Two-wheel Drive
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NOW ON SALE: Christini’s Two-Wheel-Drive kit for your KTM adventure motorcycle.
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Christini has now put its acclaimed two-wheel drive system for KTM’s Adventure line-up on sale to the general public – and you can get your hands on one for £3,500. Christini is pushing boundaries once again, releasing a production version of its innovative two-wheel drive system – we first showed you this back in May…
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All-wheel drive KTM 990 prototype
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Guido Koch is a mechanical engineer and enthusiastic biker – and he’s managed to develop and produce an all-wheel drive motorcycle from the bones of a KTM 990, that he reckons is suitable for mass-production. The benefits of an all-wheel drive vehicle are obvious; the added traction of a second driven wheel is hugely advantageous,…
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SECRET! Check out these AMAZING plans from Suzuki for live light projection tech to keep us safe (and make us faster…)
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Suzuki has filed designs for a new warning and rider aid system that projects complex LED lights at the ground to both help the rider see what’s in front of them AND act as a bright, warning beacon to other road users. The system projects lights to the relevant side of the bike as it’s…
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Revealed: Two-Wheel Drive Suzuki Burgman Scooter
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Suzuki has filed a patent application for a two-wheel drive scooter. It shows (what looks like) a Suzuki Burgman 200, with a hub-mounted electric motor in the front wheel that works to assist the engine-driven rear wheel. The main difference to a typical Burgman 200 is the front end. On the patent, the front wheel…
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Here’s Yamaha’s production plans for its mass-production TWO WHEEL drive bike. Conventional motor at the back, electric motor at the front.
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The patents on the designs have just been granted and by registering them Yamaha has given away one of the bikes that is likely to make up part of a future range. There’s no indication of when this motorcycle will see the light of day (to be fair, the designs themselves have been registered…
