Road Motorcycles

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Road motorcycles are motorcycles designed for being ridden on paved roads. They feature smooth tires with a light tread pattern and engines generally in the 125 cc and over range. What is the speed most of these bikes can reach?

• 75 mph
• 90 mph
• 100 mph plus

2. One style of Road motorcycles is the Cruiser. These motorcycles mimic the style of American machines from the 1930s to the early 1960s. What is a feature of this riding style?

• The riding position always places the feet forward.
• The riding position places the feet towards the back, the hands low and the spine inclined forward.
• A more relaxed, more upright seating position.

3. Chopper-style motorcycles would be categorized as a type of cruiser.

• True or False?

4. Cruisers are often modified to suit the owner's ideals, and as such are a source of pride and accomplishment. What is the modification name?

• Custom
• Ideal
• Special

5. Sport bikes, sometimes called performance bikes are typically much smaller and lighter than cruisers, and are essentially consumer versions of the motorcycles used in production-based forms of Motorcycle sport road racing. What are these bikes also known as?

• “crotch rockets”
• “rice rockers”
• “motor torpedoes”

6. The bikes are designed with an emphasis on handling and speed.

• True or False?

7. Sport bikes are almost invariably capable of very low speeds as compared to most vehicles, with great stability in corners.

• True or False?

8. Motorcycle manufacturers have brought specific models designed to address the particular needs of long-distance touring and heavy commuting riders to market. What are these bikes called?

• Interstate
• Touring
• Low Speed

9. Also known as a "standard" or "street bike", this is the basic form of the motorcycle stripped down to its fundamental parts. What are these bikes called?

• Mom’s bike
• Naked bike
• Home bike

10. Large engine displacement versions of “street” motorcycles, especially those built in Japan, are often referred to as what?

• “muscle” bike
• “hippie” bike
• “moonraker” bike

Check Your Answers

• 1. 100 mph plus
• 2. The riding position always places the feet forward.
• 3. True
• 4. Custom
• 5.. “crotch rockets”
• 6. True
• 7. False. High speeds
• 8. Touring
• 9. Naked bike
• 10. “muscle” bike

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