Its visual appeal is a major factor, with its engine and elements visible, it appeals strongly to the riders. Its design is a powerful attractant.
MOTORBIKES are heartthrobs in the automotive world. It would not be an over statement that 90 percent of people who start earning buy a motor bike as a first means to travel. One reason can be attributed to the fact that they can take their feet off the ground and flutter away easy on their vehicles. Motorcycles provide a convenient and relatively inexpensive alternative to automobiles. Another reason being they are more maneuverable than automobiles and they deliver higher fuel economy.
This convenient mode of transport has earned many titles from every generation thanks to the different people riding the devil. Some have termed it as a killer vehicle, some as heartthrobs and some as freedom machines. If one counts the first two wheeled with steam propulsion as being a motorcycle, then the first ones were American. One such machine was demonstrated at fairs and circuses in the eastern US in 1867, built by Sylvester Howard Roper of Roxbury, Massachusetts. There is an existing example of a Roper machine dated 1869. It`s powered by a charcoal-fired two-cylinder engine, whose connecting rods directly drive a crank on the rear wheel. Now a macho bike and a pretty girl on the pillion seat are considered to be traits of a real man.
Bikes have more importantly become a symbol of manhood the macho a bike is, the better he is considered. Different groups have lived their times and helped in altering the image and perspective bikes were used for. From a mode of conveyance to their journey to machines made for style, these monster on road have come a long way.
We in our discussion are going to discuss topics like its evolution, benefits, their market in India and abroad. Some major manufacturers in India and abroad, some fastest machines of this cadare, accidents and reasons.
Motorbikes are the most widely used mode of conveyance but in order to cover the uncommon angles. We are going to discuss this topic to check the trends the markets have followed with respect to these vehicles.
According to the US Highway Safety Authority, in 2004 15.0 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 69.3 per 100,000.
Bikes were developed as a mode of transport , initially a steam cylinder was added to a bicycle to make it run automatically, in order to commute in a cheaper and faster manner. These machines grew into monsters with time and development in technology. Slowly and steadily from a means of transport they have become a fashion statement. For a student in college it is a proud possession. For student who comes out of his school and enters the college life it climbs the priority list to the top position. Its not the fact that they face problem in commuting, but they find it necessary to be more stylish and an essential of man. Every young blood dreams of his own machine. People find it a symbol of manhood. New, developed and faster bikes have always added to the adrenaline. Manufacturing companies have also done their part to lure the young blood to this breath-taking trade.
Teenagers always live in a world of fascination, and after watching movies like Wild One and Easy rider they are fascinated even more towards them. As in the Indian context you can take for example recent movies Dhoom and Dhoom 2. These movies created a lure for bikes in the Indian market. Hero driving a bike with the female counterpart on his back soon changed the whole scenario prevailing. Motorbikes soon became popular amongst the youngsters.
Having a girl sitting as a pillion on a macho bike soon became a trend and it created a craze for more powerful and more style oriented bikes. All the companies then started thinking apart from the commuter segment and executive segment.
Everyone who starts earning and does not own a vehicle dreams of motorbike as there first means to commute. Not only motorbikes provide a cheap and easy means to commute, they also provide us with a economical means of transport. The mileage a motorbike delivers is far better than that of other automobiles.
Many people find bikes more easily maneuverable, some find them economical and some stylish.
Though bikes are a major source of accidents there popularity has increased with time.
