Interesting motorbike facts that you need to know about


• According to a survey, 75% of the accidents related to motorbikes happens due to the collision with other automobiles. Most of the accidents happens only at the intersection.

• We all loves Suzuki's Hayabusa right? In Japanese, Hayabusa refers to Peregrine falcon which is a rare bird. While hunting its prey, it can reach up to the speed of 290 - 325 km/h.

• Ducati's are known for its desmo engines and for pure power. Ducati was born in Bologna, Italy in 1926. At the beginning, they were manufacturing components for radios which is used in the World War 2. After the war only, they started to manufacture small budget motorized bicycle named Cucciolo.

• Royal Enfield has sold more motorbikes in India than the Harley Davidson sold all over the world.

• A tomato soup can is used for a carburetor by the Harley Davidson for its first motorbike in the year 1903.

• Famous car manufacturer Dodge, built and sold very limited number of motorbike named Dodge Tomahawk in the year 2003.

• In the year 2000, major motorbike manufacturers have put an agreement related to the top speed. According to that agreement, the top speed of the motorbike is limited to 299km/h for safety purposes.

• We know that, Isle of Man TT is known as the motorbike race version of the 24 hours of Le Mans. In that race, paramedics too ride in superbikes to go the crash spot as soon as possible.

• World's largest motorbike pyramid was finished by Indian army's Daredevil team consisting of 10 motorbikes with 201 men.

• BMW was the first manufacturer who has patented and used telescopic forks in the year 1935.

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