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super- +‎ bike

Noun edit

superbike (plural superbikes)

  1. (motorcycling) A super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc
    • 2009 January 20, Craig Duff, “Broc Parkes up for big test”, in Herald Sun[1], archived from the original on 20 January 2009:
      "Do you stay at the front of the second class, or step up and show what you can do on a superbike?"

Coordinate terms edit

  • stock car (formerly, modified-stock car racing (modified saloon cars, sedans))
  • stock car (now, patterned after street-legal cars, but custom-built for racing (patterned after saloon cars, sedans))
  • sports car (custom-built enclosed-wheel race car)
  • sports car (high-powered street-legal car)

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Descendants edit

  • French: SBK
  • French: FSBK
  • Spanish: SBK
  • Spanish: ESBK

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