Dirt Motorcycle Type

Motorcycle Types


There are several types of motorcycle types or categories. They are: a standard, cruiser, dirt, sport, sport tourer, tour, and dual sport. Each motorcycle type is made with a purpose in mind. We'll go into a bit of a description of each motorcycle type to get you a better understanding what they are typically used for.

Dirt Motorcycle Type:

Dirt bikes are small, tough, and light. The reason they are built this way is for the following reasons: ease of handling (most important), small displacement engines, take a beating, and withstand being dropped over and over. Dirt bikes have great suspensions and tires that dig into dirt like no other. A dirt bike does not have turn signals, tail rights or any other devices required by the US government to be street legal. These accessories are also ommited from the dirt bike to avoid breakage. This basic fact diffirenciates between a dirt and dual sport motorcycles.

Most dirt bikes are built by Japanese and European manufacturers such as Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, KTM and Husqvarna.