Created to expand Toyota's presence in action sports circles (they want people with bikes to buy Tundra pickups to haul them), this one-off Toyota motocross bike is essentially an exercise in pushing the limits of logo inclusion. Unveiled at the…
When pushed for answers concerning the possibility of wedging Aprilia's 550 V-twin into the legendary RS250 chassis, Aprilia's Motorcycle Product Manager, Francesco Polimeni, smiled and said with a heavy accent, "Yes. It is a beautiful engine. In fact, we…
Remember Maarten Timmer's VertiGO? The concept attempts to leverage the packaging advantages of an electric motor and batteries to define an alternative, but still clearly sport-focussed design language for electric motorcycles. Now, VertiGO is part of a design competition at…
The wraps just came off the YamahaSuper Tenere Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, or rather they stayed on– the concept is made from cloth and skeletal mechanical components. Evoking a blinged out Bedouin or Touareg desert nomads, but closely…
BMW is returning to the enclosed scooter concept, this time with an electric motor. Sold from 2000-2003, the original BMW C1 was a wonderful idea — a scooter that could protect its rider from impacts — executed poorly with odd…
The product of a now-defunct program that encouraged young Honda designers to experiment and have fun, the Honda EZ Snow premiered as a concept at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show. Based on the Honda EZ 90 Cub — probably the…
Just months after announcing it intended to offer a range of cafe racers based around the Buell Blast's single-cylinder engine, Mac Motorcycles was blindsided by Harley's declaration that large-scale production of the Blast would cease. Left without a cheap supply…