A cabin motorcycle is a fully or semi-enclosed
motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...
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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 Streamliners are streamlined trains. Streamliners could also be:
* Streamliners (Illinois Terminal Railroad), three equipment sets owned by the Illinois Terminal Railroad
* Hal Roach's Streamliners, a set of comedy films directed by Hal Roach
* ...
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Manufacturers and models
Fully-enclosed
* Acabion
* Lit Motors – C-1 (development prototype
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* Peraves – Ecomobile, MonoTracer, E-Tracer, Zerotracer (Monotracer launched 1982, approx. 150 sold to 2014, E-Tracer available afterwards)
Semi-enclosed
* BMW Motorrad
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– C1[ (produced 2000–2002, over 12,600 sold)
* Benelli Adiva
* ]Honda
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– Gyro Canopy[ (in continuous production since 1990, 62,000 sold as of 2002)
* ]Quasar
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(produced 1975–1982, approx. 22 sold)
* The Auto Moto
References
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"dalniks" & cabin motorcycles
Czech)
{{Types of motorcycles
Motorcycle classifications