It seems that I only know what a street bike and road bike is, what are the other ones called?
Dirt, Trail Motorcross Enduro Desert Dual Sport Trials Mini Street, Cruiser Chopper Race Cafe Naked Multistrada ? That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
There are two basic types of motorcycles - off-road and street bikes. An off-road bike doesn't have a headlight, therefore it can not be licensed for use on the street. I'm sure there are multiple variations of off-road bikes, but I won't pretend to know what they all are. Then there are street bikes. All that means is they have a headlight, brake light, turn signals and a place to hang a license plate With the types of street bikes currently on the market they largely break down into cruisers, sport bikes and dual-sport. Cruisers are bikes that are more of an old-school style motorcycle, Harley Davidson, Honda Shadow, Yamaha V-star are examples of cruises. Sport bikes are the more modern / sleek style of bikes that first started to hit the market in the early 1980's. Yamaha R6/R1, Honda CBR are examples. These came out of the motorbike road racing world, the kind where you see the guys laid over with knee touching the ground in a turn. Dual-sport is starting to become more popular, these are bikes that can be used for either on-road or off-road. The BMW GS models are an example of these, however Suzuki, Triumph and other manufacturers build these too. Dual sport bikes are what the lads rode in the TV shows Long way around and Long way down. Then you've got variations on at least cruisers and sport bikes. I consider a chopper to be a variation on a cruiser. Take Harley Davidson for example, they only make cruisers but they have 20 some odd different models. There are touring cruisers like a Harley Davidson Classic or Road Glide or Honda Goldwing. Then with sport bikes you've got something called sport touring bikes, which is basically a sport bike with a more upright seating posture along with some form of saddlebags (a.k.a. panniers). Examples of Sport Touring bikes are Honda ST1300, Yamaha FJR, BMW K1600GT.
Dirt, Trail Motorcross Enduro Desert Dual Sport Trials Mini Street, Cruiser Chopper Race Cafe Naked Multistrada ? That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
There are two basic types of motorcycles - off-road and street bikes. An off-road bike doesn't have a headlight, therefore it can not be licensed for use on the street. I'm sure there are multiple variations of off-road bikes, but I won't pretend to know what they all are. Then there are street bikes. All that means is they have a headlight, brake light, turn signals and a place to hang a license plate With the types of street bikes currently on the market they largely break down into cruisers, sport bikes and dual-sport. Cruisers are bikes that are more of an old-school style motorcycle, Harley Davidson, Honda Shadow, Yamaha V-star are examples of cruises. Sport bikes are the more modern / sleek style of bikes that first started to hit the market in the early 1980's. Yamaha R6/R1, Honda CBR are examples. These came out of the motorbike road racing world, the kind where you see the guys laid over with knee touching the ground in a turn. Dual-sport is starting to become more popular, these are bikes that can be used for either on-road or off-road. The BMW GS models are an example of these, however Suzuki, Triumph and other manufacturers build these too. Dual sport bikes are what the lads rode in the TV shows Long way around and Long way down. Then you've got variations on at least cruisers and sport bikes. I consider a chopper to be a variation on a cruiser. Take Harley Davidson for example, they only make cruisers but they have 20 some odd different models. There are touring cruisers like a Harley Davidson Classic or Road Glide or Honda Goldwing. Then with sport bikes you've got something called sport touring bikes, which is basically a sport bike with a more upright seating posture along with some form of saddlebags (a.k.a. panniers). Examples of Sport Touring bikes are Honda ST1300, Yamaha FJR, BMW K1600GT.
