The MotorcyclingWikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organisation of all Wikipedia's articles about motorcycles and motorcycling (including
biographies) of famous motorcyclists and motorcycling pioneers.
Goals
Improve the accuracy and quality of all motorcycling articles
Develop the collection of motorcycling images on Wikimedia Commons
Please add your name to 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).
Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
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.
Thermos (Motorcycle racing, road racing riding technique, motorcycle safety, Ducatis)
retrodouggy - BMW K1, Suzuki GSXR, Pan European, Isle of Man TT, Advanced Motorcycling, Roadcraft, Instruction, Emergency Volunteer Service Rider, Institute of Advanced Motorists
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.
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
Nathan Lee - Triumph motorcycles, anything else I can contribute to
War - Harley-Davidson motorcycles, motorcycle clubs and culture.
Scooternik - Classic Italian scooters, mainly Vespa (P range fanatic!) and Lambretta, also founder of scooterboy-world, freelance scooter related jouranlist.
DougJustDoug - Year 'round sport-tourer and commuter in the USA; racing fan; moto-blogger; member of numerous motorcycle orgs and communities; professional researcher.
Yodabirdblue - Interested in Classic British Motorcycles, Custom Motorcycles, Falcon Motorcycles, Shinya Kimura, Goldammer Cycle Works, Ian Barry, Roger Goldammer.
Ben Myers - Custom bikes; Choppers & Bobbers. Interested in getting a shop up and running.
Sargehere - Vintage American motorcycles, particularly Harley and Indian, and sidecars.
twowheelsbg - motorcycle dynamics enthusiast, interest in riding safety aspects.
Vintagent - Traveling the globe to see Motorcycles, writing about them on
|'The Vintagent', and print magazines. Most enthusiastic about pre-1975; all makes, all countries. Motorcycle personalities, racing history, motorcycles in media, books about motorcycles.
Gravitycollapse - MotoGP, Dakar, Sport bikes, Super Sports, Hyper Sports, Standards, Suzuki SV class, Yamaha R1, Honda 919
LandyZA - Adventure motorcycling, observed trials and general information on bikes
BikerScribe - African American Motorcycle Clubs, Motorcycle Clubs, African American Biker History, Motorcycle Club Protocol, cross country riding. African American bikers, social clubs on the biker set, and motorcycling history and biker culture in general.
Classicmoto - Motorcycle journalist specializing in custom motorcycles, specifically cafe racers, bobbers and scramblers, and writing about them on
Bike EXIF. Columnist and writer for print magazines including 'Bike' (UK), 'BikeCraft' (USA) and 'Moto Navi' (Japan). Co-editor of the book 'The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles and their Builders' (Gestalten, Berlin, 2013).
WillArlenNess - Arlen Ness Motorcycles Social Media Manager.
Atlesn - Drives a motorcycle, interested in technical aspects. Part of the
Motovlog community.
StarHOG - Primary interest in american made/assembled motorcycles
User:Atsme - Touring bikes with experience attending various bike rallies in the US and on Bonaire, and in riding a Harley Fat Boy and Suzi (Suzuki) Boulevard.
Yash! - Absolutely love all kinds of motorcycles! XD
A75 kept getting invited to this project, hello team
A75 (
talk) 11:47, 24 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Spacecowboy420 I edit enough bike articles, so I might as well be here.
Theahaiku (side-by-side UTV, ATV, and off-road vehicles) I noticed few articles talk about this industry
Theahaiku (
talk) 00:38, 28 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Matei Radu (MotoGP enthusiast and road bikes in general. I edit some MotoGP and WSBK related articles and created some circuit and rider pages.)
tariqmehtab86 (Motorcycle racing, road riding, Touring, classic Nortons, Ravi Piaggio Pakistan, Piaggio group activities, Vespas, EBR's projects, Motus MST/MSTR, BMW G650gs, Derbi STX/ETX 150 and many others)
Mustangs6551, Matt - sport bikes of all kinds, road racing, burgeoning interest in the offroad/enduro community, particular focus on the Ducati Brand and Monster series of bikes (current ride: Monster 800 S2R)
csnoe - interested in improving the references for the Iron Butt Rally/Iron Butt Association page
BrisketBasket - dirt bikes from the 70's, 80's and now 20teens. Dual sport fan, road fan, plain old riding fan.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Motorcycling, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Motorcycling on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MotorcyclingWikipedia:WikiProject MotorcyclingTemplate:WikiProject MotorcyclingMotorcycling articles
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adding {{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts}} to your user page will display current motorcycling discussions and proposals. Or add
Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts to your
watchlist.
Citations — Facts in articles are referenced using
inlinecitations. 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.
New articles — The policy section
Notability requires verifiable evidence says "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists," so don't assume every model or sub-model of motorcycle, nor every motorcycle manufacturer, should have its own
article. Check the
general notability guideline first, and consider that many models belong in the context of an article on the model series, or the manufacturer, or other umbrella article.
Wikipedia:Summary style covers spinning off new articles from a main article.
