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The Electric Cherry Bicycle [New Age Transportation Machines]

Alex Ion — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:40:38 +0000

If you remember yesterday’s Mercedes-Benz stylish bicycle, today we managed to find another one. Just as great! Dubbed the Electric Cherry, this is another eco-friendly solution for your daily commuting . An innovative way of transportation that only weighs 40kg, the carbon-fibre plastic body machine takes vehicle efficiency to a whole new level. Apparently inspired from the cherry fruit itself, the three-wheeled electric bike makes for a light, comfortable ride.

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Terminator Salvation Motorcycle Robot [Don't Drive One to a Date]

Alex Ion — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:10:39 +0000

Passionate about bad-ass motorcycles because they give you a head start with the chicks? Well that’s not about to happen if you’re riding on a Terminator Salvation Motorcycle Robot. A dangerous “weapon” that stars in the new Terminator Salvation movie, the robot concept bike impresses with a remarkable autonomous motion that allows it to right itself under extreme situations. Of course that’s not going to make the girls go “wow” but rather “awww”.

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The Rotation Bicycle By Yirong Yang Blows People Away At International Bicycle Design Challenge

Bo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:17:07 +0000

Anyone who reads my posts will know my fascination with conceptual designs and here is another that has blown my mind away. The “Rotation” bike designed by Yirong Yang is a revolutionary design we hope makes it to reality.

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Tripod Motorcycles F3 Adrenaline Minimalist F1 Racing Inspired Trike

Andrew Tingle — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:07:27 +0000

What fickle things we are as, having raved about the Can-am Spyder and the V-Rex Tron inspired motorbike many moons ago, there’s now a new kid on the block in terms of high performance three wheeled motorbikes (or, if you prefer, trikes) are concerned by the name of the F3 Adrenaline and, certainly as far as we are concerned, its very much a case of love at first sight – the F3 Adrenaline is a beauty.

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250HP Intel Themed Quad Core Enabled Motorbike

Andrew Tingle — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:30:10 +0000

Whilst not quite as cool as the previously featured V-Rex Motorbike, this Intel themed motorbike created by Intel to celebrate 30 years of embedded computing is far from your average motorbike.

The 250 horsepower bike, created by Orange County Choppers, not only looks the business but it comes complete with ultra-mobile based fingerprint recognition as well as a fully digitised dashboard complete with a range of digital gauges, integrated audio and video systems, wireless connectivity, GPS and rear view cameras in place of the more traditional wing mirrors. However, whether you get the annoying Intel jingle everything you start her up is yet to be confirmed.

[Source | FarEastGizmos]

Motorbike meets Transformers – The Bimota Tessi 2D

Andrew Tingle — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:42:06 +0000

Admittedly, whilst not quite as eye-catching as the Tron inspired V-Rex DreamBike, there can be no doubting that Bimota’s Tessi 2D motorbike is a bike that will turn heads with its distinct, ‘deconstructionist’ type styling that no doubt takes its inspiration from an ongoing trend in modern architecture of making the otherwise hidden structures and internal workings a stylistic element of the overall design (takes breath here).

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The Awesome V-Rex Motorbike – Tron meets Terminator

Andrew Tingle — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:02:43 +0000

Let’s be honest here, I am surprised that my keyboard is still functional as I have been drooling over these images for sometime and have come to the (not difficult) conclusion that this is the coolest motorbike I’ve ever seen. Period. And I’m overjoyed to report that, far from being a concept, it’s real – it exists. And this is cause for celebration.

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Bombardier 2008 Can-Am 3 Wheel Spyder

Andrew Tingle — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:51:03 +0000

Following on from our recent post concerning the VentureOne Hybrid Fighter Car, as well as today’s post about the KTM X-bow, at the expense of beginning to look like autos site we could not hold back from posting about the Bombardier Can-Am Roadster which, like the VentureOne is a 3 wheel device that serves to blur the boundaries between car and motorbike (though this sits rather more on the motorbike side of the fence than the VentureOne).

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The eC3 Hybrid Motorbike Concept

Andrew Tingle — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:50:19 +0000

Created as a joint concept between eCycle and Machineart, the eC3 Hybrid Motorbike Concept uses a special motor/generator that offers both standard gas as well as electric power which are utilised dependant on whether the bike is cruising or requiring greater torque – such as in overtaking manoeuvres – which results not only in a greener mode of transport but an A to B device that should, in theory, prove far more economical to run than a standard single fuel powered motorbike.

Showcasing the hybrid technologies relating to the SolidSlot brushless engine and the distinctive eCycle chassis design, the eC3 is one of three designs presently being displayed on Machineart’s website and we think, certainly from an aesthetic perspective, they look the business – though perhaps not quite as eye catching as this.

You can see further, larger imagery of the eCycle below or, alternatively, you can link to this site for a wealth on information concerning this hybrid design concept.

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The Caterpillar All-Terrain Motorbike

Andrew Tingle — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:18:53 +0000

This is an off-road motorbike with a difference, being that it runs, not on oh-so-passé wheels – Wheels? They’re so 20^th century – but, rather, a seventy-seven piece segmented caterpillar track, similar to those used on tanks. This bike can literally go anywhere.

Designed by Tilmann Schlootz, a 26 year old designer from Frankfurt am Main, Germany for the 2006 Michelin Design Challenge, the Hyanide is only a concept at present and realistically it appears that it will unfortunately never enter production, but one can live in hope.

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