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Meanings of motorbike in English

Portuguese
mota
Catalan
moto
Spanish
minimoto

Small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars.

        mota
        Catalan
        anar en motocicleta
        Spanish
        andar en bici

        Ride a motorcycle.

              anar en motocicleta

              Single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle.

                    Usage of motorbike in English
                    1
                    My father brought me sightseeing on his motorbike, said Fang Kai, 11.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    Cruise takes off in various vehicles, including a motorbike without a helmet.
                    Radio NZ
                    3
                    The suspect, a Chinese national, escaped by motorbike and remains at large.
                    News.com.au
                    4
                    I think the young one kept it here to fill his motorbike.
                    A beautiful place to die
                    5
                    He is crooked from a motorbike accident which paralysed his right arm.
                    Radio NZ
                    6
                    Gardaí said one of the raiders escaped on a high-powered silver motorbike.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    At the time luxury cars, property and a gold-plated motorbike were seized.
                    Radio NZ
                    8
                    Staff were threatened by the men before they fled on a motorbike.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    My brother had a motorbike, and he was working ten miles away.
                    The Quiet Earth
                    10
                    The crash involved a blue Yamaha motorbike and a Green Isuzu jeep.
                    The Irish Times
                    11
                    When I was 11 there was nothing more attractive than a motorbike.
                    The Irish Times
                    12
                    Our neighbours have just returned tanned from a motorbike tour of Corsica.
                    The Daily Telegraph
                    13
                    In September 2002 Mary Murray was in a collision on her motorbike.
                    The Irish Times
                    14
                    Traffic clogs the roads a short motorbike ride away in old Bangkok.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    His mates were over for a motorbike gallivant with him around Ireland.
                    The Irish Times
                    16
                    With the artwork slung over his shoulder, he escaped on a motorbike.
                    Radio NZ
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