Harley Davidson simply began because of two young boys fooling around with motors in the garage; William Harley and Arthur Davidson who were childhood friends who loved fishing but hated the amount of time it took to get to their favourite fishing spots. And so they decided to create a motorized bicycle that would help them get to where they wanted to go to faster. Their youth experiments laid the foundation for what would later become one of the largest and last remaining mass producers of motorcycles in the U.S. Today with over $1.5 billion in annual sales, Harley Davidson remains an American Icon and an example of free enterprise at it’s finest.
It is not only the manufacturers Harley Davidson that is most popular but in fact there are loads of top manufacturers. Today the Japanese manufacturers Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha dominate the motorcycle industry, although Harley Davidson still maintains a high degree of popularity in the United States. Recent years have also seen reappearance in the popularity of many other brands including BMW, Triumph and Ducati. Every small and big manufacturers company has to focus very much on the safety of a bike so this is why I am going to tell you about the safety of motor bikes.
Motorcycles have a far higher rate of crippling and fatal accidents than automobiles. According to the U.S Highway Safety Authority in 2006, 15.0% of cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes while the rate for motorbike accident is 69.3%. The most common type of motorcycle accident is caused by initiative drivers making a turn directly in front of motorcycles. Other leading causes of motorcycle accidents involve unlicensed or untrained riders as well as drunk and drugged riding. Even though statistics appear fearsome, people still desire to ride motorbikes. In courses designed by the motorcycle foundation throughout the United States, the common student justification is ‘the feeling of freedom’. Although they are dangerous motorcycles are a very economical mode of transport, with advantages in ease of parking and ability to avoid heavy traffic. So, in order for motorcycle manufacturers to keep motorcycles selling they must make sure the bikes are 100% safe and make it as least dangerous as possible.
When people think of motorbikes then they think that there is only one type of bike but in actually there are 16 different types of motorcycles for many different uses. The most common types of bikes are the Moped, Scooters, Sport bikes, Cruisers, Choppers and Diet bikes. For all the different types of bikes I’ve just mentioned I will tell you a brief description and what they are used for. Moped bikes are small, light, and inexpensive and also efficient rides for getting around town. It is usually started off by pedalling. Another common type of common bike is the Scooter which is a motorbike with a step through frame and generally was smaller wheels than those of a tradional motorcycle. Choppers are highly customised motorcycles based on a cruiser – style frame with long rakes (longer front forks) and wild paint jobs. This type of bike is created more for show than dependability. Another bike that is highly customized is the Cruiser. It has a range of small to large motorbikes designed for comfort and looks with an upright seating position. Cruisers are very noticeable for their heavy use of chrome. Dirt bikes are off- road bikes that are designed for racing, recreation or sometimes long distance touring in gravel, mud and sand conditions. The most common and coolest are the sport bikes. They are fast, light and sleek motorcycles that are designed for maximum performance for facing or spirited road racing. They are distinguishable by they’re by they’re brightly coloured plastic bodywork and the riders tipped forward seating position. They are also called ‘race replicas’ because of their connection to the racing category for production motorcycles known as the super bike replicas. I have told you a lot about the types of motorbikes so now, I will tell you about my favourite bike.
My favourite bike is the Ducati 1098. I love this bike because in every step of the 1098 development ahs been performance first. Every system, every detail and every part has been studied and pared down to its essence and performance increased to the maximum. The result of the 1098 is that it is the most powerful twin-cylinder motorcycle in the world. The 1098 is also the lightest, fastest stopping, quickest lapping Ducati in history. For the first time ever Ducati Moto GP and World Super bike technology have been combined to create a premier street bike. Although being a powerful bike the Ducati 1098 has been voted ‘Motorcycle of the year’ among the sports models by the readers. The super bike is available in three versions: the awesome 1098, the 1098s and for those who demanded the ultimate in performance with very best suspension, light weight wheels is the 1098 E.C. U . This is just few reasons why I love this bike.
As in every sport there is a person that is good at that sport. I have chosen to tell you about my favourite motorbike Eddre Lauson. He was born on the 11th of March 1958 like Kenny Roberts, an American graduate of the Dirt tracks. Eddre Lauson from an early age was very much a motorcycle star in the making. He first lept to fame by winning the 250cc race in1979 on a Yamaha. His wins in the US super bike championship in 1981 and 1982 were commemorated by the much-prized Eddre Lauson Kawasuk; z1100r replica. His fourth grand prix crown in 1987 for Kothmans Honda made Lauson rider to win the 500cc title in consecutive seasons on different machines. He signed for the Italian Cagiva team in 1990 for one of the biggest fear ever seen in bike sport. The Californians win for Italian factory at the Hungarian 500cc GP in 1991 was the team’s first GP victory in ten years. Factory boss was so pleased that he promptly gave Lauson Ferrari Teftarossa.
In conclusion my opinion on motorbikes is that they are great type of vehicles because they are small and fast and can be driven easily. I have told you many things about motorbikes such as the history of motorbikes, different types of
bikes and my favourite bike. As telling you about these motorbike topics I have told you many facts for example one of the first motorbike company that is still running is the Harley Davidson. I have also told you that there are 16 different types of motorbikes. I hope that I have covered all the different topics that I was going to do and that you have learnt something new about motorbikes because I know that I have learnt tons of new stuff about my topic that I did my informational essay on which is MOTORBIKES!!!!!!!
