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A dual seat, typical of most modern motorcycles. A motorcycle seat (sometimes saddle) is where rider sits, and may also accommodate a passenger.. The most common type of motorcycle seat is a dual saddle or bench seat, which runs along the top of the chassis and is long enough for a pillion passenger to straddle the motorcycle behind the rider.
Harley-Davidson CVO ("Custom Vehicle Operations") for motorcycles are a family of models created by Harley-Davidson for the factory custom market. For every model year since the program's inception in 1999, Harley-Davidson has chosen a small selection of its mass-produced motorcycle models and created limited-edition customizations of those platforms with larger-displacement engines, costlier ...
Motorbike coaster ride vehicle. The Vekoma Motorbike Coaster consists of a train with nine cars, each consisting of two motorcycle seats. Each seat was designed to replicate the seating on a motorcycle, and allows free upper body movement. After dispatching from the station, the train is hydraulically launched into a twisting layout.
When BMW ended production of the R1200C lineup, Dr. Herbert Diess, then President BMW Motorrad, cited a prime reason for discontinuing the bike was the apparent unsuitability of the 1,170 cc (71 cu in), 61 hp (45 kW) engine to then current market tastes and the unavailability of a suitable engine for further development, but did not rule out BMW pursuing a reinterpretation of the cruiser idea ...
Whether the term saddle or seat is used seems to relate to the type of seat and the regional usage. It seems from my reading that the term saddle is usually only applied to a "sprung saddle" and seat is applied to the "dual seat/benchseat". As for seats being attached BEHIND the fuel tank, that is certainly not the case with stepthroughs or ...
A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a motorcycle or moped. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion". The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for "little rug", pillean , from the Latin pellis , "animal skin". [ 4 ]
A sidecar motorcycle is a three-wheeled vehicle with the side wheel not directly aligned with the rear motorcycle wheel, and is usually powered by the rear wheel only. This is different from a motor tricycle (trike), where both rear wheels are powered and share a common axle. However, either P.V. Mokharov of the Soviet Union or H.P. Baughn of ...
Each row seats two passengers, one on the motorcycle itself and one in the sidecar. [25] Each motorbike has speakers that provide theming to the attraction, similar to The Incredible Hulk Coaster and the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, with a score inspired by the compositions of the Harry Potter films, especially those of John Williams.