Innovation has no limits, especially when it comes to designing machines that will solve human kind’s commuting problems. The tendency is to keep the thing, light, compact and green. This is also the case of the unicycle named NOAH.
A concept, the bike aims towards that perfect union between rider and machine, the first using the last as an extension of its body for strict commuting problems in comfort and without polluting. It so uses an electric engine, but what attracts our (...)
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Enzyme is an innovative design company with headquarters in France. Their idea on futuristic motorcycle design is gathered under the name ICARE. The machine looks like a Bat Mobile frankly, but it seems to have made quite a big impression at Zaha Hadid’s Chanel Mobile Art pavilion.
Sculpted in the air tunnel, the aggressive and aerodynamic shape makes the rider the completing part of an oval looking thing, but what sustains those looks is the 1800 cc six-cylinder engine provided by Honda.
This is definitely something I would love being seen on in the near future so let’s hope that the French will go on with the concept!
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Practically a dressed-up motorbike in a jet fighter’s clothing, this is one of the most appreciated approach towards a cockpit looking bike. MonoTracer is its name and it is as nice to meet you as you are, only that this is a “you can look, but you can’t touch” situation. Why? Well, have you checked up its price tag? It says $82,350! That’s enough for me to make a heart attack!
I mean, what’s it got that other bikes don’t? A top speed of 250 km/h…normal thing, 0 to 100 in 5.7 seconds…easiest thing for other bikes also, a cabin…not to be seen in any parking lot! Ok, but is it made out of platinum? Not sure. It does protect you from the wind and rain, and from curious looks, but in the same time it looks a little hard to handle and it makes me wonder how will I go in reverse if I suddenly go nuts, robe a bank and buy the damn thing?
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Peugeot built this as a concept car, but I would like to know what you think about this as I see it having two wheels and that is enough for me to post it on the motorcycle section of our site.
The Ozone concept comes as a solution for decreasing the emission levels that contribute in percentage of 33% (in US) to the greenhouse effect. It is powered by fuel cell that turn hydrogen into electricity so it is environmental-friendly and very efficient.
Here comes the interesting part: the entire body is embraced between two giant wheels that are individually powered by electric motors with fuel cells. This is what made me wonder about it being a car and the fact that it has only two seats, further increases my suspicions. Even so, the position is similar to the one in a car so we can’t contest that, but take a look at it! I don’t see an executive riding in this, but more a gadget addict that at some moment in his live visualized himself riding in what appears to be a colonizing vehicle for aliens.
Car or motorcycle, the concept is mind blowing though!
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It is by now clear that the best commuting solution features two wheels as they are economic and occupy less space in today’s crowded cities, but we often find ourselves wondering what the future reserves for the continuously developing motorcycle market.
An answer to our questions came in the form of the Vincent Nero, a concept bike implementing features of early-days motorcycles which are refreshed and propelled into the future. For instance, there is the mid-size V-Twin engine – configuration that has been around ever since pioneers found out how to properly air-cool their constantly-heating engines, the spoked wheels and the Harley-type exhaust. The upright riding position is ideal for this kind of motorcycle and this also brings the massive, high tank and the imposing, futuristic forks.
Designed by students Ian Galvin and Craig Mackiew, the Vincent Nero opens up the gates to a new motorcycling era, especially now that gas prices are going nuts.
The Vincent Nero is designed both as a naked concept bike and a half-faired one so let’s just hope we’ll soon be put in the situation of choosing among the two.
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Industrial designers and motorcycles; futuristic approach
Most motorcycle designs are collaborative projects, involving several people and functions. This means that most design style becomes, dare I say it, ’bland’. Everyone needs to agree on the look of the motorcycle, and as the saying goes, “you can’t please everyone all of the time”.
Most motorcycles that have that very special look were designed by small teams, often just one designer. That’s what makes the bike unique, since it’s the individual’s taste that has been added to the bike.
So if you let a single individual design a motorcycle from the ground up, and if that person is a talented industrial designer, the resulting motorcycle can be out of this world, literally!
Englishman, Dan Bailey, is such a talented designer. He took a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and used the image of the alien from the movie Alien
and created this master piece:
You’ve got to admit, it does look like the creature from the movie. The whole motorcycle is extremely streamlined and futuristic looking. The bike is called “Indian” Speed-racer and is meant for (future) races. The hub-less wheels are impressive to say the least.
The whole concept is very pleasing, and could very well be the way motorcycles look in the nearby future, but one question remains in my mind: how do you sit on the bike? Or more, where do you sit?
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Suzuki Thailand was keen on developing a scooter that would implement the most advanced technology features and the first result of their perseverance (actually two results) come up in the form of the SD 01 and the SD 02.
Recently presented at the Annual Bangkok International Auto Show, these two machineries have left everyone gauging and the truth is that they had big reasons. In my opinion they are the first ever Japanese scooters that managed to dethrone – in the public’s vision, of course – the Italian style and pure magic is the fact it beaten it with its own weapons.
Being very agile (probably electrically powered), comfortable (adjustable honeycomb styled seat) and aerodynamic, the two SD models also come up with advanced technologies, something that will be later unveiled to us.
LED lighting isn’t something to be often seen on scooters, but who says these two have anything in common with the usual?
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Designers in general and motorcycle designers in particularly usually create futuristic projects so that they will test the marker or just for the hell of it, but when receiving a free-hand project at the Yamaha Art Center in Pasedena and coming up with something like this, you know that you simply cannot fail.
In this case, the protagonist is Jake Loniak, who named its immensely futuristic creation the Yamaha Deus Ex Machina.
The STUDENT talks about the “bike’s” features:
“The (...)
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Vanjey-design visualizes the road version of the RSV 4 in the best way we’ve seen so far, but the concept is surrounded by mystery so far. It is strongly recommended that you leave your opinion in order to help us to see it unveiled and ready for a test run. Although it is premature to talk about such thing now, you have to admit that it looks inviting.
Is the Ducati range about to add another member to the already impressive number? Apparently, the Italian maker prepares an ultimate version of the Monster, one that will be powered by a 1098cc twin-cylinder engine and blow everything away with its extreme design. Colors will be Red, Black and White but, more important, Marchesini provides the forks and Brembo the brakes. Wait and see what happens, but we already know that nothing can go wrong with such a project. At least, there are no clues to reflect that.
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