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Motorbike racing
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See highlights from an exciting MotoGP race.
Website 2
Watch riders battle it out at a Speedway event.
Website 3
Thrills and spills at a muddy Supercross race.
Website 4
Get a feel for what it's like to be an ice racer as riders prepare for a World Championship.
Website 5
Watch a rider overtake another biker in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT).
Website 6
See a dragster race, which lasts less than 7 seconds. (The race starts at 1:30 minutes on the clip.)
Famous races, record breakers and super stunts
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Website 1
Find out about a specialized motorbike built for the Dakar Rally.
Website 2
See the riders and roads of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT). (To see bikes in action, start at 2:00 minutes.)
Website 3
Witness the BUB Lucky 7 Streamliner setting the motorbike land speed record in 2009.
Website 4
Watch the Royal Signals White Helmet Motorcycle Display Team in action on their Triumph bikes.
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See famous stunt rider Evel Knievel jumping 17 vehicles in 1973.
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Watch stunt biker Travis Pastrana perform a double backflip.
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Find out about two brothers who perform the Wall of Death stunt.
Motorbike history
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Website 1
Take a close-up look at a 1910 Harley Davidson motorcycle. (To see other bikes, click on a clip in the playlist on the right.)
Website 2
Find photos and facts about early motorbikes. (Click on a motorbike.)
Website 3
See American soldiers training on Harley-Davidson motorcycles during the Second World War.
Website 4
British scooters from the 1950s and 1960s.
Website 5
The evolution of Vespa scooters since 1943.
Where to see motorbikes
Websites to visit
Website 1
National Motorcycle Museum, UK
Website 2
Motorcycle Museum, US. (For a who's who of American motorcycle history, click on "Hall of Famers".)
Website 3
The Motorcyclepedia Museum, US
Website 4
Vintage motorcycles at the Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition in British Columbia, Canada.
Website 5
National Motor Museum, Australia
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Motorbikes
What’s the difference between a chopper and a cruiser? How fast is the fastest motorbike? This eye-catching guide to motorbikes, from scooters to superbikes, is ideal for newly confident readers. It’s full of photographs, illustrations and facts, with fold-out pages showing a motorbike engine, record-breaking bike races and jaw-dropping stunts.
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