The Classic MotorCycle
''The Classic Motor Cycle'' is a UK motorcycle magazine originally launched in 1981 with six editions a year as a spin-off from UK newspaper-format ''Motor Cycle Weekly'' (previously historically known as ''The Motor Cycle'') as under then Editor-in-Chief Mick Woollett at IPC, Surrey House, Sutton, Surrey. Editor and driving-force Bob Currie based at Lynton House, Birmingham, was historically a senior contributor in the 1960s to ''Motor Cycle'' (renamed from ''The Motor Cycle'' in 1962) with the title of Midland Editor, and during the 1970s with the same publication, by then using the name ''Motor Cycle Weekly''. Having well-established archival links to ''The Motor Cycle ''The Motor Cycle'' was one of the first British magazines about motorcycles. Launched by Iliffe and Sons Ltd in 1903, its blue cover led to it being called "The Blue 'un" to help distinguish it from its rival publication ''Motor Cycling'', wh ...'' which itself had origins back to 1903, the first edi ...
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Motorcycles
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising, sport (including racing), and off-road riding. Motorcycling is riding a motorcycle and being involved in other related social activity such as joining a motorcycle club and attending motorcycle rallies. The 1885 Daimler Reitwagen made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany was the first internal combustion, petroleum-fueled motorcycle. In 1894, Hildebrand & Wolfmüller became the first series production motorcycle. Globally, motorcycles are comparably popular to cars as a method of transport. In 2021, approximately 58.6 million new motorcycles were sold around the world, fewer than the 66.7 million cars sold over the same period. In 2014, the three top motorcycle producers globally by volume were Honda (28%), Yamaha (17% ...
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