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The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
As of 2019, the automotive industry in Thailand is the largest in Southeast Asia [1] and the 10th largest in the world. [2] [3] [4] The Thai industry has an annual output of more than two million vehicles (passenger cars and pickup trucks), more than countries such as Belgium, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Czech Republic and Turkey. [4]
The motorcycle market in 2018 saw 1.79 million units sold, with Honda selling 1.4 million. [1] Honda has enjoyed the largest share of the local motorcycle market for 30 years. Honda posted a 78.5% market share in 2018. Yamaha is second, with 15.1%, a figure projected to rise to 16% in 2019. [1] [5] [4]
Thailand's vehicle registration plates are issued by the Department of Land Transport (DLT) of the Ministry of Transport.They must be displayed on all motorized road vehicles (with the exception of royal-, police- and military-owned vehicles), as required by the Motor Vehicle Act, B.E. 2522 (1979 CE) and the Land Transport Act, B.E. 2522.
Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
In Mainland China, two-wheel motorcycles driven on the freeways may not carry passengers. A vehicle must be capable of maintaining a speed of 70 km/h to be driven on the freeways. [1] However, in many Chinese provinces, motorcycles cannot use expressways at all. Macau has no freeways, while Hong Kong operates under different systems than ...
These included 1,955 cars, 3,763 motorcycles, 32 tuk-tuks, 119 buses, and 2 trucks. [6] [3] 7,060 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and 56,740 hybrid electric vehicles were registered in 2021. FOMM was the first car manufacturer to produce battery-powered electric vehicles in Thailand in 2018. [3]