2008 Motorcycles. BMW - S1000 RR - une vidéo Arts. USA. Falcon Motorcycles : One of a Kind Motorcycles, 100% Designed, Engineered and Hand Made In House, Around Rare Iconic British Engines. Motorcycle-Funny-T-Shirts-17.jpg (JPEG Image, 550x721 pixels) BMW Garage Door Opener. Triumph Bonneville custom. Clay Rathburn of Atom Bomb Customs is an old-school craftsman, and the creator of one of my all-time favorite bikes, ‘Doctor Who’.
When Clay builds a bike, very little work is farmed out—an admirable approach in this age of off-the-shelf parts. This lovely 1966 Triumph Bonneville T120 is Clay’s latest creation, and it reveals its charms slowly, eschewing glitz for a subtle, timeless style. “I built the frame in-house, using the original-numbers-matching neck, and reusing the cast rear engine mount,” he says. “I think the factory castings are beautiful when they’re cleaned up and reshaped a bit.” Clay then fabricated a new fuel tank, oil tank and fender out of aluminum, the old-fashioned way using a planishing panel hammer. Clay completely rebuilt the engine to stock specs—with a single carb TR6 head—and had it dynamically balanced.
It works beautifully, don’t you think? V.O.W N°4 // Enjoy a ride with Shinya Kimura. V.O.W N°4 (Video Of the Week, 23-30 January 2011) The qualities of a great craftsman begin way beyond their first interaction with the tool.
In many instances, the education begins with vision. Growing up around the smell of oil and steel, Shinya Kimura has always been fascinated by motorcycles. He speaks of the visual language that inspires him and how he employes a different methodology to the creation of his pieces. He responds to the the steel as he is one with it when heated. This video was one of five nominated videos for 2010 Vimeo Awards. Video screenshot About Shinya KimuraShinya Kimura, formerly known as the founder of "ZERO" or the so-called "ZERO Style" motorcycles,has launched his own workshop called "chabott engineering" in the city of Azusa, California in 2006.
Sources: BMW Powered Twin-Rotor Hoverbike. Every once in a while something comes along so crazy, so unearthly cool, we have to shout it from the rooftops.
Today just happens to be that once in a while, so feast your eyes on the BMW boxer engine powered Hoverbike. Atom Bomb Custom Motorcycles. Lightning Lithium Superbike: No Emissions. Remember the electric Killacycle?
Lightning Motors' electric motorcycle is similar, but it's made for the street instead of the racetrack. It goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds, hits close to 100 mph at top speed, and has about a 100-mile range at cruise. The bike is a Yamaha R1 that has been modified to be powered by lithium-ion batteries. The entire engine is missing. Mission Motors Intros The World's Fastest Production Electric Motorcycle – Gas 2.0. Mission Motors, an electric vehicle start-up from San Francisco, has chosen TED 2009 “The Great Unveiling,” as the venue to introduce itself, and it’s first production vehicle, to the world.
[social_buttons] The all-electric Mission One sportbike promises a top speed of 150 mph and a 150 mile range — rivaling the stats of gasoline powered sportbikes. Additionally, the bike features a recharge time of less than 2 hours using a 240v outlet. It’s currently scheduled for delivery in 2010. Aimed at the high-end/luxury market, the company states it is the “first production electric sportbike that features uncompromised performance and an iconic new design.” More images after the break… Mission Motors founders, Forrest North, Edward West and Mason Cabot, have developed a proprietary high energy lithium ion battery pack specifically for the Mission One. Image Credits: Mission Motors Source: Press release via email. Untamed Velocity - Tour of the Barber Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, Alabama. Yes, this is the entrance to Barber Motorsports Park.
Fortunately they don't discriminate against happy-go-lucky idiots who love riding motorcycles. The Professor and Chris demonstrate. The entrance road to Barber Motorsports Park. George Barber sure knows how to build 'em. Outside the Barber Museum; at first, it looks somewhat odd. The Barber Museum, or as Chris likes to believe, his winning Mega-Millions ticket house. Come on in, it's a museum. And to our left, vintage racers worth more than a house.
When you have this many, you store them like matchbox cars. Mission One: Now Offically the Fastest-Ever (Production) Electric Motorcycle. The last time we heard from Mission Motors, they were gingerly revving their first sportbike, the all-electric Mission One, onto stage at TED.
This morning, they've announced a milestone in proving that their bike, which was designed by Yves Behar's Fuse project, is a worthy steed for speed demons: On September 1st, the bike hit a 150.059-mph average speed over two one-mile test runs on the Bonneville Speedway, reading top speeds of 161mph. And that makes it the fastest production electric motorcycle of all time. The bike also pulled at least one feat important to speed geeks: It's able to do a power wheelie at 80 mph. But what's most impressive is that Mission claims that the record-setting bike wasn't a hot-rodded test bed. It was a late-stage prototype of the eventual production model, of which 300 will be available in 2010.
Motorcycles.