Archive for 'Concept Motorcycles' Category
Detonator Fantasy Concept Motorcycle by Daniel Simon
31 October 2007A question in the comments about one of the ads on The Kneeslider brings us to this fantasy concept motorcycle. It’s called the Detonator and it is the work of Daniel Simon. As pointed out on his website, there is no intention of this being a functional motorcycle, it was just a design produced by [...]
Bourget Shredder Small Block Chevy Powered Quad
29 October 2007Bourget’s Bike Works produced a new quad for the SEMA show that runs this week in Las Vegas. Called the Shredder F-80, Bourget will be building as many as 25 per year at the rather healthy price of $90,000. It’s powered by a 425 horsepower, small block 383 fast burn Chevy engine mated to a [...]
VMAX Awakens Need 6
29 October 2007In Yamaha’s extremely long lead up to their new V-Max, they had a display at the Tokyo Motor Show titled “The VMAX Awakens Need 6.” There was a highly stylized video with a rear tire smoking and a 3D profile artwork of a new V-Max, or rather, parts of the bike in a semi assembled [...]
Which Concept Motorcycle Would You Buy?
19 October 2007You’ve seen the new bikes from Honda and Yamaha scheduled for the Tokyo Motor Show, which one do you like best? The four shown here appear closest to production, the Crosscage and Biplane from Suzuki appear to be pure concepts so they’re not included. If every one of these 4 went into production, which one [...]
Yamaha XS-V1 Sakura for Tokyo Motor Show
16 October 2007Yamaha keeps rolling out the concepts for the Tokyo Motor Show and the XS-V1 Sakura follows the same retro line as the Honda concepts revealed a short time ago.
The press release is long on philosophy and short on detail but the Sakura looks like a nice throwback to a standard motorcycle.
From the Yamaha press release:
We [...]
When Will Honda Produce the NAS?
8 October 2007This winter will mark 8 years since the “New American Sports” (NAS) concept was started by Tony Schroeder, HRA senior designer. Will the concept make it to production in 2 years to commemorate the 10th anniversary? Thousands of fellow motorcyclists could only hope.
Celebrate a 10th anniversary of a design concept? Yes. It is that [...]
Yamaha Luxair Hybrid Motorcycle Concept
5 October 2007Yamaha has still more concepts for the Tokyo Motor Show, this is the Yamaha Luxair, a hybrid motorcycle that looks more scooter than motorcycle or perhaps you might call it a recumbent motorcycle. It certainly has the low seat height many of you have been asking for.
It has a gasoline engine and electric motor [...]
Yamaha Tesseract 4 Wheel Leaning Concept
5 October 2007Yamaha will be introducing a lot of new concept vehicles at the Tokyo Motor Show and the Yamaha Tesseract, a 4 wheel leaning vehicle ups the ante when compared to all of the other 3 wheel tilters coming out.
The Tesseract is a hybrid 4 wheeler, powered by both a V-Twin gasoline engine and an electric [...]
