A motorbike roller coaster or motorcycle roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster designed with motorcycle type cars. Booster Bike at Toverland was the world's first motorbike roller coaster. Vekoma was the first company to design such a ride, although Intamin and Zamperla have since created similar designs.
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| Motorbike roller coaster | |
|---|---|
 Velocity at Flamingo Land, a Vekoma Motorbike roller coaster | |
| Status | In production |
| First manufactured | 2004 |
| No. of installations | 16 |
| Manufacturers | Vekoma, Intamin and Zamperla |
| Type | Steel motorbike roller coaster |
| Motorbike roller coaster at RCDB | |
A similar but unrelated Steeplechase roller coaster was Knott's Berry Farm's Motorcycle Chase by Arrow Dynamics which opened in 1974 . That attraction featured single motorbike themed vehicles racing side-by-side, each on one of four parallel tracks, launched together. It was retrofitted in 1980 as Wacky Soap Box Racers before removed in 1996.
Design
Vekoma
The Vekoma Motorbike Coaster consists of a train with nine cars, each consisting of two motorcycle seats. Each seat was designed to replicate the seating on a motorcycle, and allows free upper body movement.
After dispatching from the station, the train is hydraulically launched into a twisting layout. The first Motorbike coaster was the Booster Bike at Toverland in The Netherlands, opened in 2004. A second, Velocity opened at Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo in the United Kingdom. A third, identical to the Booster Bike, opened at Chimelong Paradise in China.
The Vekoma Motorbike Coaster concept was first demonstrated with the use of the No Limits roller coaster simulator,[1] and is included as a track style in the commercial version.
Intamin
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Intamin was the second company to come up with a motorbike roller coaster design. Their design utilizes drive tires to launch its trains. Currently, only four installations exist - two in Australia, one in Denmark, and one in the United States.
Zamperla
The Zamperla Motocoaster consists of a train of six cars instead of nine, but they are set up similarly, two seats side by side per car.
Zamperla's coaster uses a flywheel launch instead of a hydraulic launch system. The standard track layout is a 3-layered figure 8.
In 2008 2 MotoCoasters were installed in the United States. The prototype is at Darien Lake near Buffalo, New York.
The Pony Express at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, in a twist on the once famous Motorcycle Chase of Indian Motorcycles on a Steeplechase roller coaster, now sports a Zamperla Motocoaster styled as horses.
Installations
| Name | Location | Manufacturer | Trains | Opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booster Bike | Toverland | Vekoma | Motorbikes | 2004 | [2] |
| Velocity | Flamingo Land | Vekoma | Motorbikes | 2005 | [3] |
| Motorbike Launch Coaster | Chimelong Paradise | Vekoma | Motorbikes | 2006 | [4] |
| Motocoaster | Dreamworld | Intamin | Motorbikes | 2007 | [5] |
| Jet Rescue | Sea World (Australia) | Intamin | Jet Skis | 2008 | [6] |
| Moto Coaster | Six Flags Darien Lake | Zamperla | Motorbikes | 2008 | [7] |
| Pony Express | Knott's Berry Farm | Zamperla | Horses | 2008 | [8] |
| Moto Coaster | Jinjiang Action Park | Zamperla | Motorbikes | 2009 | [9] |
| Moto Bala | Mundo Petapa | Zamperla | Motorbikes | 2010 | [10] |
| MotoGee | Särkänniemi Amusement Park | Zamperla | Motorbikes | 2010 | [11] |
| Dinosaur Mountain | China Dinosaurs Park | Zamperla | Pterodactyls | 2010 | [12] |
| Steeplechase | Scream Zone Coney Island | Zamperla | Horses | 2011 | [13] |
| Juvelen | Djurs Sommerland | Intamin | All-terrain vehicles | 2013 | [14] |
| Rocket Cycles | Adventureland | Zamperla | Motorbikes | 2014 | [15] |
| Storm Rider | Xishuangbanna Sunac Land | Zamperla | Horses | 2015 | [16] |
| Tron Lightcycle Power Run | Shanghai Disneyland | Vekoma | Light cycles | 2016 | [17] |
| Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster | SeaWorld San Antonio | Intamin | Jet Skis | 2017 | [18] |
| Drydock Express | Wanda Theme Park | Zamperla | Horses | 2018 | [19] |
| Paradise Fall | Sun World Danang Wonders | Intamin | All-terrain vehicles | 2018 | [20] |
| Pioneer | OK Corral | Zierer | Horses | 2018 | [21] |
| Yukon Quad | Le Pal | Intamin | All-terrain vehicles | 2018 | [22] |
| Canavar Dalga | Wonderland Eurasia | Intamin | Jet Skis | 2019 | [23] |
| Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure | Universal Islands of Adventure | Intamin | Motorbikes | 2019 | [24] |
| Namazu | Vulcania | Intamin | All-terrain vehicles | 2021 | [25] |
| TRON Lightcycle / Run | Magic Kingdom | Vekoma | Light cycles | 2023 | [26] |
| DarKoaster: Escape The Storm | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | Intamin | Snow Mobiles | 2023 | [27] |
| Arctic Rescue | Sea World San Diego | Intamin | Snow Mobiles | 2023 | [28] |
References
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