Concept Motorcycles
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Electric motorcycle designers are free to experiment with all sorts of funky ideas that would simply never fly in the petrol bike world. Case in point: the e-raw from France's Expemotion, which features a floating seat made from 80-odd layers of wood laminate, and uses an iPhone as a dash.
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BMW's Villa d'Este concept bikes have a habit of becoming production reality in short order, so the Concept 101 is no flight of fancy. It signals BMW's intentions to break into the American cruiser market, and to do it in style.
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If you share a car with your other half then there's bound to come a time when you both need to use it for different reasons. Well, a new concept design would mean that you could. The Lane Splitter is a car that splits apart and becomes two motorbikes.
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In its recent Ah A May exercise, Yamaha got two groups of its designers to trade places – musical instrument designers from Yamaha Corp were tasked with creating motorcycles, while motorcycle designers from Yamaha Motor Company had to create instruments. Here's the pair of resulting two-wheelers.
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On face value, the Bienville Legacy is a weird, vastly overpowered and visually shocking motorbike with a completely unique suspension system. But to the team that created it and the eccentric entrepreneur that bankrolled it, it's not just a motorcycle – it's the start of a movement.
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It's silly season in Milan, with manufacturers jostling for the spotlight with a cavalcade of new bikes, model updates and wacky prototype concepts at the 2014 EICMA motorcycle expo. Here's our favorite new bike highlights from one of the biggest motorcycle shows on the global calendar.
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Honda has released two new concept prototypes at EICMA 2014. The True Adventure is Honda’s vision of its next round-the-world Dakar-style adventure bike, and the RC213V-S is a road-going replica of the MotoGP bike Marc Marquez has just conquered the world with.
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The "frameless" Ducati 1199 Panigale is an awesome track bike, but it looks pretty bizarre with its fairings removed. So the challenge is down for custom bike builders: is it possible to make a naked Panigale 1199 streetfighter that actually looks good? Here's eight attempts from around the world.
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Suzuki's Recursion concept shown at The Tokyo Motor Show yesterday looks very much like it has taken a leaf from the Erik Buell book of motorcycle design – light weight, mass centralization, broad usable power, and minimalism.
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Kawasaki dropped a bombshell at the Tokyo Motor Show with the unveiling of a shape-shifting 3-wheel EV concept named the "J". The width of the J's front-wheel track varies, as does the wheelbase, shifting between Sport Mode (long and low) and Comfort Mode (short and high).
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The Terracraft is a sharp-looking 3-wheeler concept that aims to offer a unique hybrid of the motorcycle riding and car driving experiences. Gizmag spoke with inventor James 'Wes' Abbott.
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With BMW Motorrad celebrating two significant birthdays this year, it's understandable that it should produce a tribute motorcycle to the most famous Boxer Twin of all - the R 90 S.
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