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2. Streetfighter (motorcycle) - Wikipedia

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   Made popular by European riders, [6] this type of custom motorcycle gained worldwide popularity, and motorcycle manufacturers responded in the late 1990s by adopting the terminology [7] and producing factory-built streetfighters, beginning with the 1994 Triumph Speed Triple [8] and the 1999 Honda X11, [9] up through the 2009 Ducati Streetfighter.

3. Chopper (motorcycle) - Wikipedia

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   Later-generation builders take the chopper concept but keep the bike small, nimble and performance-inspired while nodding the styling of yesteryear. Some common characteristics of these custom bikes may include tall front end, narrow tires, high-output motor, cradle seat slammed onto the frame, t-bars, mid controls for example.

4. Motorcycle tyre - Wikipedia

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   They are often decorated with custom rims, whitewalls, or tire stickers. Dual-sport tyres have grooves that flow through from one side of the tyre to the other forming islands of tread, they are classified as 40/60 or 60/40 as in designed for time spent 40% on road, 60% offroad and vice versa, 40/60 has much smaller tread islands than 60/40 for ...

5. Motorcycle design - Wikipedia

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   Motorcycle design can be described as activities that define the appearance, function and engineering of motorcycles. Professionally it is a branch of industrial design , similar to automotive design using identical techniques and methodology, but confined by a set of conventions about what is acceptable to the buying public.

6. Yamaha MT-01 - Wikipedia

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   Originally unveiled as a concept motorcycle at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show, strong public interest in the machine led Yamaha to develop a production model, which was released in 2005. [5] [6] The Motorcycle Design Association (MDA) awarded the MT-01 the Open Category award at the 2004 annual Motorcycle Design Awards at INTERMOT. [7]

7. Sports motorcycle - Wikipedia

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   A sports motorcycle, sports bike, or sport bike is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfort, fuel economy , safety, noise reduction and storage in comparison with other motorcycles .

8. Metzeler - Wikipedia

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   Metzeler elephant mascot of the 1990s. Metzeler is a German motorcycle tyre company founded in 1863. Metzeler originally produced a variety of rubber and plastic products, expanding into aviation in 1890 and automotive and motorcycle tyres in 1892.

9. TT100 (motorcycle tyre) - Wikipedia

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   Originally introduced in early 1968 as the Roadmaster K81 rear tyre [6] by Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd, [7] the tyre was renamed "TT100" because it was the first production tyre to reach a lap speed of 100 mph over the Isle of Man TT race course when Malcolm Uphill rode his works Thruxton Bonneville to victory in 1969 with a fastest lap of 100.37 mph during the 750 cc class production race.