Concept Bikes

Single-use plastic packaging becomes a huge environmental problem when tossed in the trash. Looking to repurpose such waste, a design studio has created an electric cargo trike concept with a chassis 3D printed from supermarket plastic waste.

Audacious French company Nawa showed off a concept bike in 2019, claiming its supercapacitor-hybrid battery pack could massively boost power and urban range for electric motorcycles. Now, it seems we'll get a chance to see if the numbers stack up.

Hybrid dual-powertrain motorcycles can't possibly work ... Or can they? Kawasaki has thrown its considerable resources behind the problem, and has now released video footage of a very tidy-looking hybrid prototype on a dyno.

This design concept is an entirely fictional work made in conjunction with Yamaha, but it raises an interesting idea: that the greasy chain and sprockets might be replaced with a water-forced drive system pushing power to the back wheel.

Bosch is already well-known for its electric bike motors and related technologies. Now, the German company has unveiled a concept ebike, created to show how smoothly those products could be incorporated into one vehicle.

This outrageous machine from South African carbon specialists BST has to rank as the most shamelessly futuristic electric motorcycle design we've ever seen. Penned by ex-Ducati design chief Pierre Terblanche, it's an 80-kW, wheelie-happy stunner.

Two very exciting new bikes from Aprilia at this year's EICMA show: the production model of the RS 660 middleweight sportsbike – virtually unchanged from the concept we saw last year – and a Tuono 660 concept using the same architecture and engine.

At Eurobike this weekend, Skoda will be displaying its Klement concept, a weird, pedal-free e-bike with a novel control system.

BMW has built a funky new concept to tackle perhaps one of the biggest challenges in electric motorcycle design: how to make a battery box look as cool as an engine. The Vision DC Roadster, rolled out at #NextGen, is a future-cool naked with a nod to BMW's Boxer heritage.

After some successful prototyping, an Italian company is gearing up to go into production of a bizarre and unique boutique motorcycle. The Nembo 32 is a naked sports machine featuring an upside-down, three-cylinder, 2-liter motor making 200 horsepower.

Harley-Davidson has fronted up at CES in Las Vegas with partial specifications and a horrific pricetag to stick on its Livewire electric motorcycle. But that's not all. The company has also floated a couple of weird, funky two wheelers that live somewhere between the motorcycle and e-bike worlds.

Royal Enfield has been busy of late, particularly with the launch of its new parallel twins, but its Indian design team also had time to knock up a sensational concept for EICMA – the 838cc V-Twin "Concept KX" bobber that we think would sell like hotcakes in the West if it made it to production.