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Vicente Design EFI SR400 Board Tracker

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Remember Vicente Design? Jean François Vicente is the man behind the Triumph Millenium 900 and many other really good looking custom builds and he sent me some images of his most recent design, this one based on the Yamaha SR400 and SR500. He calls it the EFI SR400 Board Tracker, a sort of rebirth of this vintage, but still very popular motorcycle, bringing new technology and … [Read more...]

Dechaves Garage 599BL Moto2 Design Concept

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Pablo de Chaves, who you may remember for the BMW based D1200R, has come up with a new design for the Moto2 class racing series. Originally working on the design for Bottpower's Moto2, things didn't work out, so Pablo thought he would show us his design, the 599BL (Blue Label) and requested a little feedback. In Moto2, everyone will be running 600cc 4 stroke engines with … [Read more...]

Zeppelin Board Track Racer with Hub Center Steering

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Here's a project that's different, it's the Zeppelin, Harley Davidson WR powered, hub center steering, board track racer. It's the work of Roel van der Heide, a retired Dutch steelworker, who has been building the Chiqane series of motorcycles where he developed his hub center steering design. After the article announcing that ISR was offering a hub center steering kit, Roel … [Read more...]

Wakan 500 Superlight by Oberdan Bezzi

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Oberdan Bezzi seems to have a desire to repower motorcycles with Royal Enfield's new engine. We saw his Bullet Sport last year where he put the single into a Honda design concept, this time he's taken the 500cc single and fitted it into a Wakan in place of the S&S 1640cc V-Twin, the result is the Wakan 500 Superlight. I really like the Wakan 1640 and Oberdan's Photoshop … [Read more...]

2010 Comoto – a Very Lightweight Electric Motorcycle

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Jeff Hirsch has designed and built a lightweight (118 pounds!) electric motorcycle called the Comoto, it's about the size of a mountain bike. In fact, it looks a lot like a mountain bike without pedals and from the photos, you would expect this to be very nimble and easy to maneuver. With a top speed of 40 mph and a range of 30+ miles, Jeff says it's well suited for police … [Read more...]

AirHead – Air Powered Motorcycle Design Concept

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Matthew Perez, a Mechanical Operations Technician for the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, sent me some details of a design he's working on, he was a little tired of seeing only electric motorcycles when someone mentioned alternative fuels and he thought he would come up with something that would carry him back and forth to work, a trip of 10 miles each way so he … [Read more...]