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15 unusual facts about motorcycle


...Best II

The UK and European release of the record featured the right half of a 1960s biker couple photograph by Dennis Hopper on its sleeve, with Best...I completing the picture; the U.S. sleeve was designed by singer Morrissey and once again features Richard Davalos, co-star of East of Eden (other shots of Davalos grace the covers of Strangeways, Here We Come and the U.S. edition of Best...I).

Abu Faraj al-Libbi

According to the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) reports, he was riding pillion on a motorbike when he and his driver were ambushed by Pakistani agents, some of whom were wearing burqas.

Alex Kidd

During the game, Alex can collect "Baums" (the currency of Miracle World) which can then be used to purchase extra lives, items, power-ups and vehicles for Alex Kidd from shops at the start of several stages, such as the Sukopako Motorcycle and "peticopter" (a small pedal-powered helicopter).

Amy Records

Paul Simon, (pre-dating Simon & Garfunkel), together with children's music producer and songwriter Bobby Susser, released records in 1961 and 1962 under the names Tico and The Triumphs with "Motorcycle" (Amy 835 charted #97) and Jerry Landis with "Lone Teen Ranger" (Amy 875 charted #99") with little success as did garage band Kinetic Energy with their version of Dale Hawkins 1957 hit "Susie Q" (Amy 11,028) in 1969.

Barnstable Police Department

Motorcycle The Motorcycle unit is primarily used to augment and offset the patrol unit in the summer season and it is used at special events.

Best...I

The UK and European release of the record featured the left half of a 1960s biker couple photograph by Dennis Hopper on its sleeve, with ...Best II completing the picture; the U.S. sleeve was designed by singer Morrissey and features Richard Davalos, co-star of East of Eden.

Chubby Dudley

He debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling, the forerunner to Extreme Championship Wrestling, in the early 1990s as E.Z. Ryder, a biker character.

Kayempur

Van, Bicycle, Motorcycle are the main forms of transportation used within the village.

Ketagalan Boulevard

Motorcycles and bicycles were banned from Chieh-shou Road and a section of Chongqing South Road right in front of the Presidential Building.

Laverda

The SFC "Series 15,000" was featured in the Guggenheim Museum in New York's 1999 exhibit The Art of the Motorcycle as one of the most iconic bikes of the 1970s.

Motorcycle

In Canada, motorcycle rider training is compulsory in Quebec and Manitoba only, but all provinces and territories have graduated licence programs which place restrictions on new drivers until they have gained experience.

Rajgadh

But main route is recently being blacktopped.Other means of transportation are Bicycle, Motorcycle, etc.

Test Drive Unlimited 2

Test Drive Unlimited 2 includes a variety of roads, sports cars, and bikes based on models from a handful of manufacturers; It also includes four wheel drive SUVs, a new feature for the series which is looked upon by the community as being subpar.

Virgin Steele

This tour included the headliner performance at the Biker festival "Motorock" in Cremona (Italy).

Wild 7

In the wake of rising criminality and terrorist activities in Japan against Japanese nationals, the Japanese National Police Agency has no choice but to authorize the mobilization of a special Counter-terrorist Motorcycle unit consisting of reformed convicts, ranging from simple thugs, individuals forced into prison for simple petty trouble and former Yakuza henchmen and leaders to combat armed criminals and terrorists.


1926 in Wales

England footballer Dixie Dean fractures his skull in a motorcycle accident near Holywell.

1961 Kanonloppet

This race featured some local drivers who did not compete regularly in Formula One, and also the multiple world motorcycle champion Geoff Duke.

Angels from Hell

A former motorcycle gang leader, Mike (Tom Stern), returns home from Vietnam to resume his life and form a new motorcycle gang.

Armind

From Motorcycle's As The Rush Comes, to such famous names in the dance community as M.I.K.E. and Mark Otten, the Armind label has become synonymous with massive progressive anthems.

Baz Bastien

Later that night while driving home, he collided with a motorcycle on Interstate 376 in suburban Green Tree, Pennsylvania at 12:15 AM, March 15, 1983.

Biker culture

Outlaw motorcycle clubs, also called one percenter clubs or motorcycle gangs

Blackie Collins

Collins died July 20, 2011 in a motorcycle accident near North, South Carolina.

Bradl

Stefan Bradl (born 1989), German Grand Prix motorcycle racer, 2011 Moto2 World Champion

Charles Thomas Brock Sangster

His second son Jack Sangster went on to become one of the most influential pioneers in the British motorcycle industry.

Cimatti

The company is survived by a struggling small group of Italian motorcycle companies, including Moto Guzzi, Aprilia, Piaggio, Laverda and Ducati.

Coluche

Less than a year later, in June 1986, Coluche died when his motorcycle crashed into a truck on a road in the commune of Opio in southeastern France.

Crossplane

The 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle uses the crossplane crankshaft and, in the absence of the 90° bank angle of the V8, must use a separate balance shaft geared off the crankshaft to eliminate the inherent rocking vibration (primary rocking couples) found in this type of crank.

Daryl Beattie

In retirement Beattie took up a role as a specialist commentator with Network Ten on broadcasts of motorcycle racing.

Doug Chandler

John Douglas Chandler (born September 27, 1965 in Salinas, California) is a professional motorcycle racer.

Elizabeth Warrington

In a test administered by Warrington and Tim Shallice from University College London, the short term memory of a patient who suffered head trauma following a motorcycle accident was tested.

