Patent
-
GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.
Posted
by
And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…
-
Yamaha gets serious about three wheels and acquires patent for Brudeli Leanster
Posted
by
Following the recent announcement of the new Yamaha Niken – the Japanese brand has got its hands on a patent for another leaning multi wheeler, the Brudeli Leanster. The first incarnation of the Brudeli Leanster was unveiled at EICMA way back in 2005, built in a garage by Geir Brudeli and his friends. The innovative…
-
Toyota patents transparent A-pillar to improve visibility in cars
Posted
by
Japanese car-maker, Toyota has shown its serious about reducing forward blind-spots in cars – filing a patent for a clever, cheap solution to help drivers ‘see’ through a car’s A-pillars. Could this spell the end of ‘Sorry Mate I Didn’t See You’ accidents? Toyota has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark…
-
Revealed: Suzuki’s inter-vehicle plans for group riding safety in the future
Posted
by
Here’s the latest part of Suzuki’s ‘connected’ vehicles plan – where motorcycles and other vehicles talk to each other in real time as they move along a road network. Basically this latest design development is centered around a group of motorcycles travelling together. This is significantly different to previous plans which focused on live…
-
Honda’s fuel cell motorcycle plans revealed
Posted
by
These five design drawings unearthed from a heap of files registered with an international patent office show that Honda isn’t just about electric bikes and huge mpg for the future – the two wheel giant is also building Hydrogen cell bikes for the next phase of motorcycling’s universe. This isn’t the first time we’ve…
-
Here’s the 2018 Honda Gold Wing. Note the front end.
Posted
by
We’ve been sent these images which reckon to be the 2018 Honda Gold Wing. Nothing official from Honda about this yet, but we’ve been told this is the real deal with the bikes pictured running the duolever front end that we first revealed in 2015 and confirmed last September. Check out the article from…
-
Benelli’s future triple 1200 motor patents filed in China. Looks quite a lump.
Posted
by
This CAD/CAM image of the new three-cylinder engine that will power the upcoming 1200 Benelli tourer has appeared in Australia on the AMCN site. Reports claim that this motor has been filed in China by the QianJiang group – which owns Benelli. The same outlet claims that the new motor will likely be used in…
-
Suzuki files 13 new patents for its turbocharged roadster. Designs getting close to finished machine now!
Posted
by
Our ongoing story of the soon-coming turbocharged Suzuki roadsters (one in particular) has received a boost (arf!) with the latest lump of production-protecting patents filed from the Japanese factory. Suzuki has been granted protection on 13 separate patents filed with the USA patent office. The drawings are further, more detailed versions of the…
-
Revealed: Two-Wheel Drive Suzuki Burgman Scooter
Posted
by
Suzuki has filed a patent application for a two-wheel drive scooter. It shows (what looks like) a Suzuki Burgman 200, with a hub-mounted electric motor in the front wheel that works to assist the engine-driven rear wheel. The main difference to a typical Burgman 200 is the front end. On the patent, the front wheel…
-
REVEALED: Honda’s secret plans for automatic braking on motorcycles!
Posted
by
REVEALED: Honda’s secret plans for automatic braking on motorcycles! Honda is working on an new electronic braking system that will automatically slow you down once the bike detects a collision is imminent. Judging by the very recent patent that has been filed by the factory, the system is some way off – we’ve been…
