Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling

Welcome to WikiProject Motorcycling

We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Motorcycling. This is a child project of WikiProject Transport

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Scope of the WikiProject

The Motorcycling WikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organisation of all Wikipedia's articles about motorcycles and motorcycling (including biographies) of famous motorcyclists and motorcycling pioneers.

Goals

1. Improve the accuracy and quality of all motorcycling articles
2. Develop the collection of motorcycling images on Wikimedia Commons
3. To develop and maintain the Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
4. To finally sort out the Motorcycle history, Motorcycle and Motorcycling articles

Members

Membership list

Please add your name to the end of the list and indicate any areas of particular interest.
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List of members

Please feel free to add yourself here, at the end of the list, and indicate any areas of particular interest.
If you leave this project, or retire from Wikipedia, please move your name to the retired list below. Thanks.

1. Thermos (Motorcycle racing, road racing riding technique, motorcycle safety, Ducatis)
2. Ww2censor (British motorcycle manufacturers, motorcycle racing, motorcycle racers)
3. Seasalt (motorcycle manufacturers, motorcycle engineers and designers)
4. izaakb (Italian motorcycles, motorcycle racing)
5. Orsoni (Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motocross)
6. Pi3832 (General technical info, '80s Honda V4s)
7. Pickle (MX, Enduro, & Trials, off road in general, the UK, governing bodies/sports poltics, etc)
8. Prolog (Enduro, Grand Prix motorcycle racing)
9. Finbar Canavan (Canadian stuff relating to two wheels, the bikes I ride, off-road, Ducati)
10. Trident13 (almost anything on 2wheels which touches the UK/Europe)
11. Readro (Motorcycle racing, history of motorcycle racing)
12. KTM Jared 683 (U.S. GNCCs, Enduros, Hare Scrambles, MX and KTM bikes)
13. Hennesse (Henderson motorcycles)
14. Roguegeek (free use image contributions, general make/model info w/ emphasis on sport bikes, Grand Prix racing info)
15. JZH (future-classic Honda motorcycles, principally V4s; [1])
16. Brianhe (misc, categorization)
17. BMan1113VR (Sport bikes, Standards, vintage, cafe, check user page for pictures for projects)
18. Willirennen, (motorcycle sport in Japan)
19. Jsydave (Speedway Grand Prix and Grand Prix racing)
20. Agljones (Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix)
21. Bennyboyz3000 (Motocross and off-road motorbiking)
22. Timetrial (MotoGP, World Superbike, Isle of Man TT, Motorcycle Racers - professional writer with images available )
23. AndrewDressel (Bike mechanic, theoretical and applied. Ride a bright yellow Moto Guzzi California Special)
24. L^augh! Haven't done much here. If you need some help, you can try me though.
25. Stéphane Thibault (Interwiki linking, Motorcycle TV shows)
26. —Malber (talk • contribs) 18:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
27. DenkMit (Interests mainly in pure road racing, both in Ireland and the Isle of Man. Photographer and reporter capable of supplying images)
28. Old Guard (high-end motorcycles, especially American/sportbikes)
29. ZiggySpeed (Japanese Production Bikes)
30. Mmoyer (American biker trash with two Harleys; I am active in maintaining the Motorcycle club article)
31. Number128 (All road racing, exotic and common sports bikes)
32. Motacilla (Nortons and other old Brits. Old MZ and other central Europeans. Meguro and other 1930's-1950's Japanese. All Wankel-engined motorcycles.)
33. Evb-wiki (2001 HD Sportster Hugger; 2002 HD Heritage Softail Classic)
34. ChristopherMagoo (Scooters, typically Vespa, Lambretta, modern and vintage scooters of all types, added Harley Topper)
35. Telempe (Sport touring bikes, organizations and Hondas)
36. Enduro446 (Enduro Riding and Hare&Hounds Also Mechanical engineering of Enduro/Motocross bikes))
37. Barang (Motocross and Enduro; photographer)
38. Rally180 (Scooter mechanic. Vintage and modern scooters)
39. Cs-wolves (anything with two wheels)
40. Bumper12 (single cylinder/low displacement sportsbikes, motocycle safety equipment)
41. Bdegroodt - Euro motorcycles (current and late 20th century) MotoGP, World Superbike
42. Micky750k - Suzuki GSX-R related bikes, GSX-R 'fighters and Aprilia RS250s.
43. Chris Ssk - World Superbike, World Supersport, MotoGP
44. Hammer1980 - Speedway (historic, current British)
45. retrodouggy - BMW K1, Suzuki GSXR, Pan European, Isle of Man TT, Advanced Motorcycling, Roadcraft, Instruction, Emergency Volunteer Service Rider, Institute of Advanced Motorists
46. Humbleradio - Honda Motorcycles ( Super Cub Street) Tokyo, Japan. Personal bike featured on Honda website. Interest in Vintage Motorcycles as well - Indian, Ducatti, Triumph, Ariel, Royal Enfield. Interest in motorcycle media.
