Concept Motorcycles

Toyota i-Road Leaning Electric Reverse Trike Concept

March 5, 2013

We’ve seen a number of leaning 3 wheelers on The Kneeslider, the factory rides like the Piaggio MP3, the now defunct Carver and the never produced Harley Davidson Penster along with home engineered examples like Jim Harrell’s Harley TRT. But if Toyota decides to jump into the leaning 3 wheeler market, we may see a whole fleet of these little [...]

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Rail Racers Take Electric Racing to a Higher Level

August 30, 2012

One possible design configuration of a rail racer with conductive antenna above

Let’s take another jump into the future, where the idea of what a motorcycle is, or could be, is expanded beyond the current concepts. Like the Aerofex ducted fan hovercraft, does a motorcycle have to be planted on the ground and rolling on wheels to be exciting? And what about racing? Why not low altitude racing with some of the [...]

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Ducati Desmosedici 3 Wheeler Concept by Nicolas Petit

June 28, 2012

Ducati Desmosedici trike concept by Nicolas Petit

After looking over Nicolas Petit’s design for the BMW S1000RR adventure bike, I noticed another re-purposed Superbike, this time, starting with a Ducati Desmosedici, he turns it into a trike. Maybe it’s a French thing. Although Ludovic Lazareth has built a few pretty incredible trikes, Nicolas pushes the envelope a bit further with this completely over the top transitional vehicle. [...]

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