1. Motorbike Quiz
By Grace Irvine 7C

2. What is a Motorbike?
If you don’t know what a Motorbike is, it’s a powered two wheeled object that is used to get around quick and efficiently without having to do very much. It is powered by petrol, although it depends of what type of petrol is used considering if your bike is a 4 cylinder or a 6 cylinder.

3. The difference between a Bicycle and a Motorbike.
The difference between a bicycle and a motorbike is:
On a bicycle you need pedals to move whereas motorbikes do not.
Although, a motorbike has got a clutch which makes it go, and accelerate.
On a motorbike there is an exhaust; like what a car has.
A bicycle doesn’t need petrol.
For motorbikes/ dirt bikes there is a ‘cc’.

4. Different brands

5. Ducati

6. Yamaha

7. Harley Davidson

8. Suzuki This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

9. Aprilia

10. Ducati
Ducati was founded in 1929 and is owned by an Italian company that designs and manufactures motorcycles. This brand is very different to most companies, leaning towards the fact that all of the motorbikes made are from hand. Factories owned by Ducati make a new bike every single 88 minutes ( 1 hour and 28 minutes). The amount of employees is astounding, and believe it or not, 30% of them are women! Ducati is made to make a big sound, more or less to sound better than other brands, although, in Japan they have made their bikes with a different exhaust, so that it is quieter. To this day we a very lucky to still have Ducati, because in the World War II their factory got destroyed, it took a while, but they were luckily able to rebuild their legendary factory soon after the war and get back to business.

11. Yamaha
Yamaha was established in 1887 by Torakusa Yamaha. It was named Nippon Gakki Company found in Japan, which limited and produced pianos and reed organs at that pacific time. Yamaha was well known for their legendary musical instruments. The year 1955, Yamaha made their very first Motorcycle. The number of employees is astonishing, with 52, 664 people working in their industry; considering the data was takin on December, 31st 2014.

12. Harley Davidson
Harley Davidson was founded in 1903, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States created by the three brothers Arthur, William and Walter Davidson; and their friend William Harley. At the beginning of their industry, the bikes were called ‘Hogs’.

13. Suzuki
Michio Suzuki founded the company of Suzuki in a small Japanese coastal village in the year 1920 and it was initially involved in the manufacture of looms. The first project to build a small Suzuki car was in 1937, with the first motorbike and first series car coming in 1952 and 1955 respectively. Osamu Suzuki has been at the helm of the company for the past 30 years, that’s about 20 years after he actually joined. The company was founded by his wife’s grandfather. Suzuki Motor Corp is a part of the coveted list of ten of the globe’s biggest car and bike manufacturers.

14. Aprilia