Do you say motorbike or motorcycle?

[kawakid]

Just a thought, is it me, its so annoying having 2 words for the same thing, ie for doing google searches etc.
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[J.K.R]

I just say bike.
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[Andy C]

yea i always say bike, however when i say "went out riding my bike" and sounds like a bicycle and poeple always ask me how i cycled to college (25 miles) motorcycle sounds bit though
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[Misc]

I say machine.

[ZZR Girl]

It's "bike" for me, too. When I want to make it clear that I don't mean a bicycle, I say "motorbike".
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[Groove]

bike or motorbike


ppl seem to automaticaly think push bike when i jus say bike tho the look like when i say motorbike
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[MattEMulsion]

For me its bike or motorbike. Motorcycle just seems old fashioned.
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[Flip]

Bike or motorbike. Motorcycle sounds stupid.

[stinkwheel]

I believe the modern, PC term is "powered two-wheeler" to avoid offending scooterists.
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[Rookie]

Motorbike simply being a commonly used abbreviation of motor bicycle - motorcycle, it's not all that surprising.

If you want to search for two terms on Google use brackets, for example:

(motorbike, motorcycle) exhaust (Remus, Arrow)

If you want to search for a phrase:

"Remus exhaust" "buy online" you will only get combinations of those two phrases.

If you were to search remus exhaust buy online you would get different results, but fairly relevant anyway, there are better examples than the one I used.

It also works on eBay.

[MarJay]

I think motorcycle sounds cooler, and it is more correct than motorbike.

However I tend to use motorbike more because its the accepted term by non bikers.

The thing is, we're not motorbike-ists, we are Motorcyclists...
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[dave1rs]

[The Tot]

I genrally say motorbike. Because i'm sick and tired of people asking me, "so you've got a raleigh then?" and i'm like, nah, HONDA!

The funny thing is that people don't assume "BIKERS" are those who ride pushbikes, yet whenever we say we're riding bikes, they instantly assume it's pedal power it's very confusing.
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[Dan 4RR]

Motorbike or bike. Simple.

[mingmingmo]

bike and motorbike are the same reli.

ppl atomatically assume bike is push bike becasue there not used to people having so much fun in their lives.


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[fuzz]

Motorcycle when searching on Google, bike or motorbike in conversation.

[MarJay]

[McGee]

Any thing to make the americans understand
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[wantser]

The beast........cos that is was she looks and sounds like.



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[Clanger]

I just say bike or if referring to mine, I say the Evil Raspberry. If someone says oh so you ride bikes then, I say yes motorbikes. And thats generally the only time I will say it, but I use the word motorbike
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[delboy]

Bike.
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[yorkshirelad3]

i always say bike, however i did say motorcycle when i was being as polite as possible to borrow some old womens fone so i could ring the AA once!

[jaydr]

i say doris cos shes a sweet old bird lol but yeah id normally say bike

[johnsilva]

"motorbike" implies a motor and TWO wheels (bike)

"motorcycle" there it nothing in this word that implies two wheels!
If you look at it mathematically, a "motorcycle" could be anything that has a motor and wheels that go round, no?


Bike is what I say most, along with motorbike, i never say motorcycle, sounds like what a 50yr old politician would say!

John
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[MarJay]

Motorbike is actually a slang word for motorcycle, which is an abbreviation of Motorbicycle.

Motorcycle is the correct term, similarly automobile is probably the correct term for car, because you can get railway cars too...
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