Tag: MOTORCYCLE

After three years, thousands of dollars, and a run-in with the law, Dutch designer Allert Jacobs has built one of the most fuel-efficient motorcycles on the planet. According to Popular Science, Jacobs designed a fiberglass shell for his Honda Innova 125i bike that allows it to get more than 200 miles-per-gallon. To master this aerodynamic design, Jacobs first built a small-scale model of the ...

The fastest electric motorcycle ever built is set to hit the track today in one of the world's toughest races. According to Popular Science, the MotoCzysz E1pc can reach 140 mph, thanks to its 10 built-in batteries. It has 10 times the battery capacity of a Toyota Prius and 2.5 times the torque of a Ducati 1198 motorcycle. The bike will need every bit of that power during the Isle of Man TT, ...

Motorcycle enthusiast Colin Furze, who recently became known for attaching a flamethrower onto the back of his scooter, was arrested in England last week. According to the Telegraph, Lincolnshire police noticed the publicity surrounding Furze's creation -- reminiscent of something from a James Bond film -- and arrested him for suspicion of possessing an object converted into a firearm. It's an ...

If you're a motorcycle enthusiast, you know and accept that sometimes comfort must be sacrificed for power and style. Like, when it's 98 degrees outside, and you're stuck in traffic wearing a leather jacket. Or, when it's 28 degrees outside, and you're getting frostbite while zipping down the highway on your bike. Entrosys hopes to offer riders more comfort with its new motorcycle heating and ...

Sometimes, the best inventions are pure happenstance. When motorcycle enthusiast Jullian Preston-Powers got hit in the noggin during a basketball game, he quickly grew tired of holding an icepack to his head. Eventually, he placed it inside his buddy's motorcycle helmet, and unknowingly, his friend put on his helmet with the pack still inside and remarked to Preston-Powers how good it felt. A ...

Whether it's the trickle down of a bad economy or simply an effort toward conservation, more and more people are using old electronics to create amazing works of art. To produce these creations, you don't have to attend art school, but it does help to know your way around a computer. Enter Miguel Rivera. According to Wired, he's a systems administrator and, judging by his art, a little bit of ...

Are you a fan of the motorcycle's ability to lean into turns but just don't feel safe riding with your body exposed like that? Well, a new concept car from Nissan has you covered, literally. According to Engadget, the Nissan Land Glider features two-in-line seats and the ability to lean at a 17-degree angle around turns. At just 3.5-feet wide, the electric car can maneuver like a bike, but it's ...

While it won't make you look like the toughest guy on two wheels, a new custom motorcycle from the notoriously horsepower-heavy Orange County Choppers will be a little better for the environment. According to Wired, the Smart Chopper is the world's first custom-built electric motorcycle. Commissioned by electronics giant Siemens as a way to flaunt their 'environmental awareness', the bike ...

Confederate Motor Company, an Alabama motorcycle manufacturer striving for "principled individuality," is set to release its new P120 Fighter Combat bike at the upcoming Quail Motorsports Gathering in California, according to The Cool Hunter. The bike, which maintains Confederate's "technical and primitive" form, incorporates a lightweight aluminum frame and a streamlined and awesome ...

The future, finally, is here, we've learned from Dvice. For those of us who marked 2015 as the date we would get flying hoverboards, there isn't much hope for our dreams being realized. Fortunately, Samson Motorworks feels our pain. While we don't have airborne skateboards, the company has recently designed a three-wheeled, flying motorbike (or is that motortrike?). Ditching the idea of ...

If you've spent much time perusing YouTube, surely you've seen a video or two of someone on two wheels performing ill-advised stunts, often with painful ends. One of those stunters was British 28-year-old Sandor Ferenci, who posted a video of himself performing wheelies and going 130mph on public streets. The Oxford police received a complaint and then were tipped to the video by Ferenci himself. ...

Elderly? Enfeebled? Just plain clumsy? Tokyo-based Prop has your back. Its newly announced personal, wearable airbag looks like a cool fanny-pack and weighs a mere 1.1 kilograms (2.4 pounds) -- but springs forth in one-tenth of a second when sensors detect you're headed for the floor, protecting your head and ass with two inflated bags that contain 3.9 gallons of gas each. Similar to the ...

If you thought texting while driving was bad, wait until you get a load of this video (the language is probably not work safe, so hit mute before pressing play). In it a motorcyclist cruising down the middle lane of a very busy highway takes a few minutes to kick back, pull out his phone, and send off a quick text (or three). Motorcycling alone is dangerous enough, so we wouldn't recommend you ...

We've seen more silly homemade electric vehicles than we care to remember, but Ben Nelson's electric motorcycle manages to retain some of its original two-wheel charm while using only a penny of juice per mile -- roughly the equivalent of 300mpg. Nelson bought the bike for $100 and swapped out the original engine for a Briggs and Stratton 8HP DC motor he picked up on eBay for $500, using four ...

It looks like Dell's not the only one that thinks boxy is in, with the folks at the NonObject design firm now also taking a decidedly hard-edged approach with their new motorcycle concept. Dubbed the nUCLEUS, the vehicle is described as a "zero emission, zero impact speed machine," albeit one that would seem to have a bit of trouble making sharp turns. That possible shortcoming aside, the ...