Nicky Hayden gets his own font

What you’re looking at is a custom font created specifically for Nicky Hayden by House Industries. Loud and just a little funkadelic, the Kentucky Kid had his name emblazoned in it for the Indianapolis GP. The project came about as … Continued

Rem Koolhaas’s abstract motorcycle

This is Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’s idea of a motorcycle refined to its bare essence. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, there aren’t any wheels. Update: turns out it’s Rem D. Koolhaas, Rem Koolhaas’s nephew who’s responsible.

Roland Sands plans to hit 200mph on a cruiser

Looks like Roland Sands is finally tackling his ambition to race at Bonneville, he'll just be doing it on a bike that, in stock form, makes only 97bhp and weighs over 670lbs. The big honkin' turbocharger has yet to go…

Terblanche on the new Ducati Multistrada

Probably the most dramatic example of the departure from the ambitious, elegant futurism of the Terblanche-era Ducatis into the dumbed-down-for-the-masses mundanity of the current generation is in the Multistrada. An utterly unique, if slightly awkward bike corrupted the traditional…

Design Analysis: Brammo Empulse

With the launch of the Empulse, Brammo may well have succeeded in monopolizing the limelight for the 2011 model year. Since the collapse of motorcycle sales started in 2009, the major OEMs have pretty much eliminated new product releases (with…

Philippe Starck designs Pramac Ducati livery

Lacking the ability to generate excitement by winning races, Pramac Ducati has instead chosen to brand itself as "the first ecological MotoGP team." What's that mean? Well, they're sticking some Starck-designed wind turbines on the roof of their team trucks…