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Streamlined motorcycle

A streamlined motorcycle is a motorcycle with a fairing that goes beyond a 'full' or 'dustbin' fairing, to form an aerodynamic shell to minimize drag. This helps attaining higher top speeds, as in the motorcycle land-speed record, or increased energy efficiency, as in the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge. Often they are feet forwards motorcycles or have the rider in a prone position, rather than upright, to reduce the frontal area exposed to headwind.

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A streamlined motorcycle is a motorcycle with a fairing that goes beyond a 'full' or 'dustbin' fairing, to form an aerodynamic shell to minimize drag. This helps attaining higher top speeds, as in the motorcycle land-speed record, or increased energy efficiency, as in the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge. Often they are feet forwards motorcycles or have the rider in a prone position, rather than upright, to reduce the frontal area exposed to headwind.1234

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  1. Robinson, Rocky (January 7, 2009), Inside Rocky Robinson's Ack Attack Streamliner: Anatomy of the world's fastest motorcycle, Motorcycle.com
  2. "FIM World Record Attempts from 1979 to present". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (official website). 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. Guinness World Records 2012. Bantam. 2012. ISBN 0345534379.
  4. Lague, Dick (2009). Ack Attack: Record Breaking Motorcycle. Minnesota: Parker House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-935350-09-5.
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