1894 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 17 June 23 Some inventive genius with more activity in his brain than in his legs, has devised a cycle which appears to meet the utmost requirements of pure laziness. It is called the motor cycle and the propelling power is produced by coal oil.

1896 Daily News 5 Feb. 5/3 This Exhibition..will comprise motor-cycles and carriages.

1902 Motor Cycling 12 Feb. 24/1 In a year or two motor cycles will be as plentiful as the ordinary cycle is to-day.

1925 E. von Arnim Love i. xviii. 181 You know how strongly I feel about motorcycles, and the type of scallywag youth who uses them.

1934 T. S. Eliot Rock i. 21 Every son would have his motor cycle.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. iv. 161 All you got to do is get them dumb cops on their motorcycles, and string a good piece of piano wire across the road.

1972 R. Adams Watership Down xix. 111 Few places are far from human noise—cars, buses, motor-cycles, tractors, lorries.

2001 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 Mar. 12 Next weekend in Pinellas Park will be a motorhead's dream come true as motorcycles and NASCAR race cars highlight other city festivities.

1938 in P. Oliver Blues Trad. 235 He's a dirty motor-cycle.

1973 Oui Feb. 38 She's a bad motorcycle.

1985 J. T. Heywood Taxi Dancer 92 We got us a bad motor-cycle this mornin', gents.

1919 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 28 June (Suppl.) 11/1 Wanted, motor cycle combination.

1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) III. v. 6097 For the purposes of this paragraph—‘motor cycle combination’ means a motor cycle with a side car.

1927 K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 33 There's always some fool motor-cycle cop coming along to interfere.

1969 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 8 Nov. 10/1 Mention the OPP to a friend and he'll probably think of Holstein cruisers, yellow helmeted motorcycle cops and an Aircraft Patrolled addenda to speed limit signs.

1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 10 (caption) A camera-shy motorcycle cop objects to Metro photo intern Jim Mohs' attempts to snap his picture.

a1994 C. Bukowski What matters Most (1999) 297 The motorcycle cop in a clean uniform who gives me a ticket.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 May f3 Together the couple make up the team of ‘Big Ed and Motorcycle Mama’ and have been traveling round the country leaping over parked cars on their 500-cc Yamaha.

1985 Nation (Nexis) 11 May 568 The lesbian loner in Silkwood, the Texas tart in Jimmy Dean, the motorcycle mom in Mask, all take their cues from a woman's strong sense of self.

2001 Edmonton Sun (Electronic ed.) 2 Feb. 47 Hammond says the motorcycle mommas don't wear fur while riding the bikes.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 111/1 Sparrow cop, police or motorcycle officer who patrols parks and boulevards.

1998 Transport News July 11/1 Our motor cycle officers selected vehicles carrying the orange Hazchem board and escorted them..to the marshalling area.

1919 M. Glass Potash & Perlmutter settle Things iii. 32 The order of procession was as follows:..Six Motor-cycle Policemen.

1958 New Statesman 22 Feb. 220/1 A motor-cycle policeman seized his shoulder and flung him along the pavement.

1989 B. Spock & M. Morgan Spock on Spock xvi. 192 He said that a motorcycle policeman had spotted him, run him down, then come back and run over his face.

1902 Motor Cycling 12 Feb. 24/1 It may not be out of place to say where improvements may be made that will be beneficial to..all those who motor-cycle.

1955 J. D. McLintock (title) Come motorcycling with me.

1972 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Time to Kill i. 5 The chef's elder daughter..motor-cycled out for a free lunch in the hotel kitchen.

2000 R. Barger et al. Hell's Angel i. 5 Then an entire group of Hell's Angels would motorcycle into Sturgis together.