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  2. Motorcycle land-speed record - Wikipedia

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    The first generally recognized motorcycle speed records were set unofficially by Glenn Curtiss, using aircraft engines of his own manufacture, first in 1903, when he achieved 64 mph (103 km/h) at Yonkers, New York using a V-twin, and then on January 24, 1907, on Ormond Beach, Florida, when he achieved 136.27 mph (219.31 km/h) using a V8 housed in a spindly tube chassis with direct shaft drive ...

  3. Suzuki GSX-R1100 - Wikipedia

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    By the mid-1980s the motorcycle industry was in a period of decline. Honda and Yamaha had engaged in a production war in order to decide who would become the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, resulting in oversupply. Brand new bikes went unsold, stacked up in warehouses and dealers' floors.

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  5. Speedometer - Wikipedia

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    A small permanent magnet affixed to the speedometer cable interacts with a small aluminium cup (called a speedcup) attached to the shaft of the pointer on the analogue speedometer instrument. As the magnet rotates near the cup, the changing magnetic field produces eddy current in the cup, which itself produces another magnetic field.

  6. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    Motorcycle suspension Harley-Davidson: Registered trademark [205] for a line of Harley-Davidson motorcycles with a suspension that mimics the appearance of a rigid frame, and has since been used to refer to motorcycles of other makes with hidden rear suspensions as well as bicycles incorporating a rear suspension. [206] Speedo Swim briefs ...

  7. Harley-Davidson - Wikipedia

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    The motorcycle featured many encased moving parts and was quiet for its day. 1913 Harley Davidson Model 9-B on display at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, Alabama. The single-cylinder motorcycle had a displacement of 560cc, weighed 275 pounds, and had a top speed of 55 mph. 1919 Harley-Davidson military model made for the U.S ...

  8. Burt Munro - Wikipedia

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    Finding work as a motorcycle salesman and mechanic, he raced motorcycles and rose to the top of the New Zealand motorcycle scene, racing on Oreti Beach and later in Melbourne, Australia. [ 1 ] After the Second World War , Munro and his wife divorced, and he subsequently gave up work to reside in a lock-up garage.

  9. Motorcycle fairing - Wikipedia

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    A motorcycle fairing is a shell placed over the frame of a motorcycle, especially racing motorcycles and sport bikes, to deflect wind and reduce air drag. The secondary functions are the protection of the rider from airborne hazards and wind-induced hypothermia and of the engine components in the case of an accident.

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