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The inspiration for the earliest motorcycles, and arguably the first motorcycle, was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Cannstatt (since 1905 a city district of Stuttgart) in 1885. It was the first petroleum-powered vehicle ever, but for the provision of a pair of stabilizing wheels, a motorized bicycle, although they called their invention the Reitwagen ("riding car"). They had not set out to create a vehicle form but to build a simple carriage for the engine which was the focus of their endeavours.
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Britain's Billy Baxter reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1200 cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003. Baxter lost his sight after an eye infection he picked up while serving as a Staff Sergeant with the army in Bosnia in 1997. Billy "The Whizz" Baxter realized he could make an attempt at the blindfold speed record after a skiing trip to Italy. "I realized that if I could ski, I could ride a motorbike again," he explained. With the help of the Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team, he developed a three-way radio communications system involving himself and two outriders behind him.
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Easy Rider (1969): directed by Dennis Hopper and written by and starring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda. Tagline: A man went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere! Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.
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Emilio Scotto of Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the longest ever journey by a motorcycle, covering over 735,000 km (457,000 miles) and 214 countries and territories, from January 17, 1985 to April 2, 1995. When he was nine years old he decided he wanted to wander the world. On January 17, 1985, aged 30, he quit his job, jumped on his Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, affectionately named "the black princess", and with $300 in hand, he headed down the street. Ten years, two months, and 19 days later he returned home to a hero's welcome, having circumnavigated the planet both clockwise and anticlockwise consecutively, visiting 214 countries and 28 territories. On his amazing adventure, Emilo filled 11 passports of 64 pages each. He learnt five languages, was imprisoned six times, arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, of being a Russian spy, and of being an agent for Libyan leader Colonel Gadhafi, was accused of being a Rwandan spy, encountered cannibals and contracted malaria – yet somehow he stayed alive! His girlfriend, Monica, joined him in India, and they were married in a Hindu ceremony, before traveling on together.
FIVE THINGS EMILIO USED UP EN-ROUTE
1. 42,000 liters of gasoline
2. 9 seats
3. 12 batteries
4. 86 tires
5. 700 liters of oil
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A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle. Early sidecars were intended to be removable devices that could be detached from the motorcycle.
A sidecar motorcycle is a three wheel vehicle with the sidewheel not directly aligned with the rear motorcycle wheel, and is usually powered by the rear wheel only. This is different from motorcycle trike, where both rear wheels are powered and share a common axle.
The sidecar consists of a frame (which is rigidly fixed to the motorcycle's frame on one side and is supported by the sidecar's wheel on the other side) and of a body. The body typically provides one passenger seat and a small trunk compartment behind. In some case the sidecar has a removable soft top. In some modifications the sidecar's body is used for carrying cargo only (like a truck's platform).
Before the 1950s, sidecars were quite popular, providing a cheap alternative to passenger cars; they have also been used by the army and police. During WWII, German troops used many BMW and Zundapp sidecar motorcycles. On German and Soviet military sidecars, the side wheel was sometimes also driven using a differential gear), to improve the vehicle's all-terrain ability.
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The daredevil motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel is an of My machine'll levitate over ten, eleven odd trucks.
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When Ruth fell off the motorcycle her boyfriend drove on ruthlessly.
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Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a book written by Hunter S. Thompson, first published in 1966 by Random House. The book, Thompson's first, was widely lauded for its up-close and uncompromising look at the Hells Angels motorcycle club, "a world most of us would never dare encounter" according to The New York Times.
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200mph, no hands. Damn that’d be cool right before the part where you die. (A. Duthie)
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle. (Anonymous)
Life may begin at 30, but it doesn’t get real interesting until about 150. (Anonymous)
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death... (Hunter Thompson)
A motorcycle can’t sing on the streets of a city. (Anonymous)
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Smallest Motorcycle: Tom Wiberg of Sweden has built a rideable motorcycle with a front wheel diameter of 16 mm (0.62 in) and a rear wheel diameter of 22 mm (0.86 in). The micro machine has a wheelbase of 80 mm (3.14 in), a seat height of 65 mm (2.55 in), weighs 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) and is powered to a top speed of 2 km/h (1.24 mph) by its 0.22 kW (0.3 hp) engine. Although its size means the rider cannot sit on it in the conventional manner, Mr. Wiberg rode it for a distance of more than 10 m (32.8 ft) early in 2003.
Tallest rideable motorcycle: Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.
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