motorcycling
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thumb|upright=1.35|Three riders on a motorcycle in Tehran thumb|upright=1.35|Motorcycle social activity thumb|thumbtime=12|A video of a person riding a motorcycle Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. For some people, motorcycling may be the only affordable form of individual motorized transportation, and small-displacement motorcycles are the most common motor vehicle in the most populous countries, including India, China and Indonesia.
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20 sectionsContents
- Reasons for riding a motorcycle
- Speed appeal
- Benefits when commuting
- Demographics
- Propagation
- Changes in propagation
- Usage in the developed world
- Safety
- Causes for motorcycle accidents
- Helmet usage
- Subcultures
- Clubs, lobbying groups, and outlaw gangs
- Motorcycle clubs
- Advanced riding clubs
- Lobbying
- Outlaw gangs
- Maintenance
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.35|Three riders on a motorcycle in Tehran thumb|upright=1.35|Motorcycle social activity thumb|thumbtime=12|A video of a person riding a motorcycle Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. For some people, motorcycling may be the only affordable form of individual motorized transportation, and small-displacement motorcycles are the most common motor vehicle in the most populous countries, including India, China and Indonesia.
In developing countries, motorcycles are overwhelmingly utilitarian due to lower prices and greater fuel economy. Of all motorcycles, 58% are in the Asia Pacific and Southern and Eastern Asia regions, excluding car-centric Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “motorcycling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.