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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 .
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, [3] [4] reaching a production of 400 million by 19 December 2019. [5] It is also the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each ...
The Gunbus 410 is a motorcycle produced by German company Leonhardt Manufacturing, and is described as "the world's biggest running motorcycle". [2] The Gunbus 410 is 3.47 metres long and is powered by a 410 cubic inch V-twin engine. [3]
[4] [5] With a production capacity of 5.3 million motorcycles, Astra Honda Motor is the world's largest manufacturer of Honda motorcycles. [5] At the beginning of 2015, around 22,400 people were employed at AHM. [5] Honda has a very large market share in Indonesia, for example 73% in the first half of 2016. [6]
By 1920 Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with 28,189 machines produced and dealers in 67 countries. [27] In 1921, Otto Walker set a record on a Harley-Davidson as the first motorcycle to win a race at an average speed greater than 100 mph (160 km/h). [28] [29]
Motorcycle rider on his Rudge-Whitworth motorbike, Australia, c. 1935. By 1920, Harley-Davidson was the largest manufacturer, [31] with their motorcycles being sold by dealers in 67 countries. [32] [33] Amongst many British motorcycle manufacturers, Chater-Lea with its twin-cylinder models followed by its large singles in the 1920s stood out.
The summary chart includes the five largest worldwide automotive manufacturing groups as of 2017 by number of vehicles produced. Those same groups held the top 5 positions 2007 to 2019; Hyundai Motor Group had a lower rank until it took the fifth spot in 2007 from the at that time split German-American auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler, while Ford became surpassed by Honda in 2020, and even ...
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