Cool Motorcycles Design

Behold! The Fearsome Knight on an Iron Horse... or rather, 500 Horses

Earlier this year (see Part 1), we examined some of the cool, the fascinating, the unusual and the utterly weird designs for motorcycles that have appeared for over the last century or so. Here’s another look the wild and wonderful world of motorcycles.

Brough Superior motorcycles were made in Nottingham, England from 1919 until 1940 and were known as ‘the Rolls Royce of motorcycles’. Very expensive at the time, they were available only to the wealthy. This model dates from 1931.
T. E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, owned several of these machines and died from his injuries after crashing on one in 1935... Another beautiful bike is this Imme (Germany), with a single side suspension:
The Megola motorcycle was produced in Munich in the 1920’s. Some 2000 were built, but only 10 fully working examples are still in existence, one of which is in the Guggenheim Museum in New York:
In 1935, the Killinger and Freund motorcycle was an attempt to make an improved version of the Megola, but the advent of World War Two put an end to any further development:

Some sources point out that "in 1940, when Indian's skirted fenders appeared, several questioned the manhood of Spingfield's designers". It seems that aerodynamic shape of Killinger & Freund bikes influenced the Indian designers:
This streamlined torpedo is the French-made Majestic, 1929:
Speaking about "Custom War Bikes", here is one that was fashioned after World War Two style (modern concept by Kogisama):

The previous wild concept was not so wild, after all - take a look at the real WW2-period 1936 BMW Schneekrad
Another front-wheel tracked motorcycle prototype from 1937
Modern all-terrain tracked version is proposed by Hyanide & Baal:
After the war, the Moto Guzzi 500 cc V8 race bike was seen on the world’s high-speed racetracks from 1955 to 1957.

Modern version of the hubless wheel can be seen in the recent concepts for Harley Davidson, by designer Miguel Cotto
Many of us remember the lightcycles from the 1982 movie Tron. The long awaited sequel, Tron Legacy, is set to hit theatres in late 2010 and will feature this splendid looking specimen:
Swordfish concept chopper:
Rats & Kustoms

This custom built motorcycle, called Iceman II, was made by Walz Hardcore Choppers of Germany for Formula One world champion Kimi Raikonnen:
Rat bikes are usually defined as motorcycles that are decades old, in a poor state of repair, but still maintained and kept roadworthy by their owners on a shoestring budget. Survival bikes do resemble rat bikes and the two are often confused, although survival bikes are usually modified in much the same way that cars are customized. Here are some great examples of both of these types of machines.

Imagine seeing this coming up behind you in your rear view mirror (below left)? On the right is the rounded green beauty, also seen at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally:
Not sure what kind of a view you’d get of the road ahead on this one (image below left)? On the right you can see a really inventive fuel tank -


On the left image below is The Survival Bike from some sort of Zombie Apocalypse... Whereas the owners of the bike (below right) decided to actually attach the coffin as a sidecar:


We featured what we had speculated might be the world’s largest motorcycle in Magnificent Motorcycles Part One, but the biggest one on the planet may actually be this one.
This bike is pretty big too and apparently this machine, called the Gunbus, is perfectly capable of being taken out on the road.

Want to travel in style? Why not try this Harley Davidson and limousine combination?
Concept Beasts

Finally, here’s a selection of concept motorcycles, which may or may not see the light of day at some point in the future. Here’s the Akira concept bike:
FuturA was designed by Mario Malagrino of the Florence Design Academy (left)... Romanian 3D artist Adrian Baluta created this cool bike called Darklight (right):
Above image, bottom row: the Suzuki Biplane and the Victory Vision 800 concept bike produced by Victory, a division of Polaris ATV's.

William Woods designed the Fallout concept motorcycle in 2009 (below left). The Wrath concept (below right) by Alexander Barnard is dubbed a ‘future modern retro chopper’ for the year 2083:

So there you are, another look at cool, fascinating, unusual and weird motorcycles from around the world. Stay tuned for more from the wild and wonderful world of these magnificent machines in future

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World's Most unusual and crazy Sports

We have featured about dangerous cleaning service before, you know that you need an ultra bravery to do that job, and now how about the World's Most Dangerous Extreme Sports?? do you wanna see and know what sports was categorized into this World's Most Dangerous Extreme Sports

Are you into extreme sports? Whether you’ve actually partaken or just have a macabre fascination, extreme sports (also known as “X Games”) are the most entertaining of all sports - and at times the craziest (or dumbest depending on your opinion). Even if you think some of these people are crazy or downright stupid, you have to watch. There are roughly a hundred extreme sports that I’m aware of, but I’ve come up with a great list of the most brutal of them all.

