Surprisingly, it’s all true.
What young man has not dreamed of a motorcycle? The motorcycle is really cool, stylish and so incredibly nice vehicle, possessing its own aura. It is not surprising that motorcycle has a number of interesting facts and incidents. Here are just some of the most interesting and memorable of them.
1. Such a legend
The Harley Davidson motorcycles today are considered iconic, and have many fans in the world. Few people know that they break twice as often than the stories of the three leading motorcycle manufacturers in the world.
2. A parade of unprecedented generosity
According to the contract, the actor Keanu Reeves signed with the company, he was owed 15% of box office receipts from the movie “the Matrix”. He used the money to buy a motorbike “Harley-Davidson” for all the stuntmen, who starred in the film.
3. The old men
The rarest motorcycle in the world was found during the dismantling of the old space in Chicago, bricked up behind a brick wall. Interestingly, the engine technology “Traub” was very ahead of its time, and the bike is still in working condition.
4. Doctors on motorcycles
The first who appears in case of accidents in motorcycle racing in Northern Ireland, are special motorace. They travel at an average speed of 290 km/h as quickly as possible to get to the scene.
5. Ignorance of the law does not prohibit
In California you can legally ride a motorcycle on the dividing line between the two cars in different lanes. Interestingly, only 53% of the residents of the state know what’s legal.
6. Motorcycle discrimination
In the Colombian city of Medellin, authorities were able to reduce the number of accidents on the motorcycles fatalities by 39%. They did it just forbade men to ride as a passenger on motorcycles.
7. Buried wheel war
In 2000, the main company-producers of motorcycles reached a mutual understanding to put an end to the “war of the speeds” at which all tried to create the fastest bike in the world. They feared that the speed will be extremely dangerous for motorcycle drivers. Agreed on the speed limit of 300 km/h.
8. The transfer is for the weak
On motorcycles for a very long time was no reverse gear. In fact, it was not longer than the time passed between the invention of flight and landing a man on the moon.
9. Lost innovation
In 1935, German engineers have created a streamlined motorcycle with a motor on the front wheel. Unfortunately, it was only one instance, and his current location is unknown.
10. Who would have thought
Motorcycle helmets were invented by a neurosurgeon. The reason for this was the death of Lawrence of Arabia, who crashed on a motorcycle. The doctor was present.
11. The patent for the growl
Harley Davidson tried unsuccessfully to patent the sound of their motorcycles. During the trial, the representative of Yamaha said, “Between the sound that produces the engine, and sound, which produces our engine, there is no difference. The pistons go up and down. They all sound the same”.
12. The play of meanings
In Japanese “Hayabusa” means “peregrine Falcon”. Suzuki called his motorcycle “Hayabusa”, because the peregrine Falcon preys on blackbirds. This is a reference to the company’s effort to create the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird as the world’s fastest motorcycle.
13. Motorcycle veteran
Harley-Davidson has released a special motorcycle for use by the military during the Second world war. It was copied from BMW.
14. Step to success
Japanese automaker Honda has made its first motorcycle in 1949. After 15 years, Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer.
15. Promoting innovation
Honda produced a motorcycle engine based on an existing automotive V8 engine, cutting off the sides of the cylinders. The result is a V4 with oval pistons and 8 valves per cylinder.
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