motorcycle

two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
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motorcycle

Summary

motorcycle is a Q140424465[1]. motorcycle ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,117 views/month, #525 of 77,819).[2]

Key Facts

  • motorcycle's instance of is recorded as Q140424465[3].
  • motorcycle is a type of motor vehicle[4].
  • motorcycle is a type of two-wheeler[5].
  • motorcycle is a type of single-track vehicle[6].
  • motorcycle is a type of road vehicle[7].
  • motorcycle is used for motorcycling[8].
  • motorcycle's Commons category is recorded as Motorcycles[9].
  • motorcycle comprises motorcycle frame[10].
  • motorcycle comprises motorcycle engine[11].
  • motorcycle comprises motorcycle seat[12].
  • motorcycle comprises wheel[13].
  • motorcycle comprises fuel tank[14].
  • motorcycle comprises motorcycle fairing[15].
  • motorcycle comprises motorcycle handlebar[16].
  • motorcycle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Motorcycles[17].
  • motorcycle's Commons gallery is recorded as Motorcycle[18].
  • motorcycle's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q11257814[19].
  • motorcycle's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[20].
  • motorcycle's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • motorcycle's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox motorcycle[22].
  • motorcycle's topic has template is recorded as Template:Types of motorcycles[23].
  • motorcycle's used by is recorded as motorcyclist[24].
  • motorcycle's used by is recorded as bikers[25].
  • motorcycle's has characteristic is recorded as motorcycle model[26].
  • motorcycle's has characteristic is recorded as engine displacement[27].

Body

Definition and Type

motorcycle's instance of is recorded as Q140424465[3]. Recorded subclass of include motor vehicle[4], two-wheeler[5], single-track vehicle[6], and road vehicle[7].

Use and Application

motorcycle is used for motorcycling[8]. Components include motorcycle frame[10], motorcycle engine[11], motorcycle seat[12], wheel[13], fuel tank[14], and motorcycle fairing[15]. Recorded used by include motorcyclist[24] and bikers[25].

Influence

Things named for motorcycle include Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance[28], a literary work[29], written by Robert M. Pirsig[30] and motocross[31], a type of sport[32].

Why It Matters

motorcycle ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,117 views/month, #525 of 77,819).[2] motorcycle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] motorcycle is known by 153 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for motorcycle include Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance[28], a literary work[29], written by Robert M. Pirsig[30] and motocross[31], a type of sport[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 135
    Wikipedia languages → ['ami', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bbc', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', '
    Environment ontology id → 01000615
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 01000615, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355220|motorcycle (#143355220)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology"
  2. 6w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Motorcycles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8419]]: Motorcycles"
  3. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Bibliotheca universalis
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  4. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Motorcycle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Motorcycle, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 30CnGb
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140424465
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140424465]]"
  7. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → motorcycles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: motorcycles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955007|motorcycles (#289955007)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  8. 16w ago · Byera04 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Motorrad2.ogg, De-Motorrad3.ogg, LL-Q7838 (swa)-Byera04-Pikipiki.wav
    Page banner → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q7838 (swa)-Byera04-Pikipiki.wav"
  9. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003489-motocykly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003489-motocykly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  10. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Motorcycling
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox motorcycle, Template:Types of motorcycles
    Aliases → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12483, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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