10 Best Motorcycles Ever Built

Motorcycle is a two wheeled vehicle used in many fields ranging from sports,commuting,long distance travelling and racing .The building of motorcycle is believed to have began as early as 1890 and have underwent a great revolution to date.

10) Harley Davidson WLA

Manufactured by Harley Davidson for the United States Army during the Second World War. It has slight difference from the civilian model WL .It has fenders meant to prevent it from clogging in the mud. This model is installed with the blackout lights purposely to be used when driving with a convoy at night. Since its meant for war it has both the windshield and leg-guards that acts as protection to the rider. Its production lasted over 1940-1945 and also between 1949 and 1952 in which approximately 90,000 bikes were produced. There has been no production of the WLA but many motorcycle manufacturers have used it as an inspiration.

9) BMW R50/5, R60/5 and R75/5

The BMW vintage motorcycle is believed to be the most reliable motorcycle ever built. BMW assembled these bikes in Spandau suburb of Berlin. Manufactured between 1970 and 1973 and later replaced by the /six series. They are among the first bikes to feature an electric starter with a telescopic fork. The series is believed to have produced among the best and the fastest with a high speed of 110mph.The BMW series has an air cooled four stroke engine with an hemispherical combustion chamber hence making it powerful and capable of traversing over the long distance.

8) Honda Rebel

The Honda Rebel was a revolution in the world of motorcycles redefining the reliability and fuel efficiency that had never been witnessed before. The old Honda Rebel has an engine with 34cc V-twin that allows it to reach a maximum speed of up to 70 mph .Its structure is made of light materials including Aluminum making it lightweight and perfectly easy to handle. Using the bike with a broad power band is easy. The Honda bike can maneuver easily while negotiating low-speed turns. Over the decades, the bike has been improved rapidly, but the original is still unbeatable.

7) Henderson- Excellsior Streamline “KJ”

Henderson introduced it in 1929 that featured in a series of 40 bhp engines. The bike was built by the two brothers Tom and Bill Henderson .The unique features of the bike were the illuminated speedometer placed on top of the fuel tank; the bike featured improved cooling, five main bearing crankshafts and downdraft carburetion. The motorbike has rated as one of the bikes with the lowest consumption and maintenance. The bike was efficient while riding on hilly and rough terrain hence it was suitable for such areas. In the recent past, the motorbikes have been revived and still on use up to date.

6. Triumph Scrambler

It’s a British motorcycle made by Triumph Motorcycle Company. The initial plans and design have been traced back to 1990, but it was launched in 2006.The engine capacity of 865cc with an eight valve that almost resembles that of a Triumph the Bonneville, however, the Triumph Scrambler engine has been made tough giving it a lower end grunt. With its 90% power available from the engine making it run at about 2500rpms.The physical structure is highly enhanced having chunky knobby tires with a sturdy twin pipe making a classic bike of all times.

5) Matchless Silver Hawk

The motorcycle was produced in 1930 by Matchless and had been designed by Bert Collier. It’s a luxury motorcycle fitted with classic features of four-cylinder machine propulsion. It has a single bevel gear that ran across the silver head to the individual cooling cylinders that prevented it from overheating. Engine capacity of 592cc with a top speed of 80-85 mph .Making appearance even in today’s market unlike the previous years where it had a sloppy marketing effort. Matchless followers have described it as a fascinating machine ever made.

4) Velocette Viper.

It’s a British motorcycle made by Velocette between the years of 1955 and 1968.The manufacturing of the bike was more of depended on the traditional methods and materials making it a unique machine in a world of the modern motorcycle. In 1960, the fiberglass enclosure was added making it the world first enclosed motorcycle. The bike's engine capacity is 349cc with a bimetal cylinder having a high compression. Amazingly the motorbike holds the Guinness world record of cruising for 24 hours at 100mph.

3) Hercules Wankel 2000

It’s a product of Germany produced by Hercules. It was the first motorcycle to be built with a Wankel engine (Rotary engine) which is conceptually more superior to the two-cycle engines that were mostly used in 1970. Designed in the late 1960 and shown in German trade show in 1970.The primary production started in 1974.The engine capacity of 294cc can move at a speed of 90mph.The maintenance involved adding of oil to the fuel tank to lubricate it though later in 1976 a separate oil tank was placed thus solving the problem.

2) Norton Commando

It’s a British Norton-Villers motorcycle with a parallel twin engine produced between 1967 upto1977.The motorbike has an engine capacity of about 850cc making it popular all over the world at its time of production. It highest possible speed is about 115mph.The design used to build the Commando was developed by Engineer Bauer, who tried to free the machine from the classic twin vibrations which had severely increased after the expansion of engine capacity from 500cc.The bike has been a favorite of most actors who indulge in riding in their films one being the bike playing a starring role flying circus and Midsomer Murders.

1) Royal Enfield Bullet

The Royal Bullet has been a favorite classic bike of all times. The motorcycle holds a unique record of having the ever longest production Run. The British origin motorcycle was first introduced in 1931, but there was no much production, it was until 1948 where both the 350cc and 500c Royal Bullet bikes were produced massively leading to an opening of new branches all over the world. Amazingly up to the bike is still in the market and sells well with a prediction of increasing users hence massive production. The Bullet has evolved considerably from the previous four stroke engine tot the current alloy unit with an electronic fuel injection.