Alstare Superbike concept by Rusak
To celebrate the 20 years of World Superbike Championship racing Francis Batta’s Alstare team and its return to World Superbikes, they had this concept done by Belgium designer Serge Rusak from Rusak Kreaktive Designworks while the video is by Tryptik Studio. This concept Superbike is dubbed 7 Carlos Checa Ed. 2013 and display’s highly unique and wicked looking ‘cutting edge’ front forks, sculpted deflectors, a suspended chassis, Brembo brakes and a hidden Termignoni exhaust. The sound in the video is a ... …
MV Agusta gains 12% market share in Italy
MV Agusta, during a difficult period for the world markets, is reporting a significant increment of its 3 cylinder and 4 cylinder model registrations in the first two months of the year with a 100% increase compared to the same months last year. In Italy, even though the season has yet to truly begin, the first signs are extremely comforting (the Italian market actually dropped 26,3% in the month of February 2013 ) In this reference market, which is comprised of naked and sports bikes with engine ... …
BMW R1200S Wunderlich Concept by Nicolas Petit
... who has made a name for himself in the business thanks to his many elegant graphic concepts, mainly based on BMW models. Actually, Petit has recently crossed the boundaries of the mere graphic ... over-active Frenchman has also found the time to develop a study on the most iconic motorcycle of the BMW Motorrad range, the mighty R1200 GS, and once again the ‘vision’ he came ... …
Concept: Bimota BB-2 e BB-3 "Paura" by Oberdan Bezzi
... We would like to introduce you to two brand new concepts from Italian designer Oberdan Bezzi: the Bimota BB-2 and BB-3 “Paura”, that Mr.Bezzi has conceived thinking about a possible ... 4-cylinder engine of the S 1000 RR Superbike. The model would be a super-compact motorcycle with a mixed aluminum trellis frame, single swingarm and, of course, all the top-notch components ... …
Crescent Suzuki teams up with Yoshimura for WSBK effort
... attitude to the project is of open communication and using the best combination of Yoshimura’s own concepts and ideas and those which already exist in the Crescent developed engine. Yoshimura is a global household name in the motorcycle industry and we are very proud that they have shown such trust in the Crescent Suzuki ... …
2012 World Superbike rules: one bike, weight increase for twins and testing ban
The FIM has issued a series of important new rules for the 2012 World Superbike Championship and most are aimed at cost saving measures. As highly anticipated, Superbikes will be limited to a single bike per rider as it is currently in Supersport and Superstock 1000, which will means that the flag-to-flag rule will also be dropped. Supersport teams will be limited to using only eight engines per year while Superstock are allowed just three. Practice and qualifying sessions will go from 60 minutes to 45 ... …
Honda reveals new 700cc engine and Integra concept
... the same displacement range. Besides the Integra, Honda will also be debuting at the EICMA, other different concepts with this new engine and we’ll have to wait and see if one of these concepts will be a mid-range motorcycle. Honda press release after the ... …
Giovanni Castiglioni talks about his father Claudio
... after a long battle with illness. He was one of the most iconic figures in the motorcycle industry, and his son Giovanni, who will have to follow in his father’s impressive footsteps, has ... …
Would you ride a bike with no brakes at Bonneville? The Hagakure project by Zen Motorcycles
... a strange, speed beating creation and in this case we get a new project for a motorcycle land speed record from Laurent “Zen” Dutruel. On building a new Harley fit for Bonneville, the project is called Hagakure and involves a workshop-built bike based on racing concepts from a century ago, in a special version Bonneville racer that has no suspension and virtually ... …
Aprilia Easyrider concept bike
... This Easyrider motorcycle concept has been developed by bike designer Roberto Vernile in collaboration with Aprilia, and is a new concept based on the theme of personalisation and characteristic design. The Easyrider concept ... …
Orphiro electric cruiser bike concept
... streets, or electric superbikes to take on the Isle of Man. Whether you support the electric motorcycle movement, or detract from it the reality is that increasingly these bikes are making headway in ... the first electric cruiser we’ve written about. The design is clearly firmly in the world of concepts and prototypes, but uses a sleek, single structure combined with elegant, spoked wheels. It’s a cross ... …
Ducati Superlight 1100 Concept
... Concept comes from young Italian graduand, Mario Antonioli, studying industrial design at Milan’s Politecnico University. The motorcycle design looks like a kind of mix of European sports style and some café racer elements ... …
KTM and Kalex partner in Moto3 in 2012
... Together the two companies will combine both skills and passion to develop two different, but parallel concepts, both focusing on a successful entry into the new race category. We approach our entry into ... …
2012 Aprilia RS4 pics and details
... that of the RSV4 APRC. The 50 cc model is designed to introduce young riders to motorcycle racing and its a genuine race replica in a smaller version. In launching these two bikes ... …
Falcon Motorcycles Black Falcon
... got to be much more than that. It’s the third model in a series of ten concepts from Falcon Motorcycles, and as Bike Exif says, it “blurs the boundaries between motorcycling, industrial design ... . This Falcon Motorcycles creation has just one first place in the custom class at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in California. If we needed converting to custom bikes and tuning in Europe, something like ... …
Norton's coup: Pierre Terblanche
... Pierre Terblanche, the famed motorcycle designer will be putting his brilliant skills to work for Norton Motorcylces and will head their product development and design department. Terblanche the former head designer for Ducati ... Angel Galluzzi who designed the Ducati Monster. His recent designs include the 2009 Moto Guzzi V12 concepts. “Norton is one of the great names in motorcycling, and it was too good a chance ... to have him come here to Britain and work for us. Combining his flair for original concepts with Norton’s sporting traditions will allow us to create a range of motorcycles bearing the historic ... …
Honda Crosstourer and Crossrunner videos: Crossrunner to production?
... 10,000 price tag). The Honda Crossrunner is another 800cc engine, seemingly the flavour of the motorcycle market at the moment, and is Honda’s V4 unit with 100 hp and 73 Nm of ... with more dubious reaction and Honda has stressed so far that it is strictly a concept motorcycle. If the Crossrunner gets to production, though, we don’t see why the Crosstourer won’t as well ... names suggest Honda has thought about this for a while before putting together a couple of concepts and leaving it at that. See the interview with Honda designer Yosuke Hasegawa after the jump ... …
Live pics from EICMA: Husqvarna Mille 3 concept
How cool is this Husqvarna Mille 3 Concept? Below you can see live pics from EICMA of the cross between a cruiser and a motard and as a pure design exercise, we love it. The retro style is not all this is about, though, as Husqvarna has decided to use three cylinders from its usual range making a V-triple, 930cc set-up. The chassis is a sleek, low affair with a central tube and then a twin-beam structure with aluminium support at the rear. The cruiser look and big wheels might lull you into thinking this ... …
BMW Concept C maxi-scooter live pics from EICMA 2010
... with the Concept C scooter. Maxi-scooters are not traditionally the most emotional part of the motorcycle market, but the company has tried to mix both technical functionality and great style. On this ... …
Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 new pics from Intermot
As we get down to deciding the best bike at the 2010 Intermot show, here are the final contenders for the crown. In addition to its electronic-oriented RSV4 Factory APRC SE, Aprilia also brought along the new Dorsoduro 1200. While we saw the Dorsoduro preview in Milan, here we get more pics and details on the new Dorsoduro take. This particular version is all about high power in the agile chassis of the Dorsoduro. It’s the first time the 1200cc twin-cylinder engine has equipped this famous bike from ... …
