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What do you consider to be the purest form of motorcycling? Or let me rephrase that; What do you see as the ultimate expression of motorcycling?
Yes, yes I know you ride a Adventure bike and yours is the greatest bike ever but try to be as unbiased as you can and discuss/vote for the bike type you have the greatest respect for.
Post a pic of the best ever bike if you can.
I hope I didn't leave an important class out.
The Adventure bike
Adventure-touring machines are large capacity road machines intended for touring like road tourers but with gravel tracks in mind. They can also be dual-sport machines equipped with larger fuel tanks and or luggage. Their weight and other features precludes them from tackling the extremes of off-road riding, which is the where off-road machines are found.
The Bobber
A bobber is a motorcycle that usually has had the front fender removed and the rear fender "bobbed" or made smaller. This style of custom motorcycle took shape in the 1950s and continues to be built today. Bobbers are related to choppers in that they both represent a minimalistic approach where everything is stripped from a bike that is not readily needed. This includes the characteristic rigid frame and shortened rear fender.
The Café racer
The cafe racer is a motorcycle that has been modified for speed and good handling rather than comfort. Cafe racers' bodywork and control layout typically mimicked the style of contemporary Grand Prix roadracers, featuring an elongated fuel tank and small, rearward mounted, humped seat. A signature trait were low, narrow handlebars that provided more precise control at high speeds and allowed the rider to "tuck in" to lessen wind resistance.
The Chopper
A chopper is a radically customized motorcycle, archetypal examples of which are the customized Harley-Davidsons seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider.
The Cruiser
Cruiser is the term for motorcycles that mimic the design style of American machines from the 1930s to the early 1960s, including those made by Harley-Davidson.
The riding position on a cruiser places the feet forward and the hands up, with the spine erect or leaning back slightly, which many find to be more comfortable for long-distance riding.
The Drag racer
Motorcycle drag racing (also known as "Sprints") involves two participants lining up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a quarter mile long, two lane, straight paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded. The rider to reach the finish line first is the winner.
The Enduro bike
Enduro motorcycles are road-legal versions of a motocross machine, featuring high ground clearance and copious suspension with minimal person comforts. They are highly unsuitable for long distance road travel. They offer several features that differentiate them from their motocross versions such as silencers, flywheel weights, and the presence of features necessary for highway use such as turn signals, mirrors, and headlights.
The Farm bike
These adaptations of trail bikes were first used by dairy farmers in New Zealand from the early 1960s. They wanted a light, simple machine that could be started easily and that would negotiate particularly muddy paddocks and steep hillsides in all weathers. A range of bikes were tried by a number of farmers and they came to use a mild-off-road machine that could carry a good load (mainly a tray for their dogs, instead of a rear seat) that was easy to mount, start and ride with heavy rainwear. Large profile low-pressure tyres with knobbly tread were found best for grass, mud and rocky tracks.
The Flat tracker
High speed oval racing (typically dirt, grass, sand or ice), typically with no brakes, no suspension, at most two gears, fuelled by methanol (not road legal machines).
The Motocross bike
Thus these machines have small fuel capacities, extensive suspension travel, no road legal necessities (e.g. lights, indicators, instruments, etc), number plates for riding numbers, no passenger attachments, etc. Engines can be two or four stroke, typical capacities 250cc four stroke to 450cc four stroke (smaller for youth), as the weight and utility of the power of larger capacities is not needed.
The Naked bike
Also known as a "standard" or "street bike" (see below), this is the basic form of the motorcycle stripped down to its fundamental parts. The emphasis is on functionality, performance, and ergonomics rather than aerodynamic body panels and exaggerated riding positions that are most common on sport bikes.
The Rally bike
Long distance racing motorcycles, typically through deserts for long distances. Road legal machine (like enduro) but with significantly more fuel. Capacities tend to be larger, around 450 cc to 660 cc (two or four stroke), an upper limit is often imposed for rider safety.
The Scooter
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through architecture and either a platform for the operator's feet or footrests integral with the bodywork. Elements of scooter design have been noted in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier.
The Sport bike
Sport bikes, sometimes called performance bikes or "crotch rockets," emphasize speed, acceleration, deceleration, and manoeuvrability. Because of this, there are certain design elements that most motorcycles of this type will share. Sport bikes have comparatively high performance engines resting inside a lightweight frame.
The Sport tourer
Sport touring bikes are designed for riding longer distances, and are typically more comfortable than the average sport bike. Sport touring bikes are typically heavier, less powerful, and less performance-oriented than super sport bikes, but have more storage space, more comfortable rider ergonomics, and better practicality.
The Supermotard
Supermoto motorcycles evolved from motocross and enduro machines (typically 450 cc to 610 cc and more). Fitted with road tires and rims, their other features remain very similar to off road machines. These motorcycles are quickly gaining popularity as street bikes, based on their on-road grip and light weight. Supermoto competitions are usually held over a course that mixes tarmac (road racing) and off road (motocross) sections
The Tourer
Touring motorcycles commonly have large displacement fairings and screens that offer a relatively high degree of weather and wind protection, large capacity fuel tanks for long ranges between fill-ups, and a more relaxed, more upright seating position than sport-bikes.
The Track racer
Variation of the Sport Bike with the main difference being that it is not road legal and completely customised for competitive track use. These bikes are often very expensive necessitating sponsorships and endorsements.
The Trial bike
An extremely specialised form of competition focused on balancing skills and precision rather than speed. Thus low weight and quick power is the priority leading to small (125 cc to 300 cc) engines, often two strokes being used. Seats are unnecessary and affect the centre of gravity so they aren't installed (sometime they are jokingly referred to as banana bikes due to the lack of a seat). Fuel is kept to a minimum so range is very limited.
