A few years ago I wrote about a motorcycle that looked just like a CB750, except it wasn't, it was a new Honda CB1100 fitted with a CB1100 Four K10 kit that swapped out the tank, side covers and a lot of other pieces to make the already somewhat retro CB1100 into a very close replica of an early CB750. The kit was from Whitehouse of Japan. The only problem at the time was the … [Read more...]
Honda RCB1100R Concept by Oberdan Bezzi Creates Retro RC30 Look
It's been a long while since we looked over the designs from Oberdan Bezzi and unsurprisingly, there are lots of creative ideas we've missed. He has a knack for restyling and reconfiguring current production motorcycles, sometimes subtly and sometime, like with this example, in a much more radical fashion. He starts with the current Honda CB1100, the updated version of their … [Read more...]
URB-E Electric Folding Scooter for Last Mile Transportation
A few months ago, I suggested that builders should start taking advantage of the tools and materials we have at our disposal today and start building prototypes instead of customs, create something that solves a problem or answers a need and could be manufactured in larger numbers if it was successful. I just ran across the URB-E folding scooter and it seems to do exactly that. … [Read more...]
2015 Confederate C2 P51 Project Drawing Revealed
Confederate Motorcycles has just shown a drawing of their 2015 C2 P-51 Fighter. A video with Pierre Terblanche, Confederate's head of design, gives us a general idea of what they're doing, as he highlights a few features of the new bike. The billet aluminum cases are 40 pounds lighter than the previous version, the heads, barrels and valve covers are all new, plus they have a … [Read more...]
Caterham Group Gets Into Motorcycles with Some Unique Designs
If you say the name Caterham, most of you probably think of the Caterham Seven, the two seat, bare knuckle sports car with really surprising performance, but these guys are expanding fast. They've now got racing teams and composites divisions and to top it off, they just brought out three new motorcycle designs that I think look really cool. The bike that will be built first … [Read more...]
Lotus is Building the Lotus C-01, a Motorcycle Designed by Daniel Simon
This should be interesting, Lotus, a name known for legendary sports and racing cars, is about to enter the motorcycle business. The designer will be Daniel Simon, and if the name doesn't ring a bell immediately, he's the guy we mentioned some time back when he brought out the design book, Cosmic Motors. He's also the man behind a lot of movie vehicles for Captain America, Tron … [Read more...]
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