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Rapom V8: A Bike Big on Power and Low on Mileage

The Rapom V8 has been designed by a British Engineer Nick Argyle. The engineer has a simple concept of squeezing an 8.2 liter supercharged V8 engine of a monster truck in a bike. The result is a Rapom V8 bike, which delivers an awesome 1000 bhp of raw power. The bike weighs 1000lbs and has [...]

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Carroll Shelby and Rucker Performance team unveils Shelby Motorcycle

Carroll Shelby International and Rucker Performance have unveiled a limited production Shelby Motorcycle at the Cincinnati V-Twin Expo. The motorcycle has been developed by the team and will be produced by Rucker Performance. The motorcycle is powered by a new S&S X-Wedge 128 c.i.d. engine that delivers an awesome 150 bhp to the machine. Each [...]

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Dream Big: The world’s tallest motorcycle is truly tallest

My Gosh! I took the photo pictured above to be a nice photoshop edit. But, it’s not. It’s in actual the world’s tallest motorcycle that has already found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The gigantic bike dubbed ‘The Monster or Dream Big’ is an upshot of creative mind of Greg Dunham [...]

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Yamaha shows new super sports motorcycle ‘YZF-R1′ for Korean market

Koreans are not just lucky enough to lay their hands on latest innovative electronic gadgets only. Now, Hankook motor trading, an official partner of Yamaha Motor has taken wraps off its latest super sports motorcycle ‘YZF-R1′ for the Korean market. The chic motorcycle comes rocking a liquid cooled 4-stroke 4-valve DOHC engine and boasts new [...]

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Honda to release limited edition Repsol Replica Fireblade CBR1000RR

Honda seems to be quite happy with the 2006 MotoGP Championship. This has prompted the company to release a limited edition Repsol Replica Fireblade CBR1000RR motorcycle. The machine will be released into European and American markets later this month. It is the second replica that will be launched by the company. Earlier in 2005 Honda [...]

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The V-Rex Dreambike: A dream come true!

An Australian 3D designer Tim Cameron drew a sketch of a ‘dreambike’ on a piece of paper back in December 2003. Then, an engineering whiz kid Christian Travert, US based, who already has the honor to build the real 200mph ‘Y2K’ jet turbine-powered bike (fastest production motorcycle in the world) made this concept production-ready and [...]

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Peraves Monotracer looks to be highly inspired by Audi R8

This one in indeed a neat make. But, somehow it resembles the Audi R8 in its looks. Well, the pictured above is the new Monotracer bike from the house of Siss firm Peraves that seems to be inpired from the Audi R8′s make. The 1,100 pounds Monotracer runs on a 1.2-liter four-cylinder BMW engine outputting [...]

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Genesis EV-X7: A little commuter scooter

With a rise steep riser in gas prices industry is paying stress on developing new techniques to develop vehicles that work on alternate fuels this. The most common amongst them is hybrid vehicles that work using electric charge but the biggest disadvantage with these types of vehicles is low torque and their traveling limit. Genesis [...]

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Acabion GTBO Enclosed Motorcycle: Fully street legal

This is a gift for the speed lovers as it is approachable, furious, and efficient but the most important part is that it is street legal. This Acabion GTBO Enclosed Motorcycle is shaped in the shape of a bullet that is known to be the best aerodynamic structure to support speed. The cockpit can house [...]

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Outlaw Torn: Safety in your own hands

Image:Hondatoyz There are more than 4 million motorcycles registered in US. The popularity of this mode of transportation is attributed to the low preliminary cost of a bike, its use as a bliss vehicle and for some models, the good fuel efficiency. Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately five percent of all highway sufferers each year, yet [...]

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