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We recently got a glimpse of the Swordfish Hubless Concept and became enthusiastic about the spokeless wheels idea, but it seems that someone got a head start. The Hubless Monster is actually a running chopper featuring hubless wheels and the implicit advantages of this construction method: more accurate steering, lower center of gravity, increased braking leverage and less vibration. Just look at it (...)

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This Harley-Davidson Sportster underwent an unusual transformation which may very well bring the behavior from the old west back on modern highways in the mind of the author, of course. .

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The patient of the motorcycling dentist apparently wanted to combine pain with pleasure (which are close, but not that much) and things didn't turned out in his favor. His stumble had the nurse and dentist take out the heavy artillery – a Suzuki GSX-R1000 – and the result is as satisfying as it is traumatic.

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Remember last week's video regarding the idiot biker running straight into a brick wall? Well, there's more. Unlike the last video which was realized with the help of a “professional “rider performing on a closed course, this time a chubby Arab guy wants to learn how to ride a motorcycle and he's actually pretty good at it until it faces the problem of stopping the thing. You really have to watch the whole thing as the funny part is at the very last end, but definitely makes worth every (...)

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The owner of this unusual motorcycle is most likely a Triumph Rocket III fan that couldn't really afford the real thing, but with an innovative mind and a lot of work achieved his own interpretation of that name. This bodywork that would make any killer whale jealous does look like a Rocket, but it's actually a retired drop tank (external disposable fuel tank) which wasn't actually dropped during his career. I don't know where people get their hands on these things, but I love it despite the (...)

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We're all aware of the fact that spokeless bikes aren't quite possible to realize yet, but do insistently knock at our door and we'll eventually have to open up. As engineers work to develop new solutions for the outrageous design to become practical, designers come up with striking motorcycle concepts ready to benefit of the latest future technologies. Designer Alexander Kotlyarevsky's “Swordfish” concept chopper provides the latest and the most representative image of what the industry will (...)

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This video shows a gymnast doing her routine of Harley-Davidson motorcycle and the machine looks like being built precisely for that…although I have a hunch it is good for other things too.

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The STRIDER is a concept imagined by designer David Gonçalves at a client's request of a vehicle for a female superhero cartoon concept. As seen from these images, especially from the drawings, a cartoon concept can require as much work as a real one. Hopefully, the customer liked the concept and we're going to see this on the TV screen.

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Last year, Harley-Davidson made a very pleasant surprise to fans when launching the XR 1200, a motorcycle strongly inspired by the legendary XR 750 that wrote history at Flat Track racing in the 1970s. The prototype's presentation took place at the 2006 Intermot show in Koln, but the XR 1200 would have hit Europe's streets two years later. In what concerns the United States, there were some problems in utilizing the brand and which were solved by purchasing of rights from Storz Performance so (...)

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Harrison Ford has recently been spotted riding his BMW F800GS and it looks like he's enjoying it a lot. Although not a notorious motorcyclist from Hollywood, Ford gives an important lesson of motorcycle safety as he wears the entire protective gear in a sunny day. The bike looks like brand new (or maybe it isn't ridden that much as we all know how busy actors are) and the street tires show where Harrison Ford likes to ride (...)

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