47. Abhi Kalyan - Custom building Motorcycles, Owned Suzuki Shogun 104 cc,Yamaha 100/350 cc. Worked on most Indian Two wheelers, Blueprinting, CAD designing and Conversion
48. Nathan Lee - Triumph motorcycles, anything else I can contribute to
49. War - Harley-Davidson motorcycles, motorcycle clubs and culture.
50. Peterh7 - Speedway (New Zealand historic)
51. Nimbus227 - Yamaha RD two-strokes, Meriden Triumphs, general editing.
52. McCart42
53. TimTay - British Wikipedian who rides a BMW R1150GS, Honda CX500 sidecar outfit and emergency services Yamaha FJR1300 and ST1300 Pan European
54. Herbwag - AMF and earlier Harley-D history plus some other early American makes.
55. Ytak171- Yamaha Production racers. Ducati Supermono MV Agusta Motorcycles
56. TheUnique - Italian motorcycles (specially Ducati), motorcycle racing (MotoGP and SBK)
57. Wcwagner - Ducati STx Sport Touring motorcycles, specifically the ST3 variant.
58. Thruxton - Rocket III (Sorting out all the British bike articles - see Category:British motorcycles and Category:British motorcycle pioneers)
59. st1300a4 - ST1300A4 and Motorcycle Safety Advisor
60. Todd Vierling - Unaffiliated safety gear advocate
61. Astonzia - Touring bikes, Dual Purpose bikes
62. Scooternik - Classic Italian scooters, mainly Vespa (P range fanatic!) and Lambretta, also founder of scooterboy-world, freelance scooter related jouranlist.
63. RashersTierney - BMW F 650 GS '02 Slightly lapsed contributor to The Chain Gang, the best source on anything related to 'The Bavarian Thumper'.
64. Waterden - Speedway
65. Davidmill - Motorcyclist in Scotland.
66. Trakesht- Currently working on Indian motorcycles
67. Nash - Touring, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, old and prototype motorcycle
68. Paste- 1970-1989 era large bikes.
69. Tedder
70. Frogger_nude- 1970's small capacity road race bikes, bucket racing, motorcycle racing
71. Lg king - Vintage Japanese motorcycles, vintage racing
72. H2RICK- Kawasaki and Suzuki two stroke street and offroad bikes from the 1960s and 1970s. Restorer and collector.
73. Stuart.midgley - Riding for five years, on an Aprilia SR50 Factory Di-Tech scooter and bikes that I've hired on holidays.
74. segiterrus - Yamaha Racing
75. Dennis Bratland -- Bikes: 2007 Honda CBR600RR, 2004 Kawasaki Ninja 250, 2004 Yamaha Vino 125, and a 1965 Ducati 125 Bronco.
76. Theblacksmith99 - Speedway
77. Hbmallin - Electric_motorcycles_and_scooters
78. Biker Biker - BMW Fan Boy but more importantly a lover of anything that has less than four wheels.
79. Officially Mr X (talk) - (MotoGP, World Superbike, British Superbike, Supersport, Speedway seasons)
80. Crazy Biker - Yamaha Fan. Hardcore biker, live them like 10 hours a day. Yamaha FZ1, FZ6, TVS Suzuki Victor, Apache
81. Moto Master
82. Pack44 Collector/rider of 60s, 70s and 80s Japanese, UK and Euro sport bikes (too many!) Speak fluent Japanese and avid researcher/curator.
83. saltysailor - training, Metro 50, BMW R50
84. DougJustDoug - Year 'round sport-tourer and commuter in the USA; racing fan; moto-blogger; member of numerous motorcycle orgs and communities; professional researcher.
85. CIHAGM - anything on two wheels
86. Jon1234567 - vintage Japanese bikes, mostly Hondas of the 70s and 80s
87. Brian Rentsch - BMW R1200GS Adventure Rider
88. Yodabirdblue - Interested in Classic British Motorcycles, Custom Motorcycles, Falcon Motorcycles, Shinya Kimura, Goldammer Cycle Works, Ian Barry, Roger Goldammer.
89. Ben Myers - Custom bikes; Choppers & Bobbers. Interested in getting a shop up and running.
90. Sargehere - Vintage American motorcycles, particularly Harley and Indian, and sidecars.
91. twowheelsbg - motorcycle dynamics enthusiast, interest in riding safety aspects.
92. wowozange - two-wheeler dynamics enthusiast, biker, piper
93. WherePlochny?
94. Sid - Kawasaki "Z" series, GPz900R and GPz series
95. User:Mike.Suro - sport bikes and sport touring as well as dirt bikes.
96. User:Das051 - Advanced motorcycling techniques
97. Garyalexza - Honda motorcycles, motorbike safety, classic motorcycles
98. User:R quillen - American Custom Motorcycle History with a focus on the 80s and 90s
99. User:TriumphTR7RV - Meridian Triumphs T140RV TR7RV 1972-73
100. David Hanny - VN800's, may input on others and general parts as details are found
101. User:MotorcycleEventNews - journalist reporting on major events, bike shows, bike builders and rallies worldwide.
102. User:JMemonic - New Zealand based with interest in touring, rallies and long distance riding
103. User:Jeffrey M Dean - (Shaft-driven motorcycles, History of BMW motorcycles, and vintage Motorcycles; Motorcycle photography)
104. lee - (Motorcycle parts, accessories, tools, equipment. GSX-R Rider)
105. Craig - Dirt bikes from the early days of Motocross with an emphasis on the models and places I rode.

