Motorcycles

Motorcycles

Any two-wheeled motor vehicle that can carry either one or two passengers.

Industry: Automotive

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Touring

Automotive; Motorcycles

Travelling on a motorcycle to visit what's over the next hill. Carried to extreme, some motorcyclists tour up to 50,000 miles a year.

Lane Splitting is the process of riding your motorcycle in the same lane with cars or other motorcycles. Normally it is done at low speeds with cars stopped or nearly so. California is a state that ...

Touring bike

Automotive; Motorcycles

Any motorcycle that you can take on a tour. Normally, it has a fairing, saddlebags, and requires little maintenance. However, any bike can be used for touring.

Laughlin

Automotive; Motorcycles

Laughlin is a rally held in Nevada near the Arizona border in late April.

Leathers

Automotive; Motorcycles

Motorcyclists wear their leathers. They wear as much leather as possible to protect them from the elements and the ground, should they fall. This means leather jackets, chaps, gloves, boots, and ...

Trials

Automotive; Motorcycles

Trials, or Observed Trials, is a form of off-road racing where the course is made up of a series of observed sections that contain natural obstacles such as mud, water, rocks, and logs. The ...

Left-turner accidents

Automotive; Motorcycles

The most frequent motorcycle/automobile accidents are collisions of motorcycles with left-turning drivers. These Left-Turner Accidents are the leading cause of death of motorcyclists. Slow down ...