Design
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PATENT: Honda’s 2020 CRF250L and CRF250 Rally getting twin-spark engine design and internal upgrades
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Patents from Honda show that the factory’s quarter-litre off-roaders (with some pretty decent on-road manners too) are moving to twin-spark tech for next year. Outwardly, the bikes look pretty much the same as the current models but will come with two spark plugs instead of one and a new mechanical fuel pump and direct injection.…
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Honda’s future Gold Wing is getting stereoscopic cameras for your safety. Ain’t that nice?
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Fresh patents from Honda show the touring behemoth equipped with a pair of cameras in the front fairing that will enable the bike’s safety automation to take over if it senses a collision. Safety systems based on avoiding a collision with a vehicle or pedestrian, running out of lane on a motorway, recognising road signs…
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PATENT reveals Kawasaki is working on an ELECTRIC motor. AND it’ll be LIQUID COOLED.
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Patent drawings have emerged which confirm that Kawasaki is working on an electric motor – suggesting that the Japanese factory probably isn’t too far away from unveiling its first electric motorcycle. Admittedly, a patent application doesn’t necessarily mean that the technology will make it into series production. But at the very least, we know Kawasaki’s working…
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RUMOURS: Suzuki set to reintroduce its DR BIG? BASED on its V-Strom 1000.
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We’ve heard whispers that Suzuki’s looking to reproduce its iconic DR Big trailbike from the bones of its V-Strom 1000 – and renowned designer Oberdan Bezzi has mocked one up to show what it might look like, ahead of its rumoured 2020 launch. First released in 1988, Suzuki’s DR 750 S Big was built predominantly…
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CONFIRMED: NEW BMW S1000RR for 2019. PATENT filed in China.
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We’ve been telling you that there’s a BMW S1000RR on the way for a few months now. And a patent filed in China CONFIMS that the hugely successful S1000RR is set to receive a range of updates for 2019. China’s intellectual property office has published patents revealing the new BMW S1000RR for 2019 (well,…
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A Kawasaki H2R – with WINGS!
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We’ve just been sent these crazy mock-ups from our friends at YoungMachine, Japan. It’s a weird, wild and wonderful Kawasaki H2R – with WINGS. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a winged H2R. Over a year ago, Kawasaki revealed images of its ‘Flying Motorcycle’ concept at its 2017 World Fair – and now, YoungMachine…
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FINAL production drawings for Suzuki’s Katana / Recursion are filed by the factory. Supercharged (yes), Turbocharged (no). CONFIRMED
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Here’s what looks like the final designs of the upcoming Suzuki Recursion project which will join the factory’s line-up either at the end of 2018 or 2019 (depending on who’s telling tales out of the factory). And what we can be absolutely sure about, having seen these latest drawings from inside the factory, is that…
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VIDEO: Inside Indian Motorcycle – The Art and Science of Product Design
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Indian Motorcycle has released a brilliant short video, delving deeper into the iconic American brands design and construction process. Cool right? Founded in 1901, Indian Motorcycle has won the hearts of motorcyclists around the world, as America’s most iconic brands with its racing dominance, engineering prowess and countless innovations. And here’s your chance to have…
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GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.
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And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…
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Innovative ex-BMW designer moves to Indian Motorcycles
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Indian Motorcycle Company has announced it has hired motorcycle industry design veteran, Ola Stenegard – the man behind the R-nineT – as its new Director of Product Design. The innovative ex-BMW designer will play a key role in the iconic American brand’s long-term growth strategy, bringing nearly two decades of product-design experience, a life-long passion…
