Facty facts about Motorbikes.

Its time to get Facty

1. Harley Davidson motorcycles have a failure rate over twice that of the top three motorcycle manufacturers in the world.

2. In 2003 Dodge built and sold nine motorcycles with a viper V-10 engine called the Dodge Tomahawk.

3. Keanu Reeves used his % profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie’s stuntmen.

4. The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running.

5. Motorcyclists are almost 30X more likely to die than other motorists.

6. The first responders to accidents in high-speed motorcycle races in Northern Ireland are motorcycle doctors. They travel at speeds upwards of 180mph to get to the scene.

7. It is legal in California to drive a motorcycle between two cars in their lane (lane splitting) and only 53% of state residents know that it is legal.

8. The city of Medellin, Colombia reduced motorcycle assassinations by 39% when it banned male passengers from riding on the back of motorbikes.

9. In 2000 the major motorcycle companies of the world reached a gentlemen’s agreement to end a speed war of one-upmanship to try to make the worlds fastest production bike, as they feared speeds would escalate to extremely dangerous speeds before it would end. A limit of 186 mph was agreed.

10. In Indiana, Motorcycles at a red stop light only have to stop for 120 seconds, and then they can treat the stop light as if it were a stop sign and proceed through the intersection cautiously. IC 9-21-3-7b-3(D).

Wow isnt that interesting i hoped you enjoyed this post and as always have a chilled day from the Viking


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