Digging through The Kneeslider archives while looking for something else, I came across an article you may remember about Lotus Motorcycles. Daniel Simon, a digital artist who does absolutely stunning work, created the design and it was written about all over the web at the time, around 2013 or so. Unlike many design concepts, some of these were actually built and I found one … [Read more...]
Curtiss Pushes the Electric Motorcycle Design Envelope
While I was away, my inbox never slept and judging by the number of notices coming in for concept, pre-production or in-production electric motorcycles, you would think the end of fossil fuels had already arrived. The discussion of that possibility deserves a post all its own, but I thought I’d highlight a few of the latest rechargeable two wheelers, in no particular order, to … [Read more...]
Amazing Motorcycle Concepts From Lien Ying-Te
Concept motorcycles are everywhere, with easy access to CAD software and 3D rendering tools, now everyone is a designer, or so they like to believe, but every now and then a real CAD master offers up a few ideas that are just gorgeous. Lien Ying-Te is one of those masters and the concepts shown here are just a few of hundreds he's done that will blow you away. Fantastic skill, … [Read more...]
Vespa Scooters Re-imagined
What happens when a scooter designer dreams? After all, one scooter from year to year doesn't change much, but suppose one night, the designers, maybe after a night out, head back to the office, lock the doors on their studio and let the ideas flow. Who knows what might happen, you might get something like these. They're courtesy of Jennings Harley Davidson over in Leeds, so … [Read more...]
RK Concepts Bearing Cycle is Oddly Interesting
If you're looking for visual interest in a custom motorcycle, the RK Concepts Bearing Cycle offers a lot of it. I noticed this bike for sale and can't remember seeing it before, though it's not the type of build I usually follow so that's not surprising, but it's kinda neat. The entire center frame of the bike is a large diameter functional ball bearing and the suspension is … [Read more...]
Yamaha OR2T 4 Wheel Leaning Motorcycle Concept
If there was any doubt Yamaha is devoting engineering resources to the idea of leaning multi wheel vehicles, this should erase those thoughts, it's the OR2T, a 4 wheel leaning motorcycle concept, based on the Tesseract leaning 4 wheeler from 2007. It looks like a well developed test bed for finding out how it works on the road and getting feedback for further … [Read more...]
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