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Quadracycle in Hot Rod

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Remember the Brimstone Quadracycle we covered a short while ago? Hot Rod magazine has a nice article about it in the February 2010 issue just out. The reason I want to draw your attention to it is their lead photo, it shows the quad taking a turn to the left with the bars turned opposite, just like the "push left, go left" you know from riding a regular bike. Joe Skonecki kept … [Read more...]

D1200R BMW Goes Into Limited Production

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We featured the D1200R on The Kneeslider last year, a really unique BMW design by Pablo Gonzalez de Chaves and Carlos Beltran Carrión, that took the leap from pencil sketch and CAD drawings to a fully built prototype. A lot of you really liked the look when you saw it for the first time but they haven't been sitting still. Over the past year, they have refined and tested the … [Read more...]

Voltra Electric Motorcycle Concept by Dan Anderson

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Got a note from Dan Anderson in Sydney, Australia about his design for an electric motorcycle called the Voltra. It's his thesis project for Industrial Design and it looks well thought out and very minimal. My concern when looking at it was knee placement, the mounting bolt for the seat and tail section seems to be right where your knee would naturally fall. I included an … [Read more...]

Millepercento M2S and BB1

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When I mentioned the new Moto Guzzi concepts at EICMA this year, one comment pointed to the Millepercento M2S. I'm not very familiar with the company, but I remembered some information I had filed away and took another look. It seems they make some rather interesting water cooled big bore engine conversions for the Guzzis, 1420cc to be exact, which could make for a fun ride … [Read more...]

What was Buell Working on When the End Came?

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Since the announcement of the Buell shutdown, some folks who would know, have been talking about a new Buell model that was in development. Details from those folks are mixed with lots of speculation, so it's hard to separate fact from fiction. Someone tipped me to this photo of what they say is the bike in those rumors. It was shot by John Hanson, a contributing … [Read more...]

Moto Guzzi V12 Concept

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Now this is nice, the Moto Guzzi V12 Concept. I'm partial to Guzzis to begin with but this really looks good. A Pierre Terblanche design, it has some interesting ideas, I'm not sure about that flip down setup below the engine, and the body flips up. An 8 valve 1200cc V Twin provides power. It looks like there are a couple of different variations to the body style, even a super … [Read more...]