Ultimate Fighting

Ultimate fighting usually refers to one huge annual event called the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). The organizers use to promote this event by calling it “no hold barred” fighting and it was pretty much the truth as is there were basically no rules.People would enter the ring and more times than not the loser would leave the ring on a stretcher - or worse! It didn’t take long before politicians stepped in and said it was too brutal and even called it “human cock fighting”. This probably wasn’t far from the truth. So they had to stop the production. Of course, the sport itself continued, but not legally until the organization altered the rules.

Today the UFC is very different from before it was modified, but it’s still brutal enough to hold your attention. The organization no longer calls it “no holds barred fighting” but instead refers to it as “mixed martial arts” or MMA.

Freestyle Powerisers Stilts

This is an up and coming extreme sport where you wear these things on your feet that are sort of a cross between low stilts and pogo sticks. The idea is to do stunt with them. It sounds a little boring until you see it.

BASE Jumping

BASE (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth) jumping is where you jump from fixed objects such as cliffs and mountains with the aid of a parachute or a parachute and a wing suit. This extreme sport was derived from skydiving, but is more dangerous because its typically performed at much lower level giving you less of a window to open your parachute. Also, a BASE jumper travels at a lower speed which gives them less aerodynamic control tan skydivers.

Wing Walking

I’m not so sure that wing walking would qualify as a sport as much as it is a stunt, but it’s certainly “extreme”. Some people do refer to it as an extreme sport and it’s extremely dangerous, so it made the list. Wing walking is the act of walking out onto a wing of an airplane while it’s in the air. This actually didn’t start as a sport, but as a necessity as the first wing walker, Omer Locklear walked out on a wing with the airplane in flight during World War I to repair some damage.

I guess after that, people saw it or heard about it and said, “Hey wouldn’t that be fun”. Hell, no! But we have enough crazies that do think it’s fun and it doesn’t stop the rest of us from watching. We now see wing walkers at air shows doing stunts such as handstands and hanging by their teeth!

Freestyle Motocross

Freestyle motocross (or FMX) is the sport in which you use a motorcycle for stunts and tricks such as flips, like the back flip, double back flip and the whip flip. This has increased in popularity throughout the years, butthe sport is very dangerous and if it’s one that you plan to partake in, you also should plan on getting some broken bones.

Aggressive Inline Skating

Aggressive inline skating is a sport where stunts and tricks are done on inline skates. It’s sort of a take off on the stunt skateboarding, but the people use inline skates instead. Give some people wheels and a shoe and they go crazy! This actually looks like a lot of fun and they do some crazy stuff.

Extreme Skiing

The name says it all. This is a form of skiing where the skier goes down very steep hills or on rough terrain. This is awesome to watch and it looks like it would also be great to try, but you know what they say. It’s always fun until someone gets hurt.

Ice Climbing

I definitely wouldn’t have thought to try this one. It takes a special kind of person to look at an ice foundation such as a frozen waterfall or a mountain covered in ice and say, “Gee, I’d really like to climb that”. The cold, frigid truth is thatpeople find a lot of adventure in this. I guess they’ve never heard of global warming.

Sky Surfing

I’d like to know what genius thought that it would be a good idea to take their surfboard and jump out of an airplane with it. I just picture some drunk surfer saying to his buddies, “Dude, I wonder how big the waves are up in the sky”. From this, the most sober of them all invented sky surfing. In reality, it’s a type of skydiving where a board is strapped to the diver’s feet. They usually do stunts or acrobatics on it on the way down.

Bungee Jumping

We all know what bungee jumping is. It’s when you jump off of a tall fixture tied to a large rubber band and hope to God that it doesn’t break! This, of course has been very popular for years and there have been a lot of accidents associated with bungee jumping, but there also has been a lot of success.

Skydiving

Skydiving has been around since before the airplane, believe I or not. In fact, it goes way back to the end of the eighteenth century when a Frenchman by the name of André-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute and jumped out of a hot air balloon with it in 1797. Of course, in World War I, skydiving was used in their missions. As we know, skydiving is still very much existent in our military today.

