Tag Archives: industry-news
Ducati ‘1026′ Flying Tigers edition by DSC
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.12.2010 14:37 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Ducati | custom | superbike | industry news | Ducati 996 | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Inspired by the shark face nose art of World War II’s Flying Tigers , the three fighter squadrons of US volunteers that flew for the Chinese Air Force, Death Spray Custom in London have created what they like to call the Bite project. This Ducati 996, which was most likely upgraded with a Fast By Ferracci 1026 Stroker Kit and now called ‘1096’, is the project’s pièce de résistance. Obviously, the paintjob is the coolest thing about it.
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Leslie Porterfield makes BMW’s S1000RR look faster, classier
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.7.2010 11:39 by Maxx Biker Filed under: BMW | superbike | BMW S1000RR | sexy bikers | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Leslie Porterfield, who was recently declared the world’s fastest female motorcyclist by Guinness, has just been introduced to the BMW S1000RR , not to ride the 193 bhp German superbike full throttle, but for a classy picture gallery by Markus Hofmann , one of Germany’s best photographers. Hofmann, who has in the past made other similar photos with various models on the same bike and in the same aircraft hangar, seems to have reached to the conclusion that fashionable Leslie Porterfield is the most appropriate person to photograph on his apparently favorite superbike
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M-Org concept chopper, the greenest of them all!
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.7.2010 12:11 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | concept bike | industry news | choppers | innovation | green bikes | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News The M-Org (yes, from organic) is a concept chopper belonging to Russian designer Michael Smolyanov, who thinks of it as to an eco-friendly timeless machine and who is not afraid of showing it as the green and yellow color combination reveals. The designer claims that the grown organic materials used for the frame, suspensions and even the steering components are lighter and stronger than classic ones, making the Organic Bike a very special chopper to park on your lawn in the future. M-Org concept chopper, the greenest of them all! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 12:11 EST.
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E-TX Urban electric concept bike by Bako
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.5.2010 09:36 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | concept bike | industry news | commuting | electric bikes | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News As cities are getting crowdier every day, more and more urban electric concept vehicles emerge and this precise one called the E-TX Urban looks kind of good. Entirely electric, rechargeable via an AC outlet and powered by a Roadson Etronic 16 generator developing an impressive 132.5 kw, this is the kind of electric bike a wheelie lover would ride in the future. French designer Bako claims a top speed of 150 mph, but that’s a bit unrealistic as the 2010 Zero Street , which is now being produced, top out at 67 mph
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Harley-Davidson XR1200 Café Racer by Adrenalin Moto
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.2.2010 14:41 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Harley-Davidson | industry news | Harley-Davidson XR-1200 | cafe racer | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Take a look at what the guys over at Adrenalin Moto in the UK did to a Harley-Davidson XR1200 . It looks neat and fast to us and, if you can believe it, this is actually a café racer. Harleys are probably the last bikes you’d want to modify in such a way, but the XR1200 model loves being fitted with parts such as the Ducati 900SS fairing, projector headlight, carbon fiber side panels and a high level two-into-one stainless steel exhaust system, just to mention a few.
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2010 Honda Africa Twin rendering
Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.1.2010 13:50 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Honda | industry news | enduro | spy_shots_renderings | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News The Honda XRV 750, better known as the Africa Twin, is a legendary model of the Japanese manufacturer, appreciated as being one of the most robust and reliable motorcycles ever produced by Honda.
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Suzuki GT550 café racer looks the best
Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 04.1.2010 15:05 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Suzuki | industry news | vintage | cafe racer | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News The café racer style may not have started on Japanese bikes, but it does help turn some of these into absolutely gorgeous machines. For example, this 1975 Suzuki GT550 (I know, it looks brand new) is probably the coolest café racer approach on a classic Japanese bike. Thomas Leeming from Montana recently finished building it and he doesn’t forget to mention some of the changes he has done: “pipes by Omar’s
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Officially official: Leslie Porterfield is world’s fastest woman on a motorcycle
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 03.24.2010 11:30 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Suzuki | supersports | Suzuki Hayabusa | world record | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Meet motorcycle enthusiast Leslie Porterfield .
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250bhp turbocharged Icon Sheene tribute bike
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 03.24.2010 12:07 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | superbike | industry news | Celebrity Cars | Racing | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Motorcycle designer and builder Andrew Morris is the kind of fan that gets stuff done from special reasons and he recently presented his 250bhp turbocharged tribute to Barry Sheene at Goodwood. The bike is called the Icon Sheene and dubbed ‘the ultimate road bike’. A simple look at it is what it takes to understand why.
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Leak: 2010 KTM Freeride eBikes
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 03.23.2010 12:10 by Maxx Biker Filed under: KTM | dirt bikes | super motard | industry news | spy_shots_renderings | electric bikes | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Although the Austrians from KTM have tried to keep a low profile in what their all-new Freeride electric motorcycles are concerned, German magazine Das Motorrad published the first leaked pictures of the much-awaited KTMs.