The late Colonel Gaddafi (pbuh) found the same thing out in the Chaddian misadventure, too.

It could, could have a niche as mounted infantry – travel fast on bikes, fight dismounted. This I can see.

Waiting to hear the logistics.

Also, the US Army has been using (mostly Kawasaki) motorcycles in some special ops units since the 1990s. Newer ones come already set up to take the same Diesel fuel other military vehicles use. Standard training involves dropping the bike and its rider by parachute into the woods at night, and having them orienteer their way out in the dark, using night vision equipment. At least, that’s how they were doing it 20-odd years ago; they’d probably have fancy GPS equipment and much better NV now. The old stuff had considerable display lag; okay for a soldier on foot, a serious problem on a motorcycle.

What does it do when it comes to a tank? In fact what does 500 of these Bike Infantry or Bike Cav do when they come to a tank? Even one tank? The insurgents if they could get tanks would be in tanks.

That’s tactics.

Now please explain the logistics? You know, petrol?

As others pointed out, the noise. Loud.

About that medevac…you lined that up, right?

Radar returns are relevant since it relates to the ability of orbiting synthetic aperture radar satellites to distinguish objects of interest from uninteresting background clutter, which provides instantaneous detection of force movements in a way that can be more difficult via passive opto-electronic sensors, especially with regards to night time and overcast conditions.

I am sympathetic to this point of view. Then again, the facts of the matter don’t support it. More people get more injuries more frequently using motorcycles than any other ‘peaceful’ activity there is beyond extremely niche edgecases and it’s not even close. It is what it is.

“Stealth” in the sense of radar or satellite-image cross-section or the like doesn’t matter. I don’t know why the U.S. military communitariat so obsess about something that matters so little. The first thing that’s discarded when fighting gets hot is the pretense that your opponent doesn’t know where you are. Your opponent not knowing your position because you move more quickly or complexly then they can update their knowledge of your position is something else.

Ten dirt bikes on the move aren’t subtle, but what’s suitably less subtle than ten dirt bikes is ten thousand dirt bikes.

The second most obvious factor is speed. Motorcycles can often be dangerous in a way bicycles are often not dangerous, because the former can go a lot faster than the later. More speed, more force, more chance for injury and death if you take a spill.

A traveler can move himself around on a bicycle far more efficiently than if he marched the same distance with the same weight on foot. Going up and down elevated terrain is still a pain though. Therefore, the obvious solution is motor-assisted bikes, where pedal and gas power can be combined. Even smaller and cheaper to operate than a motorcycle, with the same overland mobility. You lose out in top speed on straightaways – but then again, that was the whole point.

A third, perhaps rather unobvious solution to the dangers of bike dragoons, is reintroducing suits of plate as standard battledress, to provide full body protection in the event of spills. Neo-hussars are a go.