Archive for 'Motorcycle Design' Category
Nucleus - Alternative Fuel Concept Motorcycle
9 May 2008This is what the designer, Branko Lukic, calls the nUCLEUS, an alternative fuel motorbike concept. He thinks motorcycles shouldn’t mimic one another but instead should do things differently. His nUCLEUS (Why do designers write like they hit the caps lock?) is a “square against the air” which looks like a slab from the side but […]
Derbi DH 2.0 - Motorcycle Mountain Bike Concept
8 May 2008If you remember Project M85 Freeride, you’ll see the same idea in this new concept bike from Derbi, the Derbi DH 2.0, a mountain bike sized motorcycle with a small engine and very light weight. It has fuel in frame like a Buell, an automatic transmission, a 100cc air cooled 4 stroke engine, underseat exhaust, […]
Honda CB750 - It Really Changed Everything
1 May 2008Looking back from today, it’s hard to appreciate the effect of the Honda CB750 when it first appeared in 1969. Honda already offered buyers a lot to choose from though it was all from the smaller displacement range, topping out with their biggest 450cc parallel twins, but in the 1960s, if you wanted performance, the […]
The Uno - Parallel Wheel Electric Motorcycle
26 April 200818-year-old Canadian, Ben J. Poss Gulak, has always done a lot of tinkering, model trains, rockets, that sort of thing, but the Uno, is something else entirely. The Uno, is a parallel wheel, electric motorcycle that operates like a Segway, lean forward to go forward, lean backwards to go in reverse. Ben unveiled his creation […]
BMW S1000RR World Superbike
16 April 2008The first photos of the not very well kept secret BMW S1000RR Superbike were released today. BMW is planning to take on the rest of the major manufacturers in contending for the WSB title, beginning in 2009. They will be building a limited number for road use to meet homologation requirements.
More details as they become […]
Buell Motorcycles 25th Anniversary
12 April 2008Has it been 25 years already? Buell Motorcycles is getting ready to celebrate their first quarter century of building “World Class American” sportbikes. Erik Buell had a dream of putting something together just a little different and he’s done a helluva job of doing just that. Starting out as essentially a handbuilt motorcycle with its […]
Ducati Monster Terra Mostro in Production
10 April 2008We showed you a couple of early photos of the Terra Mostro last year, a Ducati Monster based dual sport motorcycle. The bike is now in production, so if your riding tends to be a bit more adventurous than your sportbike riding friends would like, this might be you.
Long travel suspension, dual sport tires, spark […]
Ducati Monster Turbo
10 April 2008There aren’t many motorcycles that haven’t been subjected to the turbo treatment but some are common, some not. Turbo Hayabusas are everywhere and if you didn’t know better you would think it was a factory option. Ducati Monsters, on the other hand, seem to be modified in many ways but turbos are a lot less […]
