Two wheels, a seat, a big ol' motor and the absolute bare minimum of other stuff supporting them. The Birdcage uses 134 titanium rods to create a surreal see-through lattice frame on one of the most spectacular custom BMWs we've seen to date - and the motor presents a bit of a mystery.
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This electric monster managed to sneak by under our radar, but it deserves some serious attention. Coming out of Lyons, France, Essence Motorcycles is making a massively powerful, long-range e-streetfighter with eye-popping looks and performance so extreme it's actually hard to imagine.
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Honda makes superbikes. Honda also makes lawn mowers. The Mean Mower was thus inevitable. A hyper-mower if you will, with more than 190 hp at the wheel thanks to a screaming Fireblade engine, the Mean Mower V2 has been unveiled with a theoretical top speed over 150 mph.
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French motorcycle company Voxan is hitting the salt flats next year to take a stab at an electric motorcycle land speed record. With Max Biaggi confirmed as the rider, the Voxan team is aiming for a two-way speed over 330 km/h (205 mph) with a streamlined version of its Wattman electric cruiser.
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Dirt Daze is a three-day moto-festival held outside Melbourne, Australia, where attendees are encouraged to bring their least appropriate machinery along for a spot of flat tracking, hill climbing, scrambling and dirt dragging in the name of giggles. New Atlas went along to check out the action.
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A laconic statement co-signed by Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha could well be one of the most important news items of the year for the motorcycling world. The four biggest Japanese manufacturers have agreed to work together towards standardizing replaceable battery tech for electric motorcycles.
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The company responsible for the wildest electric sportsbike on the planet has just shown off its first mass-market offering. The Strike is a fully faired electric motorcycle that starts at US$12,998 with 90 hp, 180 lb-ft and a 10-kWh battery offering 70 miles of highway range.
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It's been a while since we last checked in with Aprilia's flagship RSV4 superbike, but a fresh version has just dropped that takes this absolute weapon of a thing to new heights: 1100cc, 217 horsepower and a top speed around 305 km/h (190 mph).
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We're three abreast at full throttle, pinging off the top speed of our motorcycles, and having an animated three-way conversation without even having to raise our voices. Such is the relaxed vibe of silent electric motorcycling in a pack of Super Soco hooligans.
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The remarkable rise of "basketcase" prices continued at the British National Motorcycle Museum on Saturday March 2, when a new world auction record for a Brough Superior motorcycle was set at £425,500 ($561,556).
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