Abstract: A front-wheel suspension for motorcycles, having a fork-type wheel carrier with a left fork arm and a right fork arm, a lower connection element mutually connecting the two fork arms and an upper connection element mutually connecting the two fork arms. The wheel carrier is swivelably linked to other components of the motorcycle by a lower and an upper longitudinal control link. Forward ends of the longitudinal control links are connected with the wheel carrier by way of an upper and lower swivel bearing respectively whose swivel axes extend essentially transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A motorcycle is described which has a driving device including an internal-combustion engine and a transmission which is driven by the engine and has several shifting positions. A starting device for the internal-combustion engine includes an electric motor as the starter motor, and a power transmission arrangement which transmits the driving force to a rear wheel. A reversing system uses the electric motor as the driving motor which drives the power transmission arrangement for the reversing. A selecting device at the motorcycle can be manually operated by a driver by way of an operating element, which selecting device connects either the driving device or the reversing system with the power transmission arrangement, the operating element being mounted on a housing for the transmission.