Special Interest Groups

• British Motorcycles Special Interest Group
• Italian Motorcycles Special Interest Group
• Japanese Motorcycles Special Interest Group
• Motorcycle Sport Special Interest Group

Announcements

• Check out the New Articles and see if you can expand any?

Promoting the project

• To promote this project an article banner has been developed as recommended by the WikiProject Council guide.
  Please post it on the talk page of any motorcycling, or motorcycle related, articles you edit by adding this template tag {{Motorcycling}} or the userbox {{User WP Motorcycling}} or {{User WikiProject Motorcycling}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Motorcycling.

Guidelines

• The overall guidelines are in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. The best examples to imitate are the Wikipedia:Featured articles.
• WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions are generally followed.
• Facts in articles are referenced using inline citations. Speed, acceleration, engine output and weight statistics are presumed to be controversial and should always have a reliable, independent source. Uncontroversial statistics may be sourced to the manufacturer alone. Uncited statistics may be deleted or tagged. Note: Weight is controversial because of different methods used to define dry weight and wet weight and that some manufacturers do not publish both wet and dry weight.
• Add categories as explained in Wikipedia:Categorization.
• All free images should be linked from the Commons. See also Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons.
• The template {{Infobox Motorcycle}} should be added to motorcycle articles and completed in as much detail as possible.

• Statistics should be in the {{Infobox Motorcycle}} and not in a separate table, except when {{Infobox Motorcycle}} is inadequate.
• The main image of a motorcycle in {{Infobox Motorcycle}} generally follows WP:CARPIX. Avoid photoshopped images, especially those with an unnatural appearance.

• Companies should have the template {{Infobox Company}} added. See Wikipedia:Logos on uploading copyrighted logos.
• The Automobiles Trivia and popular culture sections guideline extends the Manual of Style (trivia sections) to cars.
• WP:NOPRICES means that generally, MSRP or other prices are not mentioned. Note that if a source explicitly justifies inclusion of the price, such as because a particular price is notable for being very high, or very low, or of historical interest, then both the price along with the explanation of its significance may be included. Auction prices, or prevailing used motorcycle prices, are not mentioned without a source that asserts notability. Warranty coverage, marketing campaigns, and other purchase-related information is also avoided unless exceptional notability is cited.
• Color schemes or trim options are generally not mentioned, as these vary by country. As with prices and trivia, the exception is if reliable sources are cited showing a color scheme was notable.
• Avoid excessive external links, as per WP:ELNO. Clubs, forums, and social media are rarely acceptable. Normally, only one official link belonging to the subject is used. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)

Open tasks

To do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling:

Please help with articles on this list or add the names of needed articles.

