About r/motorcycles
In its own words:
Braaaap
Community guide
r/motorcycles (#211, about 4.4 million) is a motorcycle community whose catalogue description is simply “Braaaap.” Collected rules on file are thin (notably banning gore and sexually explicit material); activity samples are mixed media at high volume (91.6 ppd).
What sources support
Motorcycle-related shares and discussion. With few published rules in the collection, avoid inventing culture beyond the explicit content ban and observed media mix (images, text, galleries, video).
Caveat
Rule list in our collect is unusually short—treat additional norms as unverified until more source text is available. Related list only named roadtrip.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,263 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/MaliciousCompliance (#210) and ahead of r/hardware (#212) in our ranking.
What sets r/motorcycles apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/motorcycles grew from 4,394,178 to 4,403,283 subscribers (+9.1K, +0.21%). That is about 207 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/motorcycles this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- He tries a wheelie and it goes terribly wrongu/puppybyfaith · Oct 31 · video
- Woke up this morning to find that my bike was hidden and vandalized by a total cornballu/Juixeboxlol · Oct 26 · gallery
- How do motoghymkana practisioners lean the motorcycle so low?u/Vougel1 · Oct 31 · video
- Aparently drift prepped motorcycles are now a thingu/Egoist-a · Oct 29 · video
- James May is selling his Honda CBR1000RR Firebladeu/iamstandingbehindyou · Oct 30 · link
- The track giveth, the track taketh away.u/chasJPG · Oct 29 · gallery
- Just lost my brother to a motorcycle accidentu/Shoboshi874 · Oct 31 · text post
- Someone dropped it in the parking lot and dippedu/Aarontheboos · Oct 29 · image
- He decided to inspire the next generation of riders that dayu/puppybyfaith · Nov 2 · video
- I have lost my attention for a few seconds on the roan and that was a good lesson.u/CauliflowerSea7117 · Nov 1 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/motorcycles, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Amazon driver breaks through motorcyclist blockadeu/evilv3 · Aug 17, 2024 · video
- Horrific motorcycle accident caught on tapeu/korobi · Nov 11, 2019 · 46,571 points · 482 comments · video
- We need more cops like thisu/SnailMailSniper · Sep 2, 2025 · video
- Another reminder of how invisible we areu/Shirley_Murphy · Aug 14, 2025 · video
- Why are they like this? It's so pathetic.u/Tequslyder · May 30, 2026 · video
- Massive leak appearing when trying to start bike???u/smousley1995 · Jun 5, 2020 · video
- Caught this one in Big Sur, California. I'm not a motorcyclist myself, just a photographer. Figured y'all might appreciate this.u/nathanielthewise · Jan 21, 2019 · 20,908 points · 339 comments · image
- Very near missu/Noneyabeeswax121 · Jun 10, 2024 · video
- My lock down restoration finally finishedu/Federal-Blacksmith79 · Nov 19, 2023 · image
- I wish this was a PSA... Would be very effective, I think.u/TheJake88821 · May 30, 2024 · video
What r/motorcycles talks about
Looking at the titles of 562 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “bike”, “motorcycle”, “help”, “ride” and “riding”. Other frequent themes are advice, honda, ninja, helmet, looking and buy. Recurring phrases include “front brake”, “gsx400s katana”, “katana custom” and “custom carburetor”. By format, 42% are text posts, 24% are images and 20% are galleries.
Activity and best time to post
r/motorcycles gets about 92 new posts a day. The public archive holds 771,836 posts and 14,824,293 comments in total, about 19.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (84 posts) and the quietest was Monday (73). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/motorcycles
The moderators of r/motorcycles list 1 rules. In short:
- No Gore or Sexually Explicit Material
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/motorcycles and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/motorcycles have?
r/motorcycles has 4,403,283 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #211 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,105 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/motorcycles?
r/motorcycles was created on May 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 10, 2008.
How active is r/motorcycles?
Very active: r/motorcycles gets about 92 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 771,836 posts and 14,824,293 comments. In a sample of 562 recent posts we counted 418 different authors.
When is r/motorcycles most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/motorcycles about?
The community describes itself as: “Braaaap” Recent post titles often mention bike, motorcycle, help, ride and riding. Most posts are text posts (42%).
Is r/motorcycles safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/motorcycles as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/motorcycles?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/motorcycles accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 1 posted rules, starting with: “No Gore or Sexually Explicit Material”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/motorcycles?
Communities with similar topics include r/buildapc (8.5M), r/photography (5.7M), r/Daytrading (5.2M), r/Coffee (2.5M) and r/personalfinance (21.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/motorcycles.