Lorenzo Lamas new company, Lorenzo Cycles has finally taken off and has teamed up with custom bike builder Eddie Trotta, after replacing Ralph Randolph who produced only the first two bikes.

The Icon is the team’s first production model and they’ll produce only 13 of these unique limited edition motorcycles. Lorenzo Cycles besides offering bikes, also has an apparel, jewelery and accessories line.

After the jump more pics and The Icon’s specs.

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Not everyone in the world can afford a US made Harley Davidson or a mean looking customized chopper but would like to ride something that looks vaguely similar, so China’s Rhone Motorcycle company has come up with this essential looking chopper called the Heist 200.

Seen at this year’s EICMA show, the Heist 200 is a simple 4 stroke air cooled 200cc bike, but a 250cc model is also available and according to the specs it’s able to hit a maximum speed of 88 km/h.

The company website says they export all over the world and they’re certified ISO9001 and 3C, DOT, EPA and EEC.

Source | Rocket Garage via moto22

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A lot of interesting motorcycle concepts seem to be coming out of universities these days, and this is the latest and it comes from Chalmers University in Gothenburg. The idea behind the Verdandi project was to investigate why fewer women than men ride motorcycles, and what can be done to attract female users and customers to the motorcycle market.

The end result was that women want safety, low enviromental impact, comfort and ergonomics, storage and identity and this concept bike supposedly encompasses all six features.

Not bad, but from this woman’s point of view, I’m keeping my custom bike.

Source | topspeed

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Orange County Choppers is producing a hybrid motorcycle in a deal with Schneider Electric. According to a statement the aim is to build a motorcycle “capable of traveling farther, without refueling or recharging, than any other OCC bike in history”. The move comes after OCC has already produced an electric chopper and so it seems we could be going eco in the chopper market of all sectors.

Schneider Electric will provide the components and technical knowledge to build the hybrid bike, which may have something like a parallel power train a bit like that originally used on the Toyota Prius hatchback car.

Apparently the hybrid chopper should be ready by the end of 2009, exclusively offered to contract partners who will get their own Orange County Chopper. Unfortunately there are no pics yet, but for more details, the press release is after the jump.

Source | Autoblog

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You’ve probably seen at least one of these two 2006 Ferrari Chopper by Exotic Custom Choppers Inc., featured in motorcycle magazines or showcased in bike shows, it was also proudly on display at this year’s 24hrs of Daytona.

It’s owner Darcy Jovic, recently decided to part with the number two bike is fitted with a Yamaha R1 engine and auctioned it off on ebay fetching $39,495.

We don’t known where the number one bike is, but we do know that it sports a 140 hp engine from a Triumph 955 Triple and maybe Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has it hidden away in his garage at Maranello.

Take a look at the Ferrari chopper in action after the jump.

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The four new 2010 Harley Davidson models are the Electra Glide Ultra Limited, Dyna Wide Glide, Fat Boy Special, and XR1200X, in addition to new work from Harley Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) chroming and accessorising department.

The new queen of Harley Davidson touring bikes is the Electra Glide Ultra Limitedm with more power thanks to its Twin Cam 103 engine. It picks up a few extra accessories that are generally available only as optional extras on the other models in the range, to make it a top-spec tourer.

The Dyna Wide Glide is back with completely new updates, and a “old school” chopper style. It has black spoke wheels, a shorter, rear fender, black “wire” sissy bar, 2-1-2 Tommy Gun exhaust and a limited flame paint scheme.

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Hard to believe that Paul Teutul Sr. from Orange County Choppers would try his hand in building something as so green as a zero emissions motorcycle, but they’ve done it up in their typical custom style and the result is the Siemens Smart Chopper.

Commissioned by Siemens USA, the chopper made from recycled materials is powered by a 27-horsepower electric motor from Advanced DC and can go an estimated 60 miles after a single charge. Top speed is listed at 100 mph.

Source | autoblog

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This is Honda’s new Fury commercial even if it looks more like a movie trailer for some Hollywood horror flick.

Too bad that after all that Honda has done to promote this American style chopper, no one can tell me if they have plans to import it for European market.

I even went to a local Honda dealer here in Italy to ask about the Fury and the guy running the place didn’t even know that the bike existed and that is not a good sign for business.

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We’ve seen the Ferrari badged motorcyle, the Jaguar motorcyle concept and it was just a matter of time before we saw the Bentley chopper.

This unique bike has been customised with Bentley Flying B badge on it’s gas tank, the classic Cypress green paintjob, it also features chromed spoked wheels and soft tan leather saddle.

Elegant and classic something you usually don’t see on a chopper.

Source | jalopnik

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Peter Fonda is in attendance at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed to celebrate Easy Rider’s 40th anniversary.

Peter Fonda was reunited with a replica of the Captain America Chopper that he used in the classic road movie for which he is best known. None of the choppers used in the film still exsist, one was burned during filming, and the other three were stolen before filming was completed.

The 69 year old Fonda has moved up from choppers, at the moment his ride is a 1078cc limited-edition MV Agusta F4CC.

After the jump a video clip from the movie with the classic song, Born to be Wild.

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