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Here are some tasks you can do: Article requests: See also: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Transport#Motorcycles David Robb (motorcycling), designer of the BMW R1100RT, K1200RS, R1200C, R1100S[2][3] Monobloc brake caliper Motorcycle shaft drive Radial brake caliper Sara Liberte photographer and custom motorcycle builder Ross Langlitz of Portland, OR, motorcycle racer and designer of the Columbia jacket The following pages have many redlinks that need articles written: List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers List of Motocross riders List of Grand Prix motorcycles (also include expanding articles already linked) List of motorcycle manufacturers List of FIM affiliated federations List of Speedway Grand Prix riders(also include expanding articles already linked) The following are redlink pages that deserve your attention: Racers Jim Moodie Joe Petrali Ray Pickelll Info needed on Armstrong chassis builders (CCM-Armstrong & Rotax-Armstrong). Bikes: Butler Petrol-Cycle (Edward Butler (inventor)) Captain America (motorcycle) (redirect) (Easy Rider chopper) Copeland steam bicycle Curtiss V-8 (redirect) Curtiss Motorcycle Equipment Co (Glenn Curtiss) De Dion-Bouton tricycle Ducati Scrambler Harley-Davidson KR Honda CB92 Benly 1958 Honda Dream 1949 Geneva steam bicycle Kawasaki Vulcan 500 LTD 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 LTD motorcycle Long steam tricycle Moto Guzzi V7/Ambassador/Eldorado/850 Probably redirect all these to a single-page history of this series. Main articles on each one later, if desired. Motorcycle streamliner Motrice Pia (Enrico Bernardi) MV Agusta F3 Norton Scrambler (needs own page not redirect) Orient tricycle Pope (motorcycle) company and all models Riquimbili improvised powered bicycles of Cuba Thomas steam bicycle Werner New Werner Werner Motocyclette Motorcycle Federations Motorcycle Federation of Japan[4] Companies/groups/org related to motorcycling Dirt Rider magazine Iron Pigs Motorcycle Club (RE: Seattle police officer Ronald Smith, Sturgis shooting) Keihin Corporation Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club Cleanup: Big-bang firing order Flat-twin Leslie Graham List of deaths by motorcycle accidents, requires cleanup as per AfD condition Malaguti Matchless need information moved to more appropriate articles Montesa Honda Snaefell mountain course article or section may need a complete rewrite Trail braking Could be a Good Article with very little work. Type 97 Motorcycle Ulster Grand Prix Velocette Wire wheels: Wire wheels#On motorcycles says only main article: Motorcycle construction#Wheels, but that is not a main article, it is a subsection. Bicycle wheel is a better article, but none of these 3 actually explains how spokes support the wheel pre-stressed w/compression. Copyedit: Expand: AGV (helmet manufacturer) Alpinestars Arai (company) Arrow (motorcycle part manufacturer) Bell Sports (helmet manufacturer) Britten V1000 (High importance) Brembo BSA Gold Star Cagiva GP500 Cagiva Mito CZ Motorcycles Crocker Motorcycles Cycle World Derbi Derbi GPR125 DKW Endurocross Freddie Frith Gilera Honda Super Cub (High importance) Hurt Report Indian Scout (motorcycle) (High importance) Indian Single series. (High importance) Jimmy Guthrie Ernst Jakob Henne Kawasaki GPZ900R Kawasaki Z1 Kick Start (TV series) Kreidler List of 2007 motorcycling champions Marchesini Mondial Piega 1000 Motobécane MotoCzysz Motorcycle brakes (High importance) Motorcyclist (magazine) Northeast Sportbike Association (NESBA) Öhlins Ossa Schuberth Helme GmbH Shoei Showa Corporation Snell Memorial Foundation Steering damper Temple Riders Thumper (motorcycle) Vincent Black Shadow (High importance) William A. Davidson Yamaha (expand racing history) Yamaha FZR1000 Zündapp (motocross & ISDT bikes need expansion) Merge: NPOV: Stubs: See Category:Motorcycle stubs Update: Wikify: Other: The following articles are missing images Most stubs require images See also: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of motorcycles Aprilia RS4 125 Bigtoe Cagiva GP500 Excelsior Super X Indian 841 Killinger and Freund Motorcycle Mondial Piega 1000 MTT Turbine SUPERBIKE NSU Quick 50 Satra Zongshen 250 GS Translation requests: Italian: Paton Italian: Sertum Japanese: みづほ自動車製作所 Japanese: 目黒製作所 Japanese: メグロ (エンジン) Japanese: 宮田工業

User boxes

Add any of the following to your User page to show membership of the project, or your love of motorcycles:

WikiProject Motorcycling	This user is a member of WikiProject Motorcycling. This user is a member of WikiProject Motorcycling.
Generic motorcycle	This user owns a motorcycle.
BMW	I am obsessed with BMW motorcycles I ride the BMW R1200RT I ride vintage BMW boxer twin motorcycles
Ducati	This user owns a Ducati.

