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Two wheels, one engine, and the fastest way to renegotiate your relationship with mortality.
means A two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine rather than pedals, built for speed and balance over comfort or cargo.
from A straightforward 20th-century compound of 'motor' (from Latin 'motor,' meaning 'mover,' tied to 'movere,' to move) and 'bike,' itself a clipped form of 'bicycle.' As engines got small and sturdy enough to bolt onto bicycle frames in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the machines needed a name — 'motorbike' and 'motorcycle' both emerged as practical, descriptive labels, with 'motorbike' becoming the more casual, slangy sibling of the two.
- top speed class
- some production bikes exceed 300 km/h
- power to weight
- beats most sports cars per kilogram
- origin
- first gas motorbike built by Daimler, 1885
- lean angle
- racers corner at nearly 60 degrees