motorcycle

two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
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Summary

motorcycle is a type of vehicle[1]. motorcycle ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,182 views/month, #525 of 77,819).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: motor vehicle[3], two-wheeler[4], single-track vehicle[5], road vehicle[6]
  • Has use: motorcycling[7]
  • Commons category: Motorcycles[8]
  • Has part(s): motorcycle frame[9], motorcycle engine[10], motorcycle seat[11], wheel[12], fuel tank[13], motorcycle fairing[14], motorcycle handlebar[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Motorcycles[16]
  • Commons gallery: Motorcycle[17]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Motocyclette[18]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox motorcycle[21], Template:Types of motorcycles[22]
  • Used by: motorcyclist[23], bikers[24]
  • Has characteristic: motorcycle model[25], engine displacement[26], power[27]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Motorcycle[28], https://schema.org/Motorcycle[29]
  • Different from: Motocycle[30]
  • Has list: list of motorcycle manufacturers[31]
  • Has part(s) of the class: motorcycle component[32]
  • Associated hazard: motorcycle accident[33]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
  • Carbon footprint: 195.61 grams of CO₂ equivalent per person-kilometer[35]

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Influence

Things named for motorcycle include Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance[36], a literary work[37], written by Robert M. Pirsig[38] and motocross[39], a type of sport[40].

Why It Matters

motorcycle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] motorcycle is known by 153 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for motorcycle include Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance[36], a literary work[37], written by Robert M. Pirsig[38] and motocross[39], a type of sport[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . umweltbundesamt.de. umweltbundesamt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . 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. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . 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. 7d 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 */ Environment ontology id: 01000615, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355220|motorcycle (#143355220)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ont"
  2. 6w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Motorcycles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archive of our own tag: 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 */ 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 → type of vehicle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of vehicle"
  7. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → motorcycles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: 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 */ Pronunciation audio: 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| */ Svkkl authority id: 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 */ Yso id: 12483, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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