Sentence examples for motorcycle from inspiring English sources

Bikies refer to themselves as outlaw motorcycle clubs, "1%" clubs or simply motorcycle clubs.

"It required a heart-stopping flight from Kinshasa to the regional capital of Kisangani, then 350km down a jarring, one-rut bicycle path on the back of a motorcycle.

In 1990, 80% of trips were made by bicycle, whereas in 2005, 97% were by motorcycle.

"It provided the opportunity to increase our intelligence holdings of the motorcycle gangs and they have increased exponentially.

They were followed by a press pool van and a Democratic tracker from the campaign group American Bridge on his own motorcycle, hoping to somehow catch Walker committing a gaffe on the open road.

The event, which combines a pork roast with a motorcycle ride (along with plenty of political speeches) is the Republican answer to the long running Harkin Steak Fry, held by Ernst's Iowan predecessor in the Senate, Tom Harkin, which featured steaks and Democratic presidential hopefuls.

I admit that riding a small motorcycle solo across the Himalayan deserts of Ladakh is an unintelligent pursuit for an octogenarian who has suffered two heart attacks.

Walking boots, motorcycle jacket, tracksuit, these are all examples of kit.

Toward the end of Bernanos's beautiful novel, the country priest of the title takes a motorcycle ride with M. Oliver, who'd been sent away to the army at 18. Like Larry Darrell in Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge, Olivier's service has left him with a philosophical bent and a scepticism about the society he has returned to.

They have had an unprecedented effect on outlaw motorcycle clubs, prompting blanket police scrutiny of a secretive subculture that has included men who have collectively amassed hundreds of years in jail time in recent decades.

An Asian firm is to begin manufacturing crash helmets for Uganda, funded by the World Bank, in an attempt to reduce motorcycle accidents on the country's roads.