Here are the first drawings and rendering of the future Husqvarna naked road going bike which is said to be under development. While the rendering looks kind of odd, we do like the drawings of how the new Husqvarna 900cc engine, a bigger bore version of the BMW F800 unit, will be fitted to the naked bike.

The thing we find particularly incredible about these drawings is just how characteristic they are of Husqvarna design. If the finished model turns out like this, we can look forward to roadgoing bikes in characteristic Husky style. A tubular trellis frame looks like it’s being used, and we are likely to get simple but robust components.

The new Husqvarna roadgoing bikes will have to be distinctive to create their own niche and compete in the marketplace, and we could see some serious marketing happening before launch, especially on social networks. But at this stage, we’d be happier to see more of the bike. Expect to see more renderings, or even spy shots, coming soon.

Husqvarna road bike sketches

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This Aprilia rendering shows a semi-naked sports bike inspired by the Aprilia Shiver, which the artist has called the RSL 750 Cuvert, and which is more interesting for what it says about the future motorcycle market than the model itself. This year we’ve seen the return of an important acronym in the bike sector: the CBR600F.

The Japanese can almost see into the future it seems, and could be readying themselves for the decline of powerful superbike models, and the return of mid-size sports bikes. The latter haven’t exactly been enjoying a heyday of late, but with the industry in crisis, the world economy still jittery and a change in motorcycle culture, these kinds of sports bikes could make a comeback. In the early 2000’s we saw the market push for what we have come to now - race-oriented, powerful superbikes at the expense of gentler road going models.

The idea of building a new 600F off the back of a naked bike such as the Hornet was widely discussed, and it looks like the concept has reached market acceptance. After all, you get decent performance out of an engine that isn’t over-the-top and at a reasonable price. Not everyone likes naked bikes, but the nakeds of today easily have a similar performance to the sports bikes of a few years ago. And if you want a faired or semi-faired version?

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One of the rumors that rocked during last summer’s racing hiatus was that Norton was working on a MotoGP bike, and they even signed a tentative agreement with Dorna about placing two bikes on the grid in 2012 when CRT teams get the chance to compete in the very expensive high profile championship.

When MCN revealed a CAD drawing of Norton’s new 1000cc V4 engine and that it’s going on the dyno in the following weeks, some imaginations went into overdrive, just like this Motoblog.it reader Mario Fedele, a wannabe Pierre Terblanche, offered up his idea of how the Norton MotoGP bike could look like once completed.

Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics to us and we’ll post them, with your name. We’d love to share what you guys find in the world of motorcycling! Send to: pics@twowheelsblog.com

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After reading about the rumor that Norton will be entering MotoGP in 2012, the famed motorcycle designer Oberdan Bezzi has come with his idea of what the Norton MotoGP bike should look like with this cool looking rendering.

Apparently the Norton rumor is not a rumor at all, because if you check out the cover of this week’s issue of MCN you’ll see a small headline stating that Norton is confirming their MotoGP plan with all-new four-cylinder bike.

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Imagination has no limits, and neither do the photoshopping efforts of Oberdan Bezzi, it seems. The interesting digital creation Bezzi has come up with this time is a Wakan with a Royal Enfield 500 cc engine. The Wakan would normally be equipped with an S&S 1640cc V-Twin, but the new version has been dubbed the Wakan 500 Superlight.

Source | The Kneeslider

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This rendering takes on what would have been an amazing piece of motorcycle engineering from the industrial revolution. This steam engine bike is a homage to the famous Stephenson’s Rocket locomotive engine built in 1829 by Robert Stephenson and Company. The rendering got me thinking about the history of bikes and steam power, and interested to know more, I checked out steam powered bikes on Wikipedia.

The first known steam engine bike to be created was in the US in 1867. According to Wikipedia, it’s not known if this was a working model, so if anyone’s an engineer and would like to hazard a guess on whether it would be workable, and how you would drive one, I’m keen to be enlightened! Wikipedia says:

If one counts two wheels with steam propulsion as being a motorcycle, then the first one may have been American. One such machine was demonstrated at fairs and circuses in the eastern United States in 1867, built by Sylvester Howard Roper of Roxbury, Massachusetts.[1] There exists an example of a Roper machine dating from 1869, but there is no patent existing and nothing proves it was a working model. It was powered by a charcoal-fired two-cylinder engine, whose connecting rods directly drive a crank on the rear wheel. The Roper machine pre-dates the invention of the safety bicycle by many years, so its chassis is based on the “boneshaker” bike.

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Check out this sexy Ducati concept, called the 599 Mono, designed by Dan Anderson, of Voltra fame. This Ducati is designed as a single-cylinder sportsbike to rival the KTM RC4. The artist’s impression shows not only the hot looks, but also gives us an idea of what we would expect technically. It has a four-valve, desmo head engine and should weigh in at about 160 kg.

Ducati concept 599 Mono by Dan Anderson

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The Ducati Multistrada 1200 has generated much debate about its looks and new style, and has even gained itself a few nicknames for its unusual front profile, with elongated beak. With everything from “tapir” to “baboon”, Marco, reader at Motoblog.it, decided to get to work and render a different Multistrada.

Removing the front beak, Marco has produced a flat front, with two “nostrils” and LED lights which are positioned lower down. The rest of the Multistrada remains more or less the same, although this change in front profile certainly makes things different. So it’s over to our readers: do you prefer this version or the original Multistrada 1200?

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Oberdan Bezzi has created this rendering of a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 enduro model. While he envisages a daily road model, we’d still be interested to see an off-road Royal Enfield. Bezzi’s version would be reliable, providing plenty of mileage, through its single-cylinder engine.

The original Bullet was a 1932 model with single-cylinder, four-valve engine, though in 1993 Royal Enfield brought out the Bullet 500, and we have also seen the Bullet Classic 500, which appeared last year.

Source | TopSpeed

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Oberdan Bezzi has rendered this new Moto Guzzi racing bike, as a hypothetical inclusion to the overhaul in the Guzzi range we’ll be seeing by 2013, since news is that production will remain at Mandello facilities.

Lord knows what Moto Guzzi might bring in the coming years with the still legendary transverse twin-cylinder, but here Bezzi tries his hand at a couple of supersport models, including a naked version. The first is called Daytona R, the second is the Daytona S with more of a road feel, while the Sport 8V is his take on a modern cafe racer.

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These Suzuki renderings show how French fan Duff sees the 2010 model range. Using a little Photoshop, Duff has designed some new models and touched up a few old ones.

The gallery shows the GSX650F, SV 650 N and SV 650 S, the B-King 1300 and the GSX-R 600/750. There is also a DRZ 450 with chassis and engine from the RMX 450, while the GSR 1000 adopts the engine and chassis of the GSX-R 1000 K9.

Source | Motoblog

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It’s a risky enterprise, undertaking an interpretation of a possible future Lamborghini two wheels, when a legend of the auto world moves onto new territory. But Laurentiu Trifescu from Romania has turned his hand to the task, producing this Lamborghini V4 1,000 Caramelo.

It’s a mix between Aprilia, KTM and Ducati style with a four stroke V engine and rear swing arm. A real challenge is: if you were to produce a Lamborghini superbike, what would your vision look like?

Source | Motoflash

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