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The shift from producing aircraft to making motorcycles was more difficult than ABC expected, and their costs – and prices – were higher than the new competitors emerging after 1920. They stopped producing motorcycles after 1923, although some production continued in Germany until 1925.
Motorcycles parked in Lujiazui. The motorcycle industry of the People's Republic of China is the second largest in the world after India with a motorcycle output of 17 million in 2019 [1] this is down from 22,891,700 in 2013, when 39.75% of the total production was exported. [2]
Ariel—50" high wheel bicycle Ariel tricycle circa 1902. The original company was established in 1870 by James Starley and William Hillman.They built wire-spoke wheels under the first British patent; this allowed them also to build a lighter "penny farthing" bicycle which they named 'Ariel' (the spirit of the air).
F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, with AN 6531 sunglasses (1942) Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses.
Raymond Pickrell (16 March 1938 – 20 February 2006) was an English short-circuit motorcycle road racer who won four Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. [1] Pickrell was born in Harrow Weald, Middlesex. [2] During his early career, Pickrell rode for tuners/race entrants Francis Beart, Geoff Monty and Paul Dunstall. [3] [4]
The National Motorcycle Museum occupies an 8-acre (32,000 m2) site in Bickenhill, Solihull, England and holds the world's largest collection of British motorcycles. In addition to over 1,000 motorcycles, which cover a century of motorcycle manufacture, the museum developed award winning conference facilities (The National Conference Centre) in ...
The GP450 has a frame of "Bond-Lite" aluminium, which CCM claim as a world first. The bought-in engine is a BMW 450cc 4-stroke single, detuned from 51hp to 41hp. [ 10 ] Originally used in the discontinued BMW GP450X, the 450cc engine is now built by Kymco in Taiwan.
Riders with two types of motorcycle ambulances in Norway. A motorcycle ambulance is a type of emergency response vehicle which carries either a solo paramedic, emergency medical technician, or first responder to a patient; or may also be used with a trailer or sidecar for transporting patients.