Yamaha
MotorcycleMusic
American Bikes
Motorcycle Movies
Miscellaneous
100

What does Virago mean?

A loud overbearing woman

100

Name this Tune...Music pls

1952 Vincent Black Lightning

100

What Harley model was the predecessor to the Sportster ?

The KR

100

In the movie “Girl on a Motorcycle” who was the girl?

Marianne Faithfull

100

This 650 twin is considered by many to be the high water mark of the British motorcycle
industry. They only made 1584 of them. They are so popular amongst collectors that 2000 of them are still left. What is the name of the bike ?

The BSA Rocket Gold Star ( or R. G. S. )

200

What was important about the 1970 XS1?

The First Yamaha 4 stroke

200

Name this Tune...Music Pls

"Leader of the Pack” by the Shangri-Las

200

What are Harley's, 4 motorcycle heads?

Flat head 1929, Knuckle head 1936, Pan head 1940,
Shovel head 1966

200

On the cover of a 1947 Life Magazine was a picture of a motorcycle. It inspired what movie?

The Wild One

200

What did Moto Guzzi build in 1955, that no other motorcycle manufacturer has built?

Build and race a 500CC V8

300

Torakusa Yamaha, born 1851, started Yamaha musical instruments. The company joined other companies to become what company?

The Nippon Gakki Company

300

What was Music for?

Yamaha advertisement

300

What motorcycle manufacturer has the name of the head of a religious organization?

Pope

300

In the 1965’s James Bond movie, Thunder-ball, SPECTRE agent Fiona Volpe is riding a
motorcycle that fires rockets. What is the make and model of the motorcycle?

 a gold-plated. BSA A65 lightning.

300

What did Count Agusta require of all their old race bikes?

That they be crushed.

400

In 2000, David Jeffries on a YZF-R1 is the first rider to do the Isle of Man, at what speed?

- 125mph or 201 kph

400

Name this song.  Bonus ..Who sung it ?

Mein Deutsches Motorrad – Corb Lund

400

Name 4 Vintage American inline four cylinder motorcycles?

 Ace, Cleveland, Gerhart, Henderson, Indian, Militaire and Pierce

400

The 1956 movie of George Orwell's book “1984” used two models of a British motorcycle brand. Name them?

The Vincent Black Knight and the Vincent Black Prince

400

What did the 1956 Vespa, “150 TAP" model have that was unique?

A bazooka

500

The 1970 XS1 Design Basics was from what 1955 German company?

 Horex

500

In the Motorcycle Song – by Arlo Guthrie, he wants to ride his motorcycle. There were three things that he did not want. What were they?

Pickle, Tickle, and Die.

500

Crocker in 1936 was so confident of his machine that he offered a money back guarantee to any Crocker owner if?

He was beaten by a standard Harley or Indian ...

500

A TV ad from Taiwan shows a group of shaky, sickly old men eating in a restaurant. One of
them slams his fist on the table and says “Lets ride Motorcycles” The ad then shows the old men trying to get fit, digging their old motorcycles out of sheds and travelling around the island of Taiwan. What was the ad for?

The TC Bank. The ad was called Dream Rangers (Taiwan Cooperative Bank)

500

What is the perfect ratio of gasoline to oxygen, measured by mass, for complete combustion?

14.7 parts oxygen to 1 part gas.