Motorcycle Trade

Motorcycle concept: A3W Motiv Trike Concept

A3W Motiv Trike Concept, We had beforehand accounting about Nick Dagostino’s three-wheeled Hayabusa (which is not a approved trike…) here, and now here’s French artist Julien Rondino’s three-wheeled motorcycle abstraction – the A3W Motiv.

We’ve accounting to Julien, allurement him for added capacity on the bike. But for now, what we apperceive is that the bike has been advised about KTM’s 999cc LC8 v-twin. A3W Motiv Trike Concept, The anatomy seems to be a mix of casting aluminium and animate tube sections and the bike is arranged with absorbing $.25 – hub-centre steering, adjustable ergonomics and Buell-style ambit brakes.

Seppster 2 Ice Racer

My folks live in England, and—like most people in Western Europe—they’ve spent the past few weeks buried under snow and ice in the most vicious winter for decades. Which led me to thinking about all the motorcycles locked up in garages and sheds, waiting for the roads to clear and tires to find grip. So when I happened across this extraordinary machine from TGS in Germany, I had to feature it. The bike was built by TGS’ owner Tobias Guckel for Sepp Schmidt, hence the name ‘Seppster’. And those huge Avon Cobra tires each have 120 spikes for maximum purchase on ice … Of course, it’s not an entirely practical bike, unlike the hugely popular ice speedway racers of Europe, but it’s a very interesting alternative to the usual ‘Hot Wheels’ style choppers. Power comes from a turbocharged S&S 93-ci motor, but virtually every other part of this machine was built in-house by TGS, from the radical single-sided front fork to the rigid frame and wheels. This bike came third at the 2008 World Championship of Bike Building; like Hot Dock’s StG Nautilus, it was overshadowed by Roger Goldammer’s paradigm-shifting ‘Goldmember’. In any other year, Ice Racer would have grabbed the spotlight, and rightly so.

Metalback Motorcycle Concept

Computer renderings of concept bikes are two-a-penny these days, but this one deserves more attention than most. Metalback comes from a leading automotive designer called Jordan Meadows, and it’s an attempt to marry the ethos of the traditional café racer with contemporary green credentials. “The concept is powered by a v4 engine running on bio diesel,” says Meadows. “Its frame and skin are crafted from recycled aluminum. This has the advantage of saving weight to enhance performance, while reclaiming pre-used material. In the manufacturing process, the alloy is treated to patina and age naturally without expensive and harmful paint applications. The net effect is a raw natural surface which suits the classic cafe racer, and recalls the romance and power of vintage WW2 fighter planes.” It’s an interesting approach and Meadows has the history to back it up: until last year he was Design Manager at Mazda’s North American Design Center, and his CV includes stints Volkwagen, Chrysler/Jeep and Ford. The big question is whether a mainstream motorcycle manufacturer would be prepared to go down this road—and is the public prepared to buy into it?

Metalback Motorcycle Concept

Fallout Motorbike, a tribute to classic chopper in a futuristic package

Designed as a tribute to the classic chopper, the “Fallout” by William Woods is a concept motorbike executed with the street-fighter ethos of function over form. Combining the single sided swingarm with the Bimota sourced frame, the futuristic motorcycle creates an exclusive hub-centered steering for a steaming yet smooth ride. Featuring short bo

DUCATI C12-R SUPERBIKE CONCEPT Anthony Colard’s

The architecture of the NEW DUCATI C12-R SUPERBIKE CONCEPT has taken several iterations, and absolutely started activity out as the C11-R. The Colard C11-R’s best apparent aberration to its almsman is the GP-style bankrupt the exits both in the lower fairing, and beneath the appendage section. Colard has replaced this bureaucracy in the C12-R with a added acceptable Ducati-esque underseat adjustment with dual-cans.

Accenting both designs are added circuitous and vented anatomy panels. Underneath it all you can see afflatus from the 1098, but Colard’s thoughts assume to be added complex, than the simple Ducati lines. The affect on us is that this looks like an about added complete appearance than the original, and thankfully doesn’t booty the archetypal Ducati curve too far, and into the branch of clutter.