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May 4, 2015

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Full Moon Concept Motorcycle

by biker1

Concept Motorcycle

Akrapovič has officially unveiled its brand-new Full Moon concept motorcycle at the Bad Salzuflen Custombike Show in Germany.

Wow, this is really one futuristic good-looking motorcycle! I think a motorcycle like this would fit perfectly into some futuristic sci-fi movie.

Glad to see that they put in a classic Harley knucklehead engine and not some wimpy electric engine.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Concept motorcycles/cars are often radical in engine or design. Some use non-traditional, exotic, or expensive materials, ranging from paper to carbon fiber to refined alloys. Others have unique layouts, such as gullwing doors, 3 or 5 (or more) wheels, or special abilities not usually found on motorcycles/cars. Because of these often impractical or unprofitable leanings, many concept motorcycles/cars never get past scale models, or even drawings in computer design. Other more traditional concepts can be developed into fully drivable (operational) vehicles with a working drivetrain and accessories. The state of most concept motorcycles/cars lies somewhere in between and does not represent the final product. A very small proportion of concept cars are functional to any useful extent, some cannot move safely at anything above 10 mph.

Inoperative “mock-ups” are usually made of wax, clay, metal, fiberglass, plastic or a combination thereof.

If drivable, the drivetrain is often borrowed from a production vehicle from the same company, or may have defects and imperfections in design. They can also be quite refined, such as General Motors’ Cadillac Sixteen concept.

After a concept motorcycles/cars useful life is over, the motorcycles/cars are usually destroyed. Some survive, however, either in a company’s museum or hidden away in storage. One unused but operational concept car that languished for years in the North Hollywood, California shop of car customizer George Barris, Ford Motor Company’s “Lincoln Futura” from 1954, received a new lease on life as the Batmobile in the Batman series that debuted in 1966 on the ABC Television Network.

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Concept Motorcycle

2 Comments Post a comment
  1. WOW . . . what a motorcycle!!!

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  2. Jul 10 2015

    Great video – we will see If this is a bad omen soon enough.

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