Motorcycles

Motorcycles

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

Industry: Automotive

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On Any Sunday

Automotive; Motorcycles

Famous motorcycle movie featuring Malcolm Smith that popularized motorcycling.

Most motorcyclists don't ride in the winter. However, the Polar Bear Grand Tour held each Sunday beginning with the last Sunday in October and ending with the last Sunday in March, allows riders to ...

rake & trail

Automotive; Motorcycles

Rake is the angle of the fork away from vertical toward the rider. Trail is the distance on the ground between a vertical line dropped straight down from the center of the wheel and a projection of ...

RETREADS Motorcycle Club

Automotive; Motorcycles

The RETREADS® Motorcycle Club was conceived and founded in 1969 by five men through a letters column in a motorcycle magazine. In time, the group agreed they should form a correspondence motorcycle ...

SCRC

Automotive; Motorcycles

The Southern Cruisers Riding Club (SCRC) was founded by Rick Perry (Rickster) as a local motorcycle riding club in the Memphis, LA area. Within five years, the club had chapters all over the United ...

Snell Helmet Rating

Automotive; Motorcycles

The Snell Memorial Foundation rates motorcycle helmets. The rating is based on dropping the helmet containing a simulated head from a height of 10 feet. The "head" must receive no more than 285 Gs. A ...

Soft Tail

Automotive; Motorcycles

A Soft Tail is a motorcycle that appears to have a Hard Tail rear suspension but in reality has shock absorbers that are hidden from view. Harley-Davidson has many Soft Tail models but they call them ...