POWER UNIT AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE

A power unit includes: a crankcase 24 that houses a shift drum 50, a shift lever 66, at least a portion of a shift shaft 74, and a stopper lever 78; and an oil pan 28 disposed under a lower crankcase 26. The lower crankcase 26 includes a frame portion 26F which is located above the oil pan 28 and to which a cover 29 is attached when viewed in an axial direction of the shift shaft 74. The shift lever 66 is disposed so that when the shift shaft 74 is located at a second rotational position, a portion of a second arm 70 of the shift lever 66 is located lower than the frame portion 26F of the lower crankcase 26 and inside the oil pan 28 as viewed in the axial direction of the shift shaft 74.