With all of the recent interest in the Piaggio MP3 and other tilting three wheelers, I thought I would revisit the Aprilia Magnet, a design project from a couple of years ago that never went beyond the concept stage but, to me, looks better than many of the more recent attempts to create a vehicle of this type. The design is the creation of Heikki Naulapää, a Finnish designer … [Read more...]
INOX Stainless Steel Honda CBX Custom
As I was browsing through Sabine Welte's Extreme Bikes, I came across this Honda CBX powered stainless steel custom. The bike has been around for 5 or 6 years already but I can't remember seeing it before. It looks like the European magazines have covered it quite a bit so this may be old news to you. Otto Nijs of Holland, decided to design a motorcycle around the CBX engine … [Read more...]
Perimeter Disc Brake Rotors
The perimeter disc brake rotors on the "Vinnie" I wrote about yesterday do a nice job of keeping the wheel open for a very clean look and one comment asked the question why more motorcycle manufacturers don't use them. Pretty good question in my mind since they seem to make a lot of sense and Buell is using them very effectively on their bikes. If you use only one disc you … [Read more...]
Matt Hotch Vinnie – Vincent Powered Custom
The last time I checked up on Matt Hotch, two time Biker Build Off champion, he had just built the V-Lux, a custom styled in the wide tire and chrome tradition that's been popular with builders for some time. Checking up again shows he's moved quite a distance away from the heavy chrome show bike style to this much, much more pleasing bike that looks like you could ride it all … [Read more...]
Do Motorcycles Have a Future?
What is the future for motorcycles and motorcycling? I imagine this question gets tossed around on occasion in the boardrooms and design studios of motorcycle companies around the world, but I wonder how they answer it. Technology Life Cycles Technology has a life cycle from invention to maturity and finally supersedence by something else. Motorcycles were invented back … [Read more...]
Confederate Wraith Close to Production
Confederate Motorcycles is getting very close to starting production of the Wraith. Brian Case, Confederate's chief of design, pointed me to an article in the LA Times where they ran prototype number four through a short road test. Although Confederate would have preferred using a production model, the Times was a bit impatient so the prototype was used instead with somewhat … [Read more...]
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