We also have tons of thrill seekers who enjoy the sport of skydiving and he even have stunt people that perform variation of the sport in air shows.

Whitewater Kayaking

When done right, this can be a very dangerous sport. Imagine that you’re in a river with extremely rough water and the only thing you have to protect you is a small layer of fiberglass surrounding you and you somehow have to control it. Of course, there are degreesof the severity of the current of a river, so rivers are divided into “classes” to denote the severity. This is why I say that it’s very dangerous if done right!

These are the extreme sports that I found to be the most interesting and dangerous. Some are fairly new and others have not only stood the test of time, but been improved upon over the years. In general, I’m not so sure thatextreme sports should even be classified as sports, but rather craziness. Most of us have tried at least some extreme sports, including myself. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say that we all have a little bit of craziness in us.

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Wonderful and Weird Motorcycles l Magnificent and Cool Designs for Motorcycles

The Wild, the Amazing and the Downright Weird Designs for Motorcycles

Even for those who have never ridden a motorcycle, there’s just something about these magnificent machines that make us simply stop and admire them. In this article, we take a look at the cool, the fascinating, the unusual and the ‘what the heck were they thinking’ designs for motorcycles that have appeared for over a hundred years.

Let's start with some vintage beauties. The first motorcycle was designed and built in Germany in 1885


FN or Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, a Belgian manufacturer of firearms, also made motorcycles from 1901 to 1967. This one is from 1913


1913 Garelli (left) and the Evans Power Cycle (right), from 1919:


Indian Scout from 1928


The Sokol 1000 was made in Poland and used by both civilians and the Polish military in the 1930’s:


1940 Indian four cylinder (left). On the right is the design for a Dream Motorcycle One from the early 1950’s


The NSU Sportmax motorcycle was a winner in the 250 cc class in the Grand Prix Season of 1955:


I’m not sure if I’d want to be racing across the battlefield in this machine:


This one on the other hand looks more impressive. The Vespa 150 TAP, equipped with a cannon, was used by the French army and was meant to join the battle after being dropped by parachute


This bike, which also featured a gun, was developed for the Danish military in the 1930’s

Wondrous Biking Machines

From the movies here we have the Hill Valley police motorcycle from Back to the Future (left). And how could we forget Batman’s two-wheeled mode of transportation as portrayed in The Dark Knight (right):

Boldly go where no has gone before, on the Star Trike, which apparently appeared at the San Diego Comic Con in 1982

The TrikeBack’s engine reminded me of the propulsion systems in the jetpacks and rocket belts


The TrikeBack’s engine reminded me of the propulsion systems in the jetpacks and rocket belts



Could this be the world’s largest, or perhaps tallest, motorcycle?


Or how about this 48 cylinder machine, which apparently actually runs

The Panzerbike from Germany, weighing in at just under five tons, has an engine that once powered a Russian T55 tank and the sidecar used to be the casing of a Soviet missile:

Hopefully, this motorcycle isn’t a real death trap? Skeleton bikes


Toys for big boys? The Burgerbike, ideal for visiting the drive-through window, perhaps? (left) Not sure what the top speed would be on this one?


This machine was apparently made from spare parts and bits of miscellaneous junk (left)... while this one is made of wood


Not sure if you want to give up your motorcycle and buy a car, or vice versa? You can have the best of both worlds, with the Laverda sidecar bike

Who said limousines had to be cars? Here is "Anaconda"

The Jaguar motorcycle, such a cool design

The Allmond Rocket motorcycle fromn Roger Allmond and another unusual design from Japan

These are actually part of the "Tuner Scooter" culture phenomenon in Japan


Here’s a selection of really cool concept bikes. From motorcycle manufacturer Arlen Ness

Icare concept (left) and Swordfish bike concept

Ferrari V4 Motorcycle concept (left); Speed Racer motorcycle


The Magic Tricycle might sound like a brightly painted kid’s toy, but it’s actually more like something from Transformers. If you prefer to be driving a car, the vehicle moves along on its side using three wheels, but can also flip upright and turn into a motorcycle.



The 4-wheeled motorcycle? No, this is not an ATV: Japanese "Tesseract" is a unique dual scythe suspension system, allowing this sleek machine to lean into turns like a motorcycle:


And finally, here is perhaps the weirdest vintage bike of all - this one includes a sewing machine!

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