Suzuki has 2 concept motorcycles ready for the Tokyo Motor Show, the Biplane and the Crosscage. Unlike the Honda concepts we showed you last week, these do not look even remotely close to production. They are what concepts usually are, designers and engineers whipping something up to show where their thinking is at the moment and if things work out, maybe a few pieces will show … [Read more...]
Honda EVO6, CB1100R, and CB1100F Concepts
Honda announced the lineup of prototype, pre release and other exhibition models scheduled for display at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan from Saturday, October 27 to Sunday, November 11, 2007. The prototypes shown here, the EVO6, CB1100R and CB1100F look like they could be put into production without a whole lot of changes. Though … [Read more...]
Steampunk Trike by Zeel Design for sale
We wrote about this very steampunk looking Bobster trike several months ago and now it's for sale. You can almost imagine the steam era Victorian environment this trike would fit right into but it's actually very modern and built to very high standards, in fact, it was completely designed on a computer before any metal was cut. Powered by a 1200cc Sportster engine it has a … [Read more...]
AND Motorcycles by Julian Farnam
Once again, a comment on one post deserves a post of its own and Todd's comment on Julian Farnam's A-N-D Vehicles company is a great example. I had never noticed Julian's motorcycles before, but after seeing his frame and front end work it's obvious he deserves a closer look. The bikes shown here are designed using, in one case, a Yamaha RZ350 engine and in the other a … [Read more...]
Tryphonos Hub Center Steering Sportbike Design
The Tryphonos, named after designer / builder Mike Tryphonos, is a hub center steering British motorcycle that first appeared in his engineering dissertation in 1990 and gradually evolved as he produced a series of prototypes building on the lessons learned at each stage. Mike looked at motorcycles and found, as many had before, that the fork has several problems when operated … [Read more...]
Erik Buell Interview
The introduction of the liquid cooled, Rotax powered Buell 1125R is generating a lot of excitement and questions, too. There’s a lot of speculation about what it means for Buell so it seemed like a good idea to go straight to the source and ask Erik Buell about his thoughts on all of this. After gathering a lot of your questions and adding a few of my own, I talked to Erik to … [Read more...]
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