New articles

Newer articles at the bottom, please.
Please feel free to list your new Motorcycling-related articles here.
Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

Motorcycles

• Kawasaki W800 - 20 August 2011
• Maico Mobil - 28 October 2011
• Ducati 1199 - 10 November 2011
• Honda Crosstourer - 30 November 2011
• Triumph Tiger Explorer - 20 December 2011

Motorcyclists

• Phil Schilling - added 24 November 2011 (Motorcycle Hall of Fame announcement)

Good Articles

• Harley-Davidson delisted 2009-06-07: Talk:Harley-Davidson/GA1
• Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics

Collaboration and review

Collaboration of the century?

• Motorcycle - last official peer review 23 Dec 2006. Let's provide more supporting references and give it another go. --Evb-wiki 15:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Peer review

• Cotton (motorcycle)
• Ducati_Apollo - 1 short review
• Flat-twin
• Kenny Roberts
• Johnny Cecotto
• Jarno Saarinen
• Suzuki TL1000R
• Motorcycle history --Evb-wiki 15:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC) --Thruxton, started rewrite October 2010
• Triumph Rocket III --Thruxton, Y Done 29 Sept 2010

Assessment department

Popular pages

Templates

• Short motorcycle articles should be marked with this {{Motorcycle-stub}} stub template.
• All motorcycle related talk pages should have this template added {{Motorcycling}}.
• Members can use this tag {{Motorcycle member}} on their user page or talk page.
• Talk pages of articles linked to Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling should have this template added {{On OOMandM}}

• Members may choose to use a Major and Notable motorcycle marque infobox in an article.
  • {{British motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{Major German motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{Major French motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{Major Italian motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{Major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{Major Russian motorcycle manufacturers}}
  • {{USA motorcycle manufacturers}}

• Members can add this tag {{Biker Build-Off}} on any page related to the Discovery Channel TV show Biker Build-Off.
• For articles about specific models of motorcycles, {{Infobox Motorcycle}} may be used.

• A template is under development at /Motorcycle club template for motorcycle club articles.

Categories

Please use one of the following categories when writing a motorcycle related article, but check if a deeper subcategory would be more appropriate.
There are more categories and subcategories here but those listed below are the main ones.

Category:Motorcycles Category:Motorcycling Category:Motorcycle manufacturers with country subcategories Category:Motorcycle classifications with type subcategories Category:Motorcycle technology Category:Motorcycle engines Category:Motorcycle racers with country subcategories Category:Motorcycling events Category:Motorcyclists organizations Category:British motorcycles Category:British motorcycle pioneers

▼ Motorcycling ► Motorcycle accident victims ► Motorcycle associations ► Motorcycle customization ► Motorcycle dynamics ► Motorcycling events ► Motorcycling media ► Motorcycle occupations ► Motorcycle regulation ► Motorcycles ► Motorcycle museums ► Motorcycle riding ► Motorcycle safety ► Motorcycle sport ► Motorcycling subculture

Resources

• The Dutch Wikipedia has a motorcycle category where there are several subcategories with lists of motorcycle manufacturers that might be useful as a guide and for translating if no English article exists.
• BMW
  • BMW Motorcycle Owners of America
  • Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners
  • Veteran BMW Motorcycle Club of America
  • The German Liste der BMW-Motorräder has a comprehensive list of BMW motorcycle models with production years and basic specs for each, as well as numerous links to German Wikipedia sites.
• Classic Bikes
• European Motorcycle Universe
• An overview of the British motorcycle industry and its collapse
• International Journal of Motorcycle Studies
• Isle of Man TT
• Motorcycle name origins

Related projects and portals

Sister projects

• WikiProject:Automobiles
• WikiProject:Formula One
• WikiProject:Highways
• WikiProject:NASCAR

Related projects

• WikiProject:Cycling
• WikiProject Motorcycle racing

Related portals

• Motorcycle racing portal
• Transport portal

Project News & Alerts

Requested moves

• 25 Jan 2012 – Wal L. Handley (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Readro (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Jan 2012 – Edward Ambrose Mellors (talk · edit · hist) move request by Readro (t · c) was closed; see discussion

A cleanup listing for this project is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...

• Merge Long distance motorcycle riding into Motorcycle touring. Discuss at Talk:Motorcycle touring#Petition for Name Change/Merge

• Merge Honda CBR600F3 and Honda CBR600F4 and into Honda CBR600F. See discussion.

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Motorcycling

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