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A scooter-type motor vehicle includes a vehicle frame having a suspension member and a power unit suspended from the suspension member. The vehicle frame comprises a head pipe on which a front fork is steerably supported, a main frame integral with the head pipe, the suspension member being mounted on a rear portion of the main frame, and an auxiliary frame for bearing part of a load acting on the vehicle frame. The auxiliary frame has a front end fastened to the main frame forwardly and rearwardly of the suspension member for thereby preventing a large load from being applied to the suspension member regardless of the main and auxiliary frames into which the vehicle frame is divided.