this is so true.I'm sorry but the shape of an exhaust pipe is not what gets me off about a bike. Its the entire package. For Example Honda makes the CTX1300 with a SEXY sounding and looking V4 engine, but the bikes turns me off completely, not my package.
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I think that's true, but at the same time it's not like you can completely reinvent the bike. I'm sure there will be some cool concepts eventually, but often those concepts never make it to production and are just design exercises.It's pretty cool that because electric bikes don't need exhausts and other things it offers designers a chance to build a bike that doesn't have the same set of constraints and elements that traditional bikes do. I'm sure there is some revolutionary waiting in the wings ready to show us some new bike design concept that will really impress us with how creative it is.
I just don't know or even think that's possible. I mean there is no reinventing or revolutionizing the wheel, the same basic principles will always apply. I feel the same goes for motorcycles. Sure we've seen advancements to the machine, frame construction and suspension geometry have made huge leaps forward as has engine technology, but fundamentally the livewire is no different than the first bicycle someone strapped an engine to...That is understandable. You can't completely reinvent the motorcycle. I do think that it's hard to imagine a revolutionary motorcycle design, but that is because if it were easy then it wouldn't be very revolutionary. It'll be hard to imagine until someone comes forward with it, and then we will all be like, "Wow."
yup, they always are, even if they just happen to be design exercises which i would love to see more of.Taking a look through concept bikes would be a good way to see what could be in the cards for the future.
that last photo is poster worthy!I'm sorry but the shape of an exhaust pipe is not what gets me off about a bike. Its the entire package. For Example Honda makes the CTX1300 with a SEXY sounding and looking V4 engine, but the bikes turns me off completely, not my package.
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its useless if it not practical... form follows functionThere are some pretty interesting concept bikes out there though. They may not be practical, but there are cool ideas out there.