Lists of media appearances —
Manual of Style (trivia sections) says article sections with miscellaneous collections of information, such as lists of movie appearances, should be reorganized. See also
content policies for inclusion and exclusion of various types of information.
Prices —
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.
Colors — 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.
External links — 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. If a motorcycle is sold in several markets, then please try to find an international/global link; do not link to the manufacturer's model page in every country in the English speaking world. See
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)
Puffery and marketing buzzwords — See
WP:PEACOCK for avoidance of puffery in favor of just the facts. Almost all motorcycle marketing copy uses "features" instead of "has". Articles should say that a bike has a given component or technology, and cite only expert opinions as to whether it is a feature or liability. Similarly, replace "utilize(s)" with "use(s)".
Bold title and wikilinks — In most, but not all, cases, repeat the full article name in the first sentence in bold, per
MOS:BOLDTITLE, but do not
wikilink parts of the bolded title, per
WP:BTW. Following the example of
Featured Articles, generally the make is repeated in order to wikilink it, even though it appears redundant. See examples such as
Northrop YF-23,
Holden VE Commodore, or
Rolls-Royce Merlin. Most motorcycle model article titles follow the format <Make> <Model>, so the first sentence would say something like "<Make> <Model> was a motorcycle made by <
Make>".
Open tasks
To do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling:
Please help with articles on this list or add the names of needed articles.
This list is quite large so please make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
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.
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.
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 within 7 days of creation.
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.
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.
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.
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{{Citation |title=Philosophical Ridings: Motorcycles and the Meaning of Life |last= Bourne |first= Craig |publisher= Oneworld Publications |year= 2007 |isbn= 1851685200 |pages= }}
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{{Citation |last=Brown |first=Roland |year=2005 |title=The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles |publisher=[[Parragon]] |ISBN=1405454660 |location=[[Bath, England]] }}
{{Citation |last=Caunter |first=C. F. |authorlink=C. F. Caunter |title=The History and Development of Motorcycles; As illustrated by the collection of motorcycles in the Science Museum; Part I Historical Survey |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationary Office]] |location=London |year=1955 |oclc=11506035 }}
{{Citation|first=Mirco |last=de Cet |year= 2001 |title=The Complete Encyclopedia of Classic Motorcycles: informative text with over 750 color photographs |edition=3rd |publisher=Rebo |isbn=903661497X |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ki9XAAAACAAJ }}
{{Citation|last=de Cet |first=Mirco |year=2002 |title=The illustrated directory of motorcycles |publisher=Motorbooks Workshop/MBI |location= [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] |isbn=0760314179 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wNzyIcw2vxoC |page= }}
{{Citation |title=The Perfect Motorcycle: How to Choose, Find and Buy the Perfect New Or Used Bike |first= Kevin |last= Domino |publisher= 671 Press |year= 2009 |isbn= 0982173334 |pages= }}
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{{Citation|last=Falloon|first=Ian |year=2006 |title=The Ducati Story: Racing and Production Models from 1945 to Present Day |first2=Fabio (FRW) |last2=Taglioni |edition = 4th | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6nE3HAAACAAJ |publisher=Haynes| isbn=1844253228 |quote=}}
{{Citation |last= Holmstrom |year=2001 |first= Darwin |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles |edition=2nd |publisher=Alpha Books |isbn=0028642589 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=p9EyBoTaKy0C }}
{{Citation |last1=Hough |first1=Richard Alexander |last2=Setright |first2=L.J.K. |authorlink2=L.J.K. Setright |title=A history of the world's motorcycles |publisher=[[Harper & Row]] |location=New York |year=1966 | id=[[Library of Congress Control Number|LCCN]] 66018583 }}
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{{Citation|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlink=L. J. K. Setright |year= 1979 |title=The Guinness book of motorcycling facts and feats |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |isbn=0851122000 }}
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The MotorcyclingWikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organisation of all Wikipedia's articles about motorcycles and motorcycling (including
biographies) of famous motorcyclists and motorcycling pioneers.
Goals
Improve the accuracy and quality of all motorcycling articles
Develop the collection of motorcycling images on Wikimedia Commons
Please add your name to 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).
Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
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.
Thermos (Motorcycle racing, road racing riding technique, motorcycle safety, Ducatis)
retrodouggy - BMW K1, Suzuki GSXR, Pan European, Isle of Man TT, Advanced Motorcycling, Roadcraft, Instruction, Emergency Volunteer Service Rider, Institute of Advanced Motorists
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.
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
Nathan Lee - Triumph motorcycles, anything else I can contribute to
War - Harley-Davidson motorcycles, motorcycle clubs and culture.
Scooternik - Classic Italian scooters, mainly Vespa (P range fanatic!) and Lambretta, also founder of scooterboy-world, freelance scooter related jouranlist.
DougJustDoug - Year 'round sport-tourer and commuter in the USA; racing fan; moto-blogger; member of numerous motorcycle orgs and communities; professional researcher.
Yodabirdblue - Interested in Classic British Motorcycles, Custom Motorcycles, Falcon Motorcycles, Shinya Kimura, Goldammer Cycle Works, Ian Barry, Roger Goldammer.
