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two wheels, no airbags, and the closest legal thing to flying without leaving the ground
means A two-wheeled motor vehicle, larger and faster than a moped, that the rider straddles and steers with handlebars.
from A straightforward mashup: 'motor' (from Latin 'motor,' a mover, from 'movere,' to move) bolted onto 'cycle' (from Greek 'kyklos,' a wheel or circle). The word arrived in the late 19th century, right after someone had the bright idea to strap an engine to a bicycle — essentially naming the thing 'engine-wheel' and letting the riders sort out the rest.
- crash math
- Riders die at 24 times the car rate per mile
- lean angle
- MotoGP bikes lean past 60 degrees mid-corner
- power-to-weight
- A liter bike outpulls most supercars to 60
- first one
- Daimler's 1885 model was wooden and gas-powered
- counterintuitive
- You steer right by pushing the bar left
harley-davidson — american motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903, iconic for heavy cruisers
isle of man tt — world's most dangerous motorcycle race held annually on public roads since 1911
motogp — premier international motorcycle racing series with 20+ races across continents annually
ducati — italian manufacturer famous for high-performance sport bikes since 1926