When Life Throws You a Curve, Lean into It by Gypsy

Champion(s):

classicroadster


Runner(s)-Up:

RalliP


Quiz Description

This quiz is for everyone who likes Harleys, Hondas, Heros, Hayabusas, and Husqvarnas. Just give me the make.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Money Value (% Incorrect): 99 99 75 99 75 75 99 75 75 50 75 99 99 99 99 99 75 99
1 classicroadster 380 87 00
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2 RalliP 65 62 00
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3 CoenM 15 37 00
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15
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4 DouglasLovesVixey 0 12 00
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Questions:

This motorcycle company, based in Kiev, Ukraine, manufactures a bike similar to the IMZ-Ural, which is produced in Irbit, Siberia. Both are known for their off-road capabilities and sidecars. As a former owner of the latter, I can attest that many of the parts are interchangeable.

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Dnepr

This company's innovations included an inside-out wheel/brake design, a hollow swinglever that was also the oil tank, and a Uniplanar chassis.

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Buell

The first patent related to this company is dated September 11, 1900.

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Harley-Davidson

This Czechoslovakian company was founded by František Janeček when he bought a division of Wanderer.

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JAWA

Its 2,000,000th motorcycle, an R1200GS, was produced in May 2011.

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BMW

This Austrian company started in off-road motorcycles and entered the street-bike market in the 1990s. It's been the largest European motorcycle manufacturer since 2012.

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KTM

This company was founded by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio as a manufacturer of bicycles and scooters, but has seen some recent success in road-racing with its 1000 cc sportbikes.

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Aprilia

This motorcycle manufacturer is known for it desmodromic valve design.

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Ducati

This company's GL 1800 has an 1832 cc engine, and, to my unending amusement, an air bag.

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Honda

In 1999, this company produced the fastest production motorcycle, with a top speed of 194 mph.

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Suzuki

This manufacturer is known for its triple-cylinder bikes, including its best-selling 675 cc Street Triple.

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Triumph

This company's first product in 1955 was a 125 cc two-cycle, single cylinder motorcycle copy of the German DKW RT125. In 1994 it created a standalone brand name for bikes intended for the American market.

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Yamaha

This company manufactures high-performance motorcycles and trikes with Chevrolet V8 engines (5,700 cc to 8,230 cc), making them the most powerful in the world.

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Boss Hoss

This company's first bike had 3.9 horsepower. Its newest bike, the H2R, will have 300.

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Kawasaki

This company, formed in 1898 and relaunched in 2008, contributed 100,000 military Model 16 H and Big 4 sidevalve motorcycles to the WWII war effort.

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Norton

This company's factory team took the first three places in the 1911 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.

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Indian

This company's first model came out in 1999 with a 1510 cc motor, the second-largest production motorcycle engine available at the time.

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Victory

This company, originally a maker of muskets (thus the logo), produces motocross, enduro, supermoto motorcycles and mopeds.

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Husqvarna