Should Harley Davidson still be around in 2020 to produce “interesting and desirable product”, here is Jonathan Russel’s vision of what that future product could look like. This gallery shows a 2020 Harley Davidson concept with an Apple technology touch. The futuristic bike is not something you’d normally see in Harley Davidson’s line-up of air cooled V-twins and cruisers, but the company could borrow a couple of elements from this concept and create something to really turn heads.

The “2020 Harley Davidson 1″ (which needs a new name), has laser cut etchings with perforated features to let LED lights shine through. The instruments are all tank-mounted, including a GPS unit and lots of aluminium would make this one light, fast Harley. The idea behind letting the light shine through the frame reflects the Apple Macbook Pro on-off light feature.

While Russel’s design is very futuristic and also very much on paper, the idea of revolutionising at least one Harley Davidson model is very welcome. The brand desperately needs some new life and a fresh approach which doesn’t mean it has to abandon its core American ideals. For more details, see the HD concept gallery below.

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Designed by Stuart Emmerson, this is the latest concept of a light weight, urban and compact electric scooter, aptly named Scoota.

Scoota can be opened or closed in five easy steps and it’s easy handling and ultra compact size makes it adapt for any rider who wants to scoot from one place to another in congested city traffic.

It uses the latest Super Charging Lithium Ion technologies and can be recharged in five minutes and has an in-wheel brushless hub motor to add efficiency. It also features a LED blue halo headlight, simple two button interface, front calliper rotor braking system.

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Anyone who loves Japanese Manga design is sure to appreciate these 3D computer graphics from Yutaka Igarashi

In 2008 Yutaka created two unique concept bikes: a cafè racer and an electric riderless racing bike. We’ve already showed you the robot bike and its simple but innovative design. In this further gallery you can also see other Yutaka Igarashi concepts.

The aim for the robot bike of beating a MotoGP lap time is always going to be a challenging task, but never say never! These prototypes have some impressive technical solutions, that while original now, might one day appear on our own road motorcycles.

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