Editing Motorcycle (section)

===Fuel economy===
Motorcycle fuel economy varies greatly with engine displacement and riding style.<ref name="Motorcycle Fuel Consumption & Real World Performance Guide">{{cite web |title = Motorcycle Fuel Consumption & Real World Performance Guide |website = MFC Website |url = http://www.motorcyclefuelconsumption.com/ |access-date = 13 June 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080718204925/http://www.motorcyclefuelconsumption.com/ |archive-date = 18 July 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref> A streamlined, fully faired Matzu Matsuzawa Honda XL125 achieved {{convert|470|mpgus|abbr=on}} in the [[Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge]] "on real highways{{spaced ndash}} in real conditions".<ref name="Doing More with Less Energy">{{cite web|last=Vetter|first=Craig|author-link=Craig Vetter|title=Doing More with Less Energy|work=The Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Contests – 1980 through 1985|url=http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/470MPG/470MPG%20Main.html |access-date=15 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822071250/http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/470MPG/470MPG%20Main.html|archive-date=22 August 2006}}</ref>
Due to low engine displacements ({{cvt|100|–|200|cc|cuin}}), and high power-to-mass ratios, motorcycles offer good fuel economy. Under conditions of fuel scarcity like 1950s Britain and modern developing nations, motorcycles claim large shares of the vehicle market. In the United States, the average motorcycle fuel economy is 44 miles per US gallon (19&nbsp;km per liter).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10310|title=Alternative Fuels Data Center: Maps and Data - Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304222456/https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10310|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Electric motorcycles====
{{Main|Electric motorcycles and scooters}}
Very high fuel economy equivalents are often derived by electric motorcycles. Electric motorcycles are nearly silent, [[zero emission|zero-emission]] electric motor-driven vehicles. Operating range and top speed are limited by battery technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solomotoparts.com/blog/?p=3050957472978646094 |title=Electric Motorcycles |publisher=Solo Moto |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=11 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511125256/https://www.solomotoparts.com/blog/?p=3050957472978646094 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fuel cell vehicle|Fuel cells]] and petroleum-electric [[hybrid vehicle|hybrids]] are also under development to extend the range and improve performance of the electric drive system.