A cabin motorcycle is a fully or semi-enclosed

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. They first appeared in the 1920s In parts of Eastern Europe, they are known as dalniks. These fully enclosed non-production motorcycles used for land-speed record-breaking attempts, such as the

NSU Delphin III The NSU Delphin III streamliner motorcycle set the motorcycle land speed record in 1956. Wilhelm Herz rode the machine to at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, to break 200 mph (320 km/h) for the first time. Its Motorcycle fairing, fairing, de ...

, are known as streamliners.

Manufacturers and models

Fully-enclosed

* Acabion *

Lit Motors Lit Motors Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that designed conceptual two-wheeled vehicles, including a fully electric, gyroscopically stabilized vehicle. Founded by Daniel K. Kim in 2010, Lit Motors designed concepts for two-wheeled vehicl ...

– C-1 (development

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) *

Peraves Peraves AG was a Swiss manufacturer of high-end aerodynamically-enhanced cabin motorcycles. It won the Automotive X Prize for its entirely electric X-Tracer in 2010. By 2019 it had declared bankruptcy. History Peraves AG was founded in 1972 b ...

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Ecomobile The Ecomobile is a cabin motorcycle produced by Peraves AG, manufactured in Winterthur, Switzerland since 1984. History Arnold Wagner of Switzerland received a patent in 1983 for a support device for a single-track vehicle, a requirement f ...

, MonoTracer, E-Tracer,

Zerotracer The Zerotracer is a purpose built Electric vehicle for the Zero Emissions Race which went around the world in 2010/11. The vehicle seats two in a closed cabin, while its driving characteristics are more similar to a motorbike. The race started u ...

(Monotracer launched 1982, approx. 150 sold to 2014, E-Tracer available afterwards)

Semi-enclosed

BMW Motorrad BMW Motorrad is the motorcycle brand of BMW, part of its Corporate and Brand Development division. It has produced motorcycles since 1923, and achieved record sales for the fifth year in succession in 2015. With a total of 136,963 vehicles sold i ...

– C1 (produced 2000-2002, over 12,600 sold) *

Benelli Adiva The Benelli Adiva is the first scooter manufactured as a joint venture between Benelli and Adiva SRL. History The Adiva has an innovative folding metal roof, which together with the windscreen and side wind deflectors, offers excellent weather p ...

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...

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Gyro Canopy The Honda Gyro is a family of small, three-wheeled motorcycles sold primarily in Japan, and often used for delivery or express service. These vehicles are tilting three-wheelers. They combine a tricycle's stopped & low-speed stability with a lean ...

(in continuous production since 1990, 62,000 sold as of 2002) *

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(produced 1975-1982, approx. 22 sold) * The Auto Moto

References

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