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Ducati Superquadro engine (w/video)

23 March, 2020
Ahead of next month’s EICMA show where Ducati will officially unveil the 1199 Panigale, the Italian manufacturer has decided to whet the appetites of fans by releasing images and a video of the new 90° v-twin engine that will power…

Solar powered motorcycle

21 March, 2020
The guy in the video is Richard Gryzch who claims that this is the world’s first solar charged electric motorbike that can travel up to 50 miles on a full charge and hits a top speed of 9o mph.The Solar…

Scoota, The Electric Scooter

20 March, 2020
Designed by Stuart Emmerson, this is the latest concept of a light weight, urban and compact electric scooter, aptly named Scoota.Scoota can be opened or closed in five easy steps and it’s easy handling and ultra compact size makes it…

New Honda RVF to use 1000cc engine for racing?

20 March, 2020
Honda could be building a new superbike machine that would revive the historic RVF name and would be placed above the CBR1000RR model. The Honda RVF750F, otherwise known as the RC45, would get a new 1000cc engine as a racing…

Ducati C12-R Superbike concept by Anthony Colard

20 March, 2020
After we saw the Ducati Car concept, here is Anthony Colard’s two-wheel Ducati superbike design concept. Based on the 1098 and 1198 chassis, Colard set out to improve on what he saw as some of the problems with the 1098…

Pic of the day: exercise bike furniture

20 March, 2020
A little off-topic but we had to share this one-wheeled exercise bike invention with you. Designed by Luca Schieppati for Lamiflex Spa, the ‘ciclotte’ is supposed to be an exercise bike that doubles as a snazzy piece of furniture, meaning…

Eva Track T-800CDI: diesel competition for the BMW R1200GS

19 March, 2020
Hell for leather brings us this news of the world’s first 2WD diesel motorcycle. The Eva Track T-800CDI is built on a similar premise to the BMW R1200GS, but delivers more due to its flexibility and capability.It has an 800cc…

Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha M1: development for 2011

18 March, 2020
Current 2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has apparently asked for improvement to the Yamaha M1 engine, or things will be very difficult for the team next year. According to Valentino Rossi’s crew chief, Jeremy Burgess, departing with Rossi for Ducati,…

MV Agusta Brutale video: chassis and engine

15 March, 2020
Here’s a close-up look of the chassis and engine of the new MV Agusta Brutale for 2010. The first video shows the detail of the chassis, suspension, swing arm, steering damper, instrumentation and the like. After the jump is the…

Dual clutch: Yamaha R1 and Honda CBR1000RR

15 March, 2020
Rumours have it that Yamaha and Honda could borrow the dual clutch transmission (DTC) technology from the automobile world for their next high performance R1 and CBR1000RR models. The new Honda VFR1200F already uses DTC, but the next step would…

Italian motorcycles Franco Lambertini engine design

14 March, 2020
It’s only when you delve into history like this that you realise what a shame it is that a company like Moto Morini is closing. This photo of the Morini Deltabox (which looks like it’s scanned from a magazine, but…

BMW six-cylinder bikes: K 1600 GT and BMW K 1600 GTL

13 March, 2020
The BMW Concept 6 which we saw at last year’s 2009 EICMA, went one step further in demonstrating that BMW Motorrad seriously considers itself at the cutting edge of new technology in the motorcycle sector. We’d like to see them…