Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing.
The sport was developed in Australia in the 1920s and quickly spread to Europe and America.
Steering was sometimes done with reins attached to the throttles (the charioteer steered by controlling the relative speed of the two motorcycles), and sometimes with rigid extensions attached to the handlebars.
The sport was extant in the 1920s and 1930s, having been inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur.
It went largely extinct after that, although exhibition rigs are still made and driven.
The film that inspired the creation of Motorcycle Chariots
