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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: 1885 ships, Railway locomotives introduced in 1885, Motorcycle, USAT McClellan, Daimler Reitwagen, RMS Etruria, SS La Bretagne, Polly Woodside, Brazilian battleship Aquidaba, Russian armoured cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, USS Chicago, Japanese cruiser Naniwa, HMS Howe, Multnomah, Amazon, Rhine, Japanese cruiser Takachiho, Italian battleship Andrea Doria, SS Cap Lopez, Italian battleship Francesco Morosini, USS Elcano, HMS Icarus, HMS Thames, HMS Benbow, SMS Panther, USRC Rush, HMS Camperdown, Japanese corvette Yamato, SMS Leopard, List of ship launches in 1885, HMS Hero, Japanese corvette Katsuragi, USS Iris, Moy, Pioneer, Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel, USS Panay, French ironclad Formidable, George Rennie, PS Kathleen Mavourneen, TSS Irene, Wavertree, SS La Bourgogne, Midland Railway Class 3F 0-6-0, USS Cheyenne, HNLMS Java, USS Carola IV, GWR 2361 Class, HMS Mersey, NER 1463 Class. Excerpt: A motorcycle (also called a motorbike, bike, or cycle) is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions. Motorcycles are one of the most affordable forms of motorised transport in many parts of the world and, for most of the world's population, they are also the most common type of motor vehicle. There are around 200 million motorcycles (including mopeds, motor scooters, motorised bicycles, and other powered two and three-wheelers) in use worldwide, or about 33 motorcycles per 1000 people. This compares to around 590 million cars, or about 91 per 1000 people. Most of the motorcycles, 58%, are in the developing countries of Asia - Southern and Eastern Asia, and the Asia Pacific countries, excluding Japan - wh...
