Archive for the ‘Bikes’ Category
Triumph has released a new tribute to the legend of cool– actor and speed fiend Steve McQueen. The new Triumph Steve McQueen Edition Motorcycle is inspired by the Triumph TR6 McQueen rode in the 1963 World War II film The Great Escape, in which McQueen eludes Nazis in the German [...]
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Aside from their functional elements, the allure of a motorcycle is largely in its appearance. Designer JRuiter has crafted an electric motorcycle that takes that entirely out of the equation, by “ignoring what makes motorcycles interesting”. Moto Undone by Joey Ruiter may not look like your standard motorbike, but it [...]
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Futuristic in both style and spirit, the new Toyota Prius Projects Bike hopes to change the way cyclists ride. This sleek, sexy frame by Parlee Cycles is mated to a revolutionary gear technology by DeepLocal– mind-controlled shifting. Under the cyclists helmet rests a bonafide EEG meter that is used to [...]
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Deep, dark and decidedly simple, this Kawasaki S1 Custom by Twinline is what a cafe racer should be. The S1 itself is a rare find in the U.S., a bike known for its friendliness to tweaking with 3-digit speeds as a result. Builder Ian Halcott took a less-is-more approach to this [...]
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The two-wheeled tweakers at Deus Bali have completed work on a stripped-down, styled-up Yamaha Scorpio, the Cafe Scorpio Motorcycle. This striking cafe commuter maintains the Yamaha’s 225cc engine, but its bare bones, lightweight design gives the bike a performance boost over its predecessor. It’s not the speed that has us [...]
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Over the last decade, the styling of bicycles has approached the same importance as the quality of the build and the value of its components. From producer ingenuity to personal embellishment, riders put a lot of focus into how their bike appears to the world, not just how it performs [...]
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Dan Hanebrink has the right stuff to build the all-terrain electric bike of tomorrow. Not only is he a national champion cyclist and a bicycle innovator, he’s also a NASA aerospace engineer. Hanebrink has fused these points of inspiration to develop the Hanebrink Electric Bike, an all-terrain pedal-assist vehicle that [...]
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In 1978, this Motobecane 40T rolled off the production floor in France, ready to carry its customer around town at speeds up to 30 mph. It was one of many moped models released in the late 1970s by European brands like Puch, Piaggio, Tomos and Sachs. Like most of the [...]
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Confederate Motorcycles have taken the virtual wraps off of their latest two-wheeled street demon, the Confederate C3 X132 HELLCAT. The new Hellcat is built around the X 132 COPPERHEAD engine, pushing 145 horses at the twist of the throttle. Joining the Confederate B190 Wraith and the P120 Fighter, the Hellcat [...]
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