The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) of Turin had a thesis project carried out in collaboration with Ducati as part of a three year post-diploma course in Transportation Design. Ducati, looking for new market segments and potential design direction with an eye on a younger demographic, enlisted the students to create potential future Ducatis. The [...]
Concept Motorcycles
At this year’s Isle of Man TT, there was a classic parade with many old machines not seen in a long time, among those participating was this odd motorcycle, a Honda Mugen MRV1000. A quick look shows a strong British influence with an engine style reminiscent of an old Vincent, but what the heck is [...]
It’s no secret the V-Rod has not broken any sales records, but most everyone would agree the engine is a pretty nice piece of engineering. The Harley faithful keep pushing it away but everyone else keeps trying to fit it into a bike unlike the V-Rod Harley produced. This concept called the Brawler, is the [...]
The other day, I received a tip about an electric motorcycle concept from designer Paolo De Giusti and it’s definitely one of the nicer electric concepts I’ve seen. Everyone seems to be turning out designs and there have been a couple of recent electric motorcycles introduced headed for production, but this design just looked right [...]
