You're familiar with the idea of the electric skateboard chassis used for electric cars where the batteries and motors and everything else are down low and designers can put whatever they want on top. The same concept is at work here, sort of, with the White Motorcycle Concepts WMC250EV, designed in pursuit of the electric motorcycle land speed record. Motorcycles are not … [Read more...]
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers Puts Pro Design Tools on Your Desktop
Most of you are familiar with the name SOLIDWORKS, it's 3D design software for the serious professional and over the years, we've shown you project after project owing its existence to its skillful use. Unfortunately, tools this powerful are often priced beyond reach for many of us, but software companies are very aware of the maker movement and its legions of builders. How can … [Read more...]
Fascinating Motorcycle Design Similarities
Digging through The Kneeslider archives while looking for something else, I came across an article you may remember about Lotus Motorcycles. Daniel Simon, a digital artist who does absolutely stunning work, created the design and it was written about all over the web at the time, around 2013 or so. Unlike many design concepts, some of these were actually built and I found one … [Read more...]
FD-One Tri-Rotor Concept by Lazzarini is a Retro Futuristic Dream
Hey, it's the 21st century, where are all of the flying cars we were promised? Well, it seems a few others are wondering the same thing and the guys over at the Lazzarini design studio in Rome, Italy came up with the FD-One, a three rotor concept flyer in, what we might call, the reverse trike configuration. The colors and design are inspired by a Ferrari racer from the 50s, … [Read more...]
Honda RCB1100R Concept by Oberdan Bezzi Creates Retro RC30 Look
It's been a long while since we looked over the designs from Oberdan Bezzi and unsurprisingly, there are lots of creative ideas we've missed. He has a knack for restyling and reconfiguring current production motorcycles, sometimes subtly and sometime, like with this example, in a much more radical fashion. He starts with the current Honda CB1100, the updated version of their … [Read more...]