Does one "drive" a motorcycle or "ride" it?
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00:00 Does One &Quot;Drive&Quot; A Motorcycle Or &Quot;Ride&Quot; It?
00:33 Answer 1 Score 3
00:47 Accepted Answer Score 15
00:58 Answer 3 Score 8
01:21 Answer 4 Score 8
01:43 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 15
If you are driving the motorcycle you are riding it. If you are on the back while someone else is driving it, you are riding on it.
ANSWER 2
Score 8
Ride means, as reported by the NOAD and the OED, sit on and control a bicycle or motorcycle for recreation or as a means of transport; it also means sit on and control the movement of an animal, especially a horse.
Diana went to watch him ride his horse.
She rode a Harley Davidson across the U.S.
ANSWER 3
Score 8
A bike is ridden. Please see Google NGrams Viewer for some empirical evidence.
I caution against using "drive motorcycle" as a search term because, while hugely prevalent, it refers not to the action but to the type of drive-train.
Additionally: a horse is ridden when atop it but driven when behind it (as with a carriage or a plough horse).
ANSWER 4
Score 3
I would say ride/rode a motorcycle.
Unless you were making a deliberate point about a car alternative = "I don't drive a car I drive a motorbike"