( BrE also motorbike ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful
▪ 250 cc , 600 cc , etc.
▪ vintage ( esp. BrE )
▪
a collection of vintage ~s
▪ police
VERB + MOTORCYCLE
▪ drive ( esp. AmE ), ride
▪
He's learning to ride a ~.
▪ race
▪ climb on , get on
▪ climb off , get off
▪ come off (= fall off) ( BrE ), fall off
▪
He died after falling off his ~.
▪ park
▪ rev , rev up
▪
a crowd of bikers all revving up their ~s
MOTORCYCLE + NOUN
▪ rider
▪ cop ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪ maker , manufacturer
▪ ride
▪ race
▪ accident , crash
▪ safety
▪ club , gang
▪ helmet
▪ apparel ( esp. AmE ), boots , jacket
▪ engine , parts
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
He was sitting on his ~.
PHRASES
▪ the back of a ~
▪
She climbed onto the back of my ~.