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Concept motorcycle : Traverston V-Rex

Most concept motorcycles never make it into production, but Christian Travert turned Tim Cameron's dreams into physical reality with the Traverston V-Rex.

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Concept Motorcycle : The Mach Ness Monster

Arlen Ness has created a hunk of metal on wheels powered by a gas-turbine helicopter engine, the Mach Ness. The bodywork is made entirely out of aluminum that's been shaped by hand. But it's not for sale...it's just a concept motorcycle. The concept began when Arlen saw Jay Leno’s turbine motorcycle but didn’t like the $250,000 price tag, so he built his own. Super odd motorcycle

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Concept Motorcycle : From the movie Judge Dredd

I'll take both of these From the movie Judge Dredd

Concept Motorcycle : Future of Aprilia Motorcycles

Future of Aprilia Motorcycles - Fantastic looking Concept Motorcycle-Odd Motorcycle

Renovatio concept motorcycle.

       The Renovatio (Latin for "Rebirth") concept motorbike from Confederate Motorcycles based in America is a radical concept bike designed by Confederate's lead designer Ed Jacobs.

       The Renovatio is extremely minimalistic with all the mechanical elements of the bike on show. With large attachment points easily accessible on the engine, upgrades and various configurations can easily be exchanged.

        The 135 horsepower, 125 ft/lbs of torque V-twin engine of the Confederate Renovatio concept was built by Katech Inc. of Detroit. Katech was hired to design five prototype engines, they chose to base the 1686 cc (103 cu in) V-twin on General Motors LS7 7.0 litre V8. Katech were also responsible for the 16 cylinder engine found in the Cadillac Sixteen concept car of 2003.

Confederate already manufacure two high-end and unique bikes, the Confederate Wraith and the Hellcat F131. The Confederate Renovatio is a concept created inline with Confederates current vision.

Concept Motorcycle : Honda EVO6

The EVO6 is a fusion of both sportsbike and cruiser in a dazzling concept machine. Powered by the large-displacement flat-six cylinder engine from the Gold Wing, the motor proudly sits on show in its minimalist chassis and bodywork. The aggressive design is completed by the slim fuel-tank and seat-unit and single-sided swingarm.

Concept Motorcycle : Suzuki Biplane Revealed

Wow. Just wow. Even if the execution of biplane inspiration is questionable, this thing is flipping gorgeous. I'm quite certain a twenty minute ride would have you begging for the sweet release of death, but you would look really cool during those twenty minutes. Just think of all the broken necks you'd cause in the unsuspecting streets. It's pretty, in ways that we couldn't have comprehended in the sneak preview shots.

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Concept motorcycle : The Crocker C4

The Crocker C4 Concept you admire here was designed by Daryl R. Tearne, for the Crocker Motorcycle Co. The C4 gets its name from being the 4th model in the Crocker lineup, after the “Speedway”, the “Small Tank” and finally the “Big Tank”. In conceiving the C4, the objective was to build a modern Crocker the way Al. Crocker himself would have done it if he was still with us today. Some design elements and even some parts were inspired by the original design and incorporated into the new C4. Things like a chassis design with the same original concept but a much more high tech approach. The Headlight’s styling is very similar in shape, but integrates a very modern 7-lens xenon projector lamp into the body. The single sided front fork was inspired by aircraft landing gear. By using this type of front-end setup, the front end is much more narrow and stiffer under heavy braking. By using Penske suspension, and designing rake angle adjustments in the front end, Crocker will be able to offer a custom fit for all customers.The Single sided rear swing arm has also some very unique design features. Body styling use old Crocker elements and alloy accents taken from the Big and Small Tank original models (like the alloy air intakes on the front of the tank). This concept bike will be built to order by Crocker Motorcycle Company.

Concept motorcycle : Yamaha Deus Ex Machina

Yamaha Deus Ex Machina Concept Motorcycle designed by Art Center Pasadena student Jake Loniak. It looks really cool! This concept bike likes a stand robot. The vehicle is powered by ultra-capacitors and doped nano-phoshpate batteries (similar to the ones currently used in hybrid cars) and it is controlled using 36 pneumatic muscles with two linear actuators set along a spine consisting of 7 artificial vertebrae.

concept motorcycle : Kawasaki ZX-10R Detachable Sportbike Canopy

If you want to add a detachable canopy on your sportbike that you can ride in the rain day? With Rocketshields, the detachable sportbike hardtop canopy, you can do just that. It looks cool! In this case, it is a 2006 Kawasaki ZX-10R with the canopy by David Fermil. if your sportbike with this canopy, next time when you go on your sportbike, beware of your leg will hit it,

concept motorcycle : Yamaha launch hybrid 2010

Back in 2005, Yamaha showed the wacky 2005 Gen-Ryu hybrid concept bike at the Tokyo Motor Show amidst a raft of other very non-conventional two wheelers such as the aptly named FC-Me fuel cell bike, the ingenious Deinonychus elec tric reconfigurable motorcycle, the Chivicker, Passol and the Maxam two-wheeled limousine. Now it appears certain the bike will become a showroom model in 2010. A series of patent applications detail the new motorcycle which uses the YZF-R6 600cc engine to turn a generator which in turn powers the rear wheel. History shows that every Yamaha styling patent published over the last 20 years has resulted in a full production machine, so there's little doubt this one is also heading for a showroom near you in the very near future. You can expect to see it in the flesh for the first time at the Tokyo Motor Show later this year.

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Bug bike

Monster green motorcycle:

Hamburger motorcycle

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Kuwaiti Night Riders

Every night, like clockwork, I hear the absurdly loud engines of the phantom (menace) motorbike riders who travel like packs of wolves up and down the Gulf Road. Well, nothing too odd about people ’night riding’ their bikes, so what’s the problem I hear you ask?

Well their choice of timing is very odd for a start. I usually head to sleep at about 1am, but I often hear these guys driving up and down the road well into the early morning. It’s not uncommon for me to wake up at 4 or 5am and still hear these ‘phantom menaces’ riding their bikes. I am a relatively light/medium sleeper and often get woken up by the sound of my glass shuddering like an earthquake has just hit.

Motorcycle tank

WWII motorcycle tank hybrids. Very odd vehicles and I'm not really sure of the reasoning behind their construction, why the motorcycle front end was necessary isn't clear, the one site says it's for stability at high speeds and you actually could remove it in really rough terrain, but they do look interesting.

Specs say they could get up to 45-50mph with the 4 cylinder, 1478cc gasoline engine sourced from Opel, while the vehicle itself was made by NSU. It was designed to go into mountainous terrain and tow a trailer or small gun.

The web sites say there were about 8400 Kettenkrads produced during the war and over 500 afterwards. Some collectors keep them going and I think they look like a real hoot. I love stuff like this and if you dig around enough, you never know what you might find. Neat.

Wood motorcycle

Cparada writes in with some more clues to origins of the wood motorcycle - "This "Holzmotorrad" has been around a while - The (VERY old) 25 HP Honda has been remade as an Alabama Harley in some photos. There's something odd about the streetscape, buildings, cobblestones... and a pair of VWs). In addition to RatBike, it shows up on a great site for arcane bikes: Classic Motorrads Deutschland - Small world... but still no name for the artist."