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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.
The Sunny was a successful scooterette at that time. Bajaj stopped producing it in 2000. The Sunny Zip had a 60 cc engine and had a marginal power increase from its former model. The Sunny was a reliable two wheeler, and its two stroke engine offered a mileage of nearly 50 km/litre. Riding comfort was good and it was quite handsome in appearance.
Mahindra later wound up their two-wheeler business, owing to poor sales. [1] The brand Kinetic Honda is remembered for its legacy two-stroke scooters which were in fact based on the Honda NH series, with continuously variable transmission and electric start, first in India when it was launched (in 1984), and the only in India until the late 1990s.
The old 'East German' factory had become a night club, called MZWerk in 1992. the production had moved to Hohndorf since 1995. [ 5 ] 2009 – Former Grand Prix stars Ralf Waldmann and Martin Wimmer together with his wife Dr. Martina Häger buy the MZ motorcycle brand and found Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH.
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat. [1] [2] [3] Motorcycle designs vary greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising, sport (including racing), and off-road riding.
Mopeds India Limited was a two-wheeler manufacturer based in India that produced and marketed the Suvega range of mopeds through technical collaboration with Motobécane of France. Its first model was the Motobécane Mobylette sold under the name Suvega Super 50. [ 1 ]
It was the first indigenously designed bike in technical collaboration with Ugolini of Italy. 2004 marked LML's transition from a single product company to a multi-product two-wheeler company with three simultaneous launches: the Graptor XL (150 cc), the Freedom Prima (110 cc) and Freedom Prima (125 cc).
Scooter sales in 2008 in the United States were up 41% on 2007, [77] and represented 9% of all powered two-wheeler sales. [78] However, there was a decrease in US scooter sales in 2009 of 59% against2008, compared with a 41% fall for all powered two-wheelers, [ 79 ] while the scooter's contribution to total US powered two-wheeler sales in 2009 ...