Luca Bar, who we last wrote about when we showed you his BuellRod design, has another interesting concept using Ducati 1098 power in a long wheelbase custom. His Ducati D-66, is aimed, somewhat, at the V-Rod market segment, one of his illustrations even compares it directly to the V-Rod in various dimensions. With the V-Rod [...]
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Concept Motorcycles
Tracked motorcycles are a continuous source of fascination and back in the early 20th century, numerous prototypes were being built, usually with military applications in mind. This one is new to me, it’s a 1937 Mercier, 1 of 3 prototypes built for the French military.
The obvious difference between this example and the others most of [...]
More than a few of you are pretty adept at hands on design and engineering by eye, fitting things together, adjusting here and there, just think what you could do if you had a background in mechanical engineering, do you think your might be able to kick your designs up a notch or two? So, [...]
Marcus sent me a link to his site where he has a few interesting designs posted and this one, the Black Hawk certainly is different. I wish I could see the details a bit more clearly but the rear suspension caught my eye, it’s actually a multi leaf spring. The rendering needs a few more [...]
Victory unveiled their Core concept motorcycle to show their idea of the possible future direction of motorcycle design. It’s a performance cruiser stripped to the core, hence the name. I think their design team has some interesting ideas.
The frame is sandcast aluminum, the engine is their 106/6 Freedom V-Twin (106 cubic inches/6 speed) and wheelbase [...]
When the BMW LoRider was first revealed, everyone seemed to like it a lot. BMW says they want to hear from you and they have an online survey I didn’t notice before where you can tell them what you’re thinking. You get to choose your favorite configuration from a whole series and give them your [...]
BMW unveiled their brand new LoRider concept motorcycle at EICMA in Milan, Italy and they’re looking for feedback. Would you consider giving this bike a spot in your garage? They put together a very basic motorcycle, 100hp 1200 Boxer engine in a 440 pound package with upside down forks, 6 piston calipers, spoke wheels and [...]
Every now and then, one of the many emails we receive from designers and builders stands out from the crowd, and this project, the BMW D1200R by Pablo Gonzalez de Chaves and Carlos Beltran, is one of the best to come along in quite some time.
Pablo started with the idea of improving and transforming the [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
