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Two wheels, a motor, a seat, some handlebars and some footrests: put ’em in one arrangement, and you’ve got a sportsbike. In another, a cruiser. Or an adventure machine. Or a commuter. Why not a single, shape-shifting architecture that does it all?Cont… Continue reading Ziggymoto perfectly illustrates the shape-shifting motorcycle idea
Two wheels, a motor, a seat, some handlebars and some footrests: put ’em in one arrangement, and you’ve got a sportsbike. In another, a cruiser. Or an adventure machine. Or a commuter. Why not a single, shape-shifting architecture that does it all?Cont… Continue reading Ziggymoto perfectly illustrates the shape-shifting motorcycle idea
Yamaha’s 2WD systems produced absolutely wild results in both dirt and street motorcycles, according to riders – but they never broke through commercially. Now it’s taking 2WD to the ebike world, along with … electric power steering for bicycles?Cont… Continue reading Yamaha presents ebikes with 2WD and … power steering?
Back in the good old days, you needed skills to ride a Suzuki up the stairs, and people would look at you like a lunatic. On the Suzuki MOQBA quadruped horsiecycle, though, no skills are required, and people are more likely to look at you with pity.Con… Continue reading Suzuki unveils bizarre 4-legged, stair-climbing motorcycle
One of the strangest concept bikes in all of motorcycledom has been reworked for 2023. Yamaha has unveiled a second version of its futuristic Motoroid concept, complete with a twisting swingarm, AI facial recognition, and the ability to self-balance.Co… Continue reading Yamaha presents bizarre, twisting, self-balancing Motoroid 2
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon has revealed a smart ebike concept called the Magic Bike 02 that’s been designed for solo riding, bikepacking out of town, and taking a child along on the bike itself or seated in a funky trailer.Continue Readin… Continue reading Decathlon explores ebiking beyond the city limits with Magic Bike concept
Ukrainian YouTuber Sergeii Gordieiev, AKA “The Q,” has gone and done a very YouTubey thing indeed, rigging up a bicycle to ride with two half-wheels instead of a single rear wheel. Why? Well, because it looks absolutely bizarre rolling down the road.Co… Continue reading Bizarre split-wheel bike chops the back wheel in half
The messy rebirth of Norton Motorcycles seems back on track under the company’s new ownership, India’s TVS, and the V4SV superbike is now ready to get its pants off. The V4CR cafe racer stands ready to join the super-naked class as a street weapon.Cont… Continue reading Norton reveals plans for a 185-horsepower, 1,200cc V4 cafe racer
EICMA: it’s motorcyclese for Christmas, when the factory elves bring forth a bounty of gifts for the coming year and unwrap them in front of … Well, generally in front of a gaggle of hungover journos who have been lured to the event with truckloads o… Continue reading Weird and wonderful new motorcycles that grabbed us at EICMA 2021
Single-use plastic packaging may help keep produce fresh, but subsequently becomes a huge environmental problem when tossed in the trash. Looking to repurpose waste from our throw-away society, a social enterprise/industrial design studio has created a… Continue reading ZUV electric cargo trike 3D printed from recycled plastic waste