Falcon Motorcycles

The first motorcycle in The Falcon Ten series, The Bullet, was a customized 1950 Triumph Thunderbird built out with parts from other rare bikes as well as newly fabricated parts.

Falcon's third motorcycle, the 'Black', was built around a 1950 Vincent Black Shadow engine unit.

Giuseppe Murnigotti

Giuseppe Murnigotti (Martinengo,1834 – 1903) was an Italian inventor of the motorcycle.

GURPS Autoduel

In this setting (by tradition, fifty years ahead of the current time), characters are involved in autoduelling: combat in armed and armored motor vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, or semis.

Harvey Lembeck

The Von Zipper character, leader of the Rat Pack motorcycle gang, was a parody of Marlon Brando's role in The Wild One (Von Zipper reveals in Beach Blanket Bingo that one of his idols was "Marlo Brandon".) Among other things, Von Zipper pronounced his judgments on others by saying "Him, I like", or "Him, I do not like".

Ivančna Gorica

Akrapovič, a Slovenian firm manufacturing motorcycle exhaust systems, is based in Ivančna Gorica.

Lakeside International Raceway

“If you can learn to race a motorbike at Lakeside, you can compete at any race track in the world.” Mick Doohan, 5 time 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion.

LocoCycle

Robert Patrick provides the voice of an antagonist motorcycle called S.P.I.K.E. Additionally, the game features live-action sequences with performance by actors such as Freddy Rodriguez, James Gunn, and Tom Savini.

M56 Kolyma Highway

Subsequent traverses by motorcycle include Simon Milward in 2001 and also Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's round-the-world motorcycle journey in 2004, made into a television series, book and DVD, all named Long Way Round.

Matchless Silver Arrow

The narrow angle of the V allowed the use of a one piece head, a practice utilised by Lancia in its early V4 automobile engines.The rear suspension was a cantilever design using two springs and friction dampers beneath the saddle, very similar to the 1928 Vincent HRD design.

Max Neukirchner

Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in Stollberg, Germany) is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the World Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale R.

Mickey Curtis

Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a racecar driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is a United States national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, and sponsored by the U.S. manufacturers and distributors of BMW, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio/Vespa, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha motorcycles.

Nigusil

Nigusil is a patented metal alloy created by Moto Guzzi for motorcycle cylinder liners.

Palisades Medical Center

On September 21, 2007, actor George Clooney and a companion were taken to Palisades Medical Center for treatment after a motorcycle accident.

Puch 250 SGS

The Puch 250 SGS (Schwing-Gabel-Sport) was a motorcycle manufactured by the Austrian Steyr Daimler Puch AG in Thondorf near Graz.

Roger Hedgecock

In the months before the infamous Altamont Free Concert, security was provided by the local Hells Angels motorcycle club, to whom Hedgecock paid a signing bonus of a case of Jack Daniel's.

Ronnie Leibowitz

The police investigators, searching for a fugitive motorcycle and not a truck, were unable to locate him.

Rover Light Six

The act to promote the new Rover Light Six in a headline-grabbing campaign was the brainchild of former motorcycle tester and pioneer publicist Dudley Noble, in which a Light Six was to race the Blue Train across France from Calais to St Raphael on the Côte d'Azur.

Skycycle X-2

An earlier prototype, the Skycycle X-1 designed by Doug Malewicki and retired United States Navy engineer Robert Truax, superficially resembled a motorcycle.

Swift Motor Company

The Quinton Works with frontages on Quinton Road and Mile Lane in Cheylesmore, Coventry, originally built in 1890 for S & B Gorton for cycle manufacture, was acquired in 1905 by the Swift Motor Company, who made a motorcycle and a motor tricycle in 1898, and a conventional car by 1901 in their Cheylesmore Works in Little Park Street, but needed more factory space.

The Kagestar

Kagestar was assisted his similarly empowered white-skirted partner Bellestar (Emi Hayakawa) who rode a motorcycle of her own called the BelleCar and had a small bell on her bracelet that rang to warn her of danger.

The Rider's Digest

The letters pages are a detailed discussion forum, and the Rider’s Lives column has featured Many 'Celebrities' including Scottish novelist Iain Banks, motorcycle & truck racer Steve Parrish, Prince of Darkness - Damned frontman David Vanian, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and motorcycling MP’s Lembit Öpik and Stephen Ladyman alongside dozens of other riders.

Tochigi Prefecture

The track also hosts many other race events including Formula One and motorcycle races as well as festivals and fireworks events.

Triumph Motorcycles

Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer

Ulster Grand Prix

Thomas Moles, motorcycle enthusiast and Member of Parliament, helped to push through parliament the first Road Races Act, which made it legal for the Clady Course to be closed for the first Ulster Grand Prix on 14 October 1922.

Until December

Bryan Weisberg later formed Maximillion's Motorcycle Club with Tim Huthert.

UTAC

A member of the French AFNOR group of standardization bodies: Union Technique de l’Automobile du motocycle et du Cycle (Technical Union for the Automobile, Motorcycle and Cycle Industries - UTAC)

V50

Yamaha v50 A step-trough 2 stroke motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha

Vinters

Jānis Vinters (born 1971), Latvian rally racing motorcycle rider and farmer

World Safari

Includes a motorcycle trip across Australia, living with Buddhist monks, selling life insurance on the side of the road, and getting lost in a two-cylinder DAF van while crossing the Sahara desert.

ZF Sachs

In the early 1970s, Sachs produced the revolutionary Wankel rotary engine powered Hercules motorcycle.