LEANING VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE LEANING VEHICLE

A control device, in accordance with a manipulation on a mode transition manipulation part, selects an engine mode associated with an output control characteristics are associated. The control device, in a manual gear shift status, selects an engine mode from among plural selectable MT engine mode options in accordance with a manipulation on the mode transition manipulation part, and in an automatic gear shift status in which a gear stage is shifted up or down in accordance with a traveling state, selects an engine mode from among plural AT engine mode options in accordance with a manipulation on the mode transition manipulation part, the plural AT engine mode options being prepared in such a manner that the number of times a manipulation needs to be performed in order to transition to any of the plural AT engine mode options is smaller as compared to that in an MT engine mode.