Saddle type vehicle with display on the steering handle for indicating appropriate vehicle characteristic changes

In a saddle type vehicle, image display indicating that a vehicle characteristic becomes changeable is easily recognizable by a rider. On a display surface 15a of a display unit 15, a basic screen 20 is displayed. At the lower end portion of the basic screen 20, a related characteristic icon 24 and characteristic icons 25 to 27 are displayed. Among these icons, an icon not provided with a white frame indicates that the icon is not selected, and the aspect thereof is not changed. Each characteristic is switched between a state in which the content is changeable and a state in which the content is not changeable, based on the state of the vehicle and/or the rider. An icon corresponding to the currently-selected characteristic is provided with a white frame which indicates that the characteristic is in a non-changeable state. When the characteristic becomes in a changeable state, the icon represents this change as the background is displayed in white and the text or the like is displayed in black.