# HS heading 87.11: Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars

> HS heading 87.11 covers motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars. It is in chapter 87 (vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof). It is split into 7 subheadings: 8711.10 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc), 8711.20 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc), 8711.30 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc), 8711.40 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 cc), 8711.50 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc), 8711.60 (with electric motor for propulsion) and 1 other. National tariff lines under heading 87.11 are live on border.bot for the United States (15 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8711
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 87](https://border.bot/hs-codes/87) / [87.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8711)

## Key facts

- Heading: 87.11
- Description: Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars
- Chapter: 87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
- Subheadings: 7
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 87.11 covers motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars.

It is split into 7 subheadings: 8711.10 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc), 8711.20 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc), 8711.30 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc), 8711.40 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 cc), 8711.50 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc), 8711.60 (with electric motor for propulsion) and 1 other.

- [8711.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871110) With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc
- [8711.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871120) With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc
- [8711.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871130) With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc
- [8711.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871140) With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 cc
- [8711.50](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871150) With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc
- [8711.60](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871160) With electric motor for propulsion
- [8711.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/871190) Other

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 87 are classified in its other 15 headings, listed below.

- [87.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8701) Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09)
- [87.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8702) Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
- [87.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8703) Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
- [87.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8704) Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
- [87.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8705) Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete- mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)
- [87.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8706) Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
- [87.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8707) Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
- [87.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8708) Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705
- [87.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8709) Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles
- [87.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8710) Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
- [87.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8712) Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised
- [87.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8713) Carriages for disabled persons, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled
- [87.14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8714) Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 87.11 to 87.13
- [87.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8715) Baby carriages and parts thereof
- [87.16](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8716) Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof

## How it is structured

Heading 87.11 is one of 16 headings in chapter 87. Its first two digits, 87, are the chapter; the next two, 11, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (8711.10, 8711.20, 8711.30).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 87.11 are live on border.bot for the United States (15 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/87): 15 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [87.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8710) Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
- Next heading: [87.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8712) Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 87.11 cover?

HS heading 87.11 covers motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars.

### Which chapter is HS heading 87.11 in?

HS heading 87.11 is in chapter 87 (vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 87.11 have?

HS heading 87.11 has 7 subheadings: 8711.10 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc), 8711.20 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc), 8711.30 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc), 8711.40 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 800 cc), 8711.50 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc), 8711.60 (with electric motor for propulsion) and 1 other.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 87.11?

National tariff lines under heading 87.11 are live on border.bot for the United States (15 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8711.json
