BMW Concept Ninety: Past Style, Modern Performance
“The BMW Concept Ninety resurrects this spirit of the emotionally charged superbike”, says BMW of this new concept bike built by Roland Sands. Could it point the way for a future production model?
Alstare’s New Concept Bike
In 1996, Alstare debuted in the Supersport Championship and World Superbike Championship in a partnership with Ducati. Fabrizio Pirovano rode a Ducati 748SP in the Open Supersport Championship (now the World Supersport Championship) and Michael Paquay, a Ducati 916. Pirovano … Continued
Spy Photos: KTM 1290 SuperDuke R
Update: SuperDuke.net sourced an even better picture, revealing the new headlight. German magazine Motorrad has captured photos of a prototype KTM 1290 SuperDuke R undergoing validation testing in the Canary Islands. While the bike you see here remains a rough … Continued
If Audi made motorcycles
What if Audi’s acquisition of Ducati meant the German car brand was going to start making its own motorcycles. It’s not, but French designer Thibault Devauze has imagined the possibility of an Audi motorcycle with his own concept.
KTM E-SPEED: orange mobility
KTM look to be making further inroads into the electric market after unveiling the E-SPEED at the Tokyo Motor Show.The scooter concept is targeted at the urbanites and utilises the same battery and powertrain as the FREERIDE E.
How the Royal Enfield Café Racer changed from concept to production
After last week’s news that the Royal Enfield Café Racer will enter the US market next summer, an HFL reader who’d seen the near-production version of the bike sent in these photos from EICMA. Same idea as the concept, very … Continued
KTM 1290 SuperDuke R: a 180hp naked
Calm down there. This KTM 1290 SuperDuke R isn’t quite a production bike, yet. Instead, it’s a fully-functional concept. A bored-out version of the RC8′s v-twin yields 180bhp. Listen to it startup below.