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Honda reinvents the bath chair
By Visordown News on 31/03/2011 16:44:33
More patent oddity from Honda

It's no secret that the biking population is getting older but this patent from Honda seems to suggest they're working on the solution – something that can keep you on two wheels however decrepit you become.Like the firm's incredible U3-X electric

A road-going jet ski motorcycle?
By Visordown News on 27/07/2011 16:30:23
Water bike patent could become reality

BRITISH firm Gibbs is pretty much unique in making amphibious cars and not long ago we revealed they'd also designed a water-going trike. Well now they're working on a two-wheeled version.Patents show that the company has designed a jet-ski style

Pointless motorcycle inventions no.43...
By Visordown News on 04/08/2011 10:41:27
...the Motor Suitcase

IT takes time, effort, dedication and money to pursue a patent on an idea, and that makes some of the more, erm, unusual ones seem all the more incredible.This little gem has just cropped up. Unfortunately, the applicant didn't see fit to supply

What the...?
By Visordown News on 17/05/2011 10:02:22
Oddball portable suitcase commuter bike

OK, so we've seen suitcase-style motorcycles before (see Honda's Motocompo for the ultimate expression of the idea) but this is a new one on us.A patent filed by US firm Boxx Corp from Portland, Oregon, the picture shows a rectangular bike that

Boxx Corp's suitcase bike launched
By Visordown News on 09/12/2011 14:16:52
Oddball bike finally surfaces

WE'VE been avidly following the progress of Boxx Corp's suitcase-style bike from its original patent and now the finished product has been released.The electric bike is just a metre long and has a top speed of between 28 to 35mph with a battery

Boxx Corp's mystery bike fails to appear
By Visordown News on 19/09/2011 09:34:29
When teasers go bad...

REGULAR readers might remember the weird-looking suitcase-shaped motorcycle that was patented by never-before-heard-of American firm Boxx Corp a few months ago.Back then, a search for Boxx Corp's website revealed a single page, with a picture of a

Not a Yamaha YZF-R125
By Visordown News on 10/02/2012 10:31:37
You've got to admire the blatancy of it...

NOPE. It's not a Yamaha YZF-R125. Can't you tell it's actually a Genata GM125YZF-R?Yes, in China it seems that patents, copyrights and trademarks all have a slightly different meaning, and the result is this, erm, shall we say “tribute” to Yamaha

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