Editing Motorcycle (section)

==Customized styles and subcultures==
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While motorcycles are manufactured in standard styles (sport, cruiser, enduro, etc...), certain styles of motorcycle sub-genres have been both independently created, or manufactured in accordance with a pre-existing cultural style. Styles of note include: [[Café racer]]s, [[Chopper (motorcycle)|Choppers]], and [[Streetfighter (motorcycle)|Streetfighters]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exploring Motorcycling's Sub Cultures |url=http://www.collisionblast.com/2014/08/01/exploring-motorcyclings-sub-cultures/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.collisionblast.com}}</ref>

Cultural influence has directly led to the manufacturing of certain styles of motorcycles such as the [[Café racer]]. The stylistic choices and aerodynamic benefits of these custom bikes garnered a tremendous popularity which lead manufacturers to adopt the visual cues, and attempt to mimic the custom builds of these motorcycles. Notably, [[Harley-Davidson]] also leaned into a popular custom motorcycle culture (the [[Chopper (motorcycle)|Chopper]]), producing the Harley "soft-tail".  This design  attempted to appear as a hard tail chopper style build, while maintaining rear suspension yet having an aggressive riding angle similar to that of the custom builds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definitive History of the Harley-Davidson Softail |url=https://krausmotorco.com/blog/the-definitive-history-of-the-harleydavidson-softail/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Kraus Motor Co. |language=en}}</ref>