Project C.R.D., Cruiser and Racer on Demand, looks interesting. Designer Fredy Mauerhofer, says he’s trying to encapsulate the “positive emotions of any riding style combined in one and the same solution.” I think it looks a little like Dan Gurney’s Alligator.
This Project C.R.D. design has an aluminum frame for an as yet undecided engine in a V-twin, V4 or inline triple configuration with torque specs of 145 foot pounds. Top speed will be limited by gearing to 120mph which means acceleration should be quite brisk. They project 0-60 in 3 seconds, stopping from 60 in the same time. Front wheel and tire are 150/50/17 and the rear is 300/30/22.
The 55 inch wheelbase and 20 degree rake along with the obviously low center of gravity should give you nice handling.
With Roland Sands doing the performance choppers and now this, it’s looking more and more like the stretched choppers that can’t function as normal motorcycles are being recognized as the stationary objects they really are. Those long forks look like yesterday’s news. I hope we see more of this.
Link: Motorcycle Design Association
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hoyt says
interesting. I like the wheelbase and low center of gravity but why the 300 rear tire? The width and shape of those tires do not lean.
coho says
With giant tires like that, there’s no need for a sidestand. Just walk away and it’ll stand up on it’s own…this saves weight dont’cha know.
Neat lookin’, though.
James - WhyBike.com says
Aren’t these people who are making these “hybrid” bikes just trying to reinvent the wheel? All those UJMs (Universal Japanese Motorcycles) can be ridden all day and drag knee too. Bikes like Yamaha’s FZ series, Kawasaki’s Zephyrs and Suzuki’s Bandits. Is is a looks thing or national pride thing?
It does look good, but I am always a little cautios when I can’t see the engine.
aaron says
you can’t see the engine because there isn’t an engine. this thing is the rich geeks version of schoolboy doodles. I like how this future engine has a torque figure, but no rpm # at which it hits…maybe it’s a 50cc running 1047.3Bar boost? or a 8100cc that redlines at 168rpm…
it looks like most numbers have been pulled from thin air, too – a 22 inch billet rear running dual discs on a 435lb bike? good thing there’s no engine yet, cause otherwise that weight figure will be a pipe dream!
chain pull will play havoc with the rear, too – unless the pivot is much lower than it appears…and I don’t see how they plan on cooling the engine, or even fitting it in there (my quick math shows about 30 inches between the front and rear tires)
Borkonnen says
With it’s fat front tire, peculiar gas tank and engine cover it’s shaped like a chinese plastic toy motorcycle. There is no way it can be compared with Roland Sand’s “No Regrets” custom racer.
I agree though that the long forks are an obsolete design pest among custom builders and it’s good things are begining to change.
aaron says
upon reflection, I’ll go with borkonnen here, and run with his statement…
any chance that this guy’s using a picture of some hasboro type motorcycle toy in his promo? or at least for insperation for the design?
the more I look, the more things seem out of whack – those mirrors are bigger than the headlight or instrument cluster, and nearly as big as the rear sprocket…
kneeslider says
You guys may be right about the way it looks like a toy with the proportions out of whack, but I thought the proportions were off the first time I saw the Victory Vison 800, too. That one supposedly works.
hoyt says
this bike will still not handle in corners the way it should with that rear tire.
As far as I know, an all-around bike designed to handle well will have to use a 200 (maximum) rear tire.
Even confederate confesses the hellcat’s handling is negatively impacted with its 240 rear.