Definition of Motorcycle

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Motorcycle

A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.).

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Motorcycle Quotations

Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think.
Hugh Laurie

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
Evel Knievel

If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.
Evel Knievel

So if one, or two, or a handful of guys sells drugs for their own personal gain and profit who just so happens to be a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, we want that same consideration.
Chuck Zito

When I was old enough to ride a motorcycle and got my license, I bought a '69 Sportster.
Chuck Zito

You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.
Henry Winkler

I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.
David R. Ellis

And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of.
Duane G. Carey

When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.
Chantal Kreviazuk

Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.
Walter Salles

Motorcycle Translations

motorcycle in Afrikaans is motorfiets
motorcycle in Danish is motorcykel
motorcycle in Dutch is motor, motorfiets
motorcycle in French is motocyclette
motorcycle in German is Motorrad
motorcycle in Italian is motocicletta
motorcycle in Norwegian is motorsykkel
motorcycle in Portuguese is motocicleta
motorcycle in Spanish is moto

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