?) allegedly say the bike is going to look like.If this bike actually existed and the publications were genuinely in touch with this 'factory insider', you'd think they'd be able to get their hands on actual sketches, not to mention final designs of the VFR

in June and a very early 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R concept sketch in January.It's about time Kawasaki clawed back some of the deficit in the 1000cc market. Let's hope the new 2011 bike really delivers what Kawasaki are promising.Looks a bit like the BMW S1000RR

limited run of V5 road bikes.Now a trawl through the patent archives reveals this sketch, dating way back to 2002 and lodged alongside drawings of the original 2002-spec RC211V racer. As you can see, it's identical to the race bike, but features lights

SUZUKI'S new V-Strom 650 images have been leaked ahead of the bike's official launch, by Suzuki Europe.In the digital age, marketing bods often think they're being clever by slowly leaking concept sketches and 'spy shots' of bikes to generate hype

, creating a working prototype that uses air as an alternative source of fuel.Benstead believes that the concept of compressed air has a role to pay in the future of transportation. "The concept evolved from research to sketches to computer modeling before

SUZUKI is set to reveal details of its first major 2012 model this weekend when it takes the wraps off a new mid-range adventure bike.Presumably replacing the current DL650 V-Strom, the new machine has been revealed in a series of teaser sketches

the details so far confirmed by our Japanese insiders.Interspersing close-up glimpses of parts of the bike with clips of someone sketching the bike, the video also runs the text “84mm” and “65mm” on the screen; a bore and stroke that would fit

NORMALLY it's pretty easy to categorise a bike. Sports bike, scooters, tourers, commuters – they're all easily identifiable. But this leaked design sketch from SYM is impossible to pigeonhole.Built on a Piaggio MP3-style leaning three

Click to read: Ducati Monster 696 owners reviews, Ducati Monster 696 specs and to see the Ducati Monster 696 image gallery.While doodling a sketch for a potential drag race bike back in 1992, Ducati designer Miguel Angel Galuzzi unknowingly created

.Add to that the fact that in its original trim, the bike only made 100bhp despite having no less than eight bloody cylinders doing their bit, and the whole concept becomes worthy of a Monty Python sketch.But the Morbidelli's ugliness was not just skin deep. There were