What types of motorcycles have the highest death risk?
In 2005, motorcyclists who rode supersports had driver death rates per 10,000 registered motorcycles at a rate of 4 times higher than rates for motorcyclists on cruiser and standard bikes, the largest class of registered motorcycles. Sport and unclad sport bikes, which are similar to supersports, had the next highest driver death rates, at nearly twice the death rates for cruisers and standards. Touring motorcycles had a death rate per 10,000 registered motorcycles of 6.5, compared with 5.7 for cruiser and standard motorcycles in 2005.