battery terminals 91a, 91b face forward.