Ben Myers - Custom bikes; Choppers & Bobbers. Interested in getting a shop up and running.
Sargehere - Vintage American motorcycles, particularly Harley and Indian, and sidecars.
twowheelsbg - motorcycle dynamics enthusiast, interest in riding safety aspects.
Vintagent - Traveling the globe to see Motorcycles, writing about them on
|'The Vintagent', and print magazines. Most enthusiastic about pre-1975; all makes, all countries. Motorcycle personalities, racing history, motorcycles in media, books about motorcycles.
Gravitycollapse - MotoGP, Dakar, Sport bikes, Super Sports, Hyper Sports, Standards, Suzuki SV class, Yamaha R1, Honda 919
LandyZA - Adventure motorcycling, observed trials and general information on bikes
BikerScribe - African American Motorcycle Clubs, Motorcycle Clubs, African American Biker History, Motorcycle Club Protocol, cross country riding. African American bikers, social clubs on the biker set, and motorcycling history and biker culture in general.
Classicmoto - Motorcycle journalist specializing in custom motorcycles, specifically cafe racers, bobbers and scramblers, and writing about them on
Bike EXIF. Columnist and writer for print magazines including 'Bike' (UK), 'BikeCraft' (USA) and 'Moto Navi' (Japan). Co-editor of the book 'The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles and their Builders' (Gestalten, Berlin, 2013).
WillArlenNess - Arlen Ness Motorcycles Social Media Manager.
Atlesn - Drives a motorcycle, interested in technical aspects. Part of the
Motovlog community.
StarHOG - Primary interest in american made/assembled motorcycles
User:Atsme - Touring bikes with experience attending various bike rallies in the US and on Bonaire, and in riding a Harley Fat Boy and Suzi (Suzuki) Boulevard.
Yash! - Absolutely love all kinds of motorcycles! XD
A75 kept getting invited to this project, hello team
A75 (
talk) 11:47, 24 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Spacecowboy420 I edit enough bike articles, so I might as well be here.
Theahaiku (side-by-side UTV, ATV, and off-road vehicles) I noticed few articles talk about this industry
Theahaiku (
talk) 00:38, 28 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Matei Radu (MotoGP enthusiast and road bikes in general. I edit some MotoGP and WSBK related articles and created some circuit and rider pages.)
tariqmehtab86 (Motorcycle racing, road riding, Touring, classic Nortons, Ravi Piaggio Pakistan, Piaggio group activities, Vespas, EBR's projects, Motus MST/MSTR, BMW G650gs, Derbi STX/ETX 150 and many others)
Mustangs6551, Matt - sport bikes of all kinds, road racing, burgeoning interest in the offroad/enduro community, particular focus on the Ducati Brand and Monster series of bikes (current ride: Monster 800 S2R)
csnoe - interested in improving the references for the Iron Butt Rally/Iron Butt Association page
BrisketBasket - dirt bikes from the 70's, 80's and now 20teens. Dual sport fan, road fan, plain old riding fan.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Motorcycling, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Motorcycling on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MotorcyclingWikipedia:WikiProject MotorcyclingTemplate:WikiProject MotorcyclingMotorcycling articles
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adding {{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts}} to your user page will display current motorcycling discussions and proposals. Or add
Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts to your
watchlist.
Citations — Facts in articles are referenced using
inlinecitations. 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.
New articles — The policy section
Notability requires verifiable evidence says "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists," so don't assume every model or sub-model of motorcycle, nor every motorcycle manufacturer, should have its own
article. Check the
general notability guideline first, and consider that many models belong in the context of an article on the model series, or the manufacturer, or other umbrella article.
Wikipedia:Summary style covers spinning off new articles from a main article.
Lists of media appearances —
Manual of Style (trivia sections) says article sections with miscellaneous collections of information, such as lists of movie appearances, should be reorganized. See also
content policies for inclusion and exclusion of various types of information.
Prices —
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.
Colors — 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.
External links — 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. If a motorcycle is sold in several markets, then please try to find an international/global link; do not link to the manufacturer's model page in every country in the English speaking world. See
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)
Puffery and marketing buzzwords — See
WP:PEACOCK for avoidance of puffery in favor of just the facts. Almost all motorcycle marketing copy uses "features" instead of "has". Articles should say that a bike has a given component or technology, and cite only expert opinions as to whether it is a feature or liability. Similarly, replace "utilize(s)" with "use(s)".
Bold title and wikilinks — In most, but not all, cases, repeat the full article name in the first sentence in bold, per
MOS:BOLDTITLE, but do not
wikilink parts of the bolded title, per
WP:BTW. Following the example of
Featured Articles, generally the make is repeated in order to wikilink it, even though it appears redundant. See examples such as
Northrop YF-23,
Holden VE Commodore, or
Rolls-Royce Merlin. Most motorcycle model article titles follow the format <Make> <Model>, so the first sentence would say something like "<Make> <Model> was a motorcycle made by <
Make>".
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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.
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.
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
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Main Page within 7 days of creation.
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.
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.
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.
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