Info from Wikipedia
Yes, yes I know you ride a Adventure bike and yours is the greatest bike ever but try to be as unbiased as you can and discuss/vote for the bike type you have the greatest respect for.
Post a pic of the best ever bike if you can.
I hope I didn't leave an important class out.
The Adventure bike
Adventure-touring machines are large capacity road machines intended for touring like road tourers but with gravel tracks in mind. They can also be dual-sport machines equipped with larger fuel tanks and or luggage. Their weight and other features precludes them from tackling the extremes of off-road riding, which is the where off-road machines are found.
The Bobber
A bobber is a motorcycle that usually has had the front fender removed and the rear fender "bobbed" or made smaller. This style of custom motorcycle took shape in the 1950s and continues to be built today. Bobbers are related to choppers in that they both represent a minimalistic approach where everything is stripped from a bike that is not readily needed. This includes the characteristic rigid frame and shortened rear fender.
The Café racer
The cafe racer is a motorcycle that has been modified for speed and good handling rather than comfort. Cafe racers' bodywork and control layout typically mimicked the style of contemporary Grand Prix roadracers, featuring an elongated fuel tank and small, rearward mounted, humped seat. A signature trait were low, narrow handlebars that provided more precise control at high speeds and allowed the rider to "tuck in" to lessen wind resistance.
The Chopper
A chopper is a radically customized motorcycle, archetypal examples of which are the customized Harley-Davidsons seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider.
The Cruiser
Cruiser is the term for motorcycles that mimic the design style of American machines from the 1930s to the early 1960s, including those made by Harley-Davidson.
The riding position on a cruiser places the feet forward and the hands up, with the spine erect or leaning back slightly, which many find to be more comfortable for long-distance riding.
The Drag racer
Motorcycle drag racing (also known as "Sprints") involves two participants lining up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a quarter mile long, two lane, straight paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded. The rider to reach the finish line first is the winner.
The Enduro bike
Enduro motorcycles are road-legal versions of a motocross machine, featuring high ground clearance and copious suspension with minimal person comforts. They are highly unsuitable for long distance road travel. They offer several features that differentiate them from their motocross versions such as silencers, flywheel weights, and the presence of features necessary for highway use such as turn signals, mirrors, and headlights.
The Farm bike
These adaptations of trail bikes were first used by dairy farmers in New Zealand from the early 1960s. They wanted a light, simple machine that could be started easily and that would negotiate particularly muddy paddocks and steep hillsides in all weathers. A range of bikes were tried by a number of farmers and they came to use a mild-off-road machine that could carry a good load (mainly a tray for their dogs, instead of a rear seat) that was easy to mount, start and ride with heavy rainwear. Large profile low-pressure tyres with knobbly tread were found best for grass, mud and rocky tracks.
The Flat tracker
High speed oval racing (typically dirt, grass, sand or ice), typically with no brakes, no suspension, at most two gears, fuelled by methanol (not road legal machines).
The Motocross bike
Thus these machines have small fuel capacities, extensive suspension travel, no road legal necessities (e.g. lights, indicators, instruments, etc), number plates for riding numbers, no passenger attachments, etc. Engines can be two or four stroke, typical capacities 250cc four stroke to 450cc four stroke (smaller for youth), as the weight and utility of the power of larger capacities is not needed.
The Naked bike
Also known as a "standard" or "street bike" (see below), this is the basic form of the motorcycle stripped down to its fundamental parts. The emphasis is on functionality, performance, and ergonomics rather than aerodynamic body panels and exaggerated riding positions that are most common on sport bikes.
The Rally bike
Long distance racing motorcycles, typically through deserts for long distances. Road legal machine (like enduro) but with significantly more fuel. Capacities tend to be larger, around 450 cc to 660 cc (two or four stroke), an upper limit is often imposed for rider safety.
The Scooter
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through architecture and either a platform for the operator's feet or footrests integral with the bodywork. Elements of scooter design have been noted in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier.
The Sport bike
Sport bikes, sometimes called performance bikes or "crotch rockets," emphasize speed, acceleration, deceleration, and manoeuvrability. Because of this, there are certain design elements that most motorcycles of this type will share. Sport bikes have comparatively high performance engines resting inside a lightweight frame.
The Sport tourer
Sport touring bikes are designed for riding longer distances, and are typically more comfortable than the average sport bike. Sport touring bikes are typically heavier, less powerful, and less performance-oriented than super sport bikes, but have more storage space, more comfortable rider ergonomics, and better practicality.
The Supermotard
Supermoto motorcycles evolved from motocross and enduro machines (typically 450 cc to 610 cc and more). Fitted with road tires and rims, their other features remain very similar to off road machines. These motorcycles are quickly gaining popularity as street bikes, based on their on-road grip and light weight. Supermoto competitions are usually held over a course that mixes tarmac (road racing) and off road (motocross) sections
The Tourer
Touring motorcycles commonly have large displacement fairings and screens that offer a relatively high degree of weather and wind protection, large capacity fuel tanks for long ranges between fill-ups, and a more relaxed, more upright seating position than sport-bikes.
The Track racer
Variation of the Sport Bike with the main difference being that it is not road legal and completely customised for competitive track use. These bikes are often very expensive necessitating sponsorships and endorsements.
The Trial bike
An extremely specialised form of competition focused on balancing skills and precision rather than speed. Thus low weight and quick power is the priority leading to small (125 cc to 300 cc) engines, often two strokes being used. Seats are unnecessary and affect the centre of gravity so they aren't installed (sometime they are jokingly referred to as banana bikes due to the lack of a seat). Fuel is kept to a minimum so range is very limited.
Info from Wikipedia
