A cabin motorcycle is a fully or semi-enclosed

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. They first appeared in the 1920s In parts of Eastern Europe, they are known as dalniks. These fully enclosed non-production motorcycles used for land-speed record-breaking attempts, such as the NSU Delphin III, are known as streamliners.

Manufacturers and models

Fully-enclosed

* Acabion * Lit Motors – C-1 (development prototype) * Peraves –

Ecomobile The Ecomobile is a cabin motorcycle produced by Peraves AG, manufactured in Winterthur, Switzerland since 1984. History Arnold Wagner of Switzerland received a patent in 1983 for a support device for a single-track vehicle, a requirement ...

, MonoTracer, E-Tracer,

Zerotracer The Zerotracer is a purpose built Electric vehicle for the Zero Emissions Race which went around the world in 2010/11. The vehicle seats two in a closed cabin, while its driving characteristics are more similar to a motorbike. The race started un ...

(Monotracer launched 1982, approx. 150 sold to 2014, E-Tracer available afterwards)

Semi-enclosed

BMW Motorrad BMW Motorrad is the motorcycle brand of BMW, part of its Corporate and Brand Development division. It has produced motorcycles since 1923, and achieved record sales for the fifth year in succession in 2015. With a total of 136,963 vehicles sold i ...

– C1 (produced 2000-2002, over 12,600 sold) * Benelli Adiva *

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...

– Gyro Canopy (in continuous production since 1990, 62,000 sold as of 2002) *

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(produced 1975-1982, approx. 22 sold) * The Auto Moto

References

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