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Tiger 800 concept sketches
By Ben Cope on 12/11/2010 17:12:50
Interesting artwork shows how the Tiger 800 was born
It's a fairly common practice for manufacturers to retrospectively draw 'concept sketches' of their models, but never the less, these concept sketches of the Tiger 800 are interesting.You can also see the clay models of the original bike
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Yamaha FZ6 concept - a sharper FZ6?
By Ben Cope on 10/08/2009 12:29:58
Are the XJ6 and FZ6 models too close together? This sharper-looking concept FZ6 could be the answer
THIS CONCEPT drawing of Yamaha's FZ6 naked shows the direction the FZ6 could go in for 2010.Yamaha's XJ6 and FZ6 sit close together in the range, so this sharper-looking FZ6, designed by Jérôme Vannesson an aspiring automotive engineer, is based
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vertiGO - Timmer electric motorcycle concept
By Ben Cope on 08/07/2009 14:48:36
Electric bikes are evolving fast and here to stay. We take a look at a university student's impressive vision of the future
vertiGO ... Maarten Timmer's Electric VisionMaarten Timmer's Electric Vision ... we love it, do you?ELECTRIC bikes have been on the horizon for years, with all sorts of weird concepts appearing, from RS50-framed models to drag-bikes like Killacycle
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Unravelling the Ducati Diavel
By Ben Cope on 03/03/2011 14:45:25
Concept sketches that allude to the bike's origins
presentation, Ducati showed us loads of slides of loosely associated concepts; 4 door supercars, 4x4s with 500bhp, helicopter gunships that spray perfume at their targets. Er, no, they didn't show us that last one.But their concept was clear; the boundaries
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Please BMW: don't build this
By Ben Cope on 05/08/2009 11:14:27
Concept 3-wheeler scooter emerges from photoshoppers bedroom. This is not the direction we want to see
BMW have taken a rapid step in the right direction, what with their K1300S, S1000RR and F800R. Recently rumours have been flying around that BMW are to produce a scooter, possibly a hybrid. And while we know it's well within their means, we'd rather they concentrated on the sharp...
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BMW R1250GS could this replace the R1200GS?
By Ben Cope on 12/08/2009 15:00:15
Concept design shows what the replacement to the R1200Gs could look like
COULD this be BMW's replacement for the R1200GS? Oberdan Bezzi, a designer with motorcycle industry experience thinks so.We've yet to see a capacity hike in any of BMW's current range, however the unstressed flat-twin 1200 is more than capable of being taken out to 1250.We predic...
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The original Ducati Diavel?
By Ben Cope on 26/11/2010 12:12:51
A year ago it would have looked totally weird for a Ducati. Now the Diavel's out, it's less so..
Only a select number of people know how long Ducati have been working on the Diavel. Let's guess 3 years.Funny then, that I came across this interesting Ducati custom on t'interweb yesterday. Created by Moto Frisoli Racing a Ducati Dealer in South Africa, they claimed it's the fr...
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R1 styling + Ferrari V8 x Lazareth
By Ben Cope on 04/11/2011 15:21:53
Mr Lazareth's not been taking his medication, again...
This mad concept isn't new, but it's recently come up for sale for around £170,000.It was created by French special builders Lazareth and is called the Wazuma V8F. The firm already created the Wazuma R1, using a cross-plane R1 engine but with the V8
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Wrenchmonkees Monkeefist
By Ben Cope on 15/11/2012 17:05:20
Take an XJR1300 and give it to some men who build bikes with hacksaws and hammers
Custom bike builders, Wrenchmonkees, usually start with a rusting, barely rolling piece of yesterday and turn it into something quite special.Well, Yamaha wanted a slice of that special and commissioned a special bike for the EICMA Italian motorcycle show. Wrenchmonkees started o...
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BMW scooters confirmed
By Ben Cope on 22/02/2011 11:58:19
Despite BMW's denial of an electric C1, the scooter rumours were true
THE BMW Concept C scooter revealed last November will spawn two production derivatives as part of the firm's 2012 model range.BMW Motorrad vice president Hermann Bohrer has confirmed that the company will launch two maxi-scooters at the Milan show
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