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Motorcycle design can be described as activities that define the appearance, function and engineering of motorcycles. Professionally it is a branch of industrial design , similar to automotive design using identical techniques and methodology, but confined by a set of conventions about what is acceptable to the buying public.
Types of motorcycles The design of a motorcycle reflects the purpose for which it is to be used. The main types of motorcycle include: A 1969 Harley-Davidson chopper, a replica of the 'Captain America' bike from Easy Rider Honda CB750 inline four, the first to be called a 'superbike', [5] and the archetypal Universal Japanese Motorcycle 2015 BMW R1200RT Sport Touring Motorcycle
This competition was born in Aragón, Spain, becoming an alternative to Formula SAE.On it, students must, on the one hand, present a viable project for the mass production of a motorcycle that they themselves design (calling this part of the competition as MS1), and on the other, manufacture the designed motorcycle, to later evaluate its performance in a final event alongside the rest of the ...
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat. [1] [2] [3] Motorcycle designs vary greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising, sport (including racing), and off-road riding.
A feet first (FF) motorcycle is a class of motorcycle design which positions the rider with their feet ahead, like a car, rather than below and astride, as with conventional bikes. As there are other types of motorcycle (e.g. choppers) that have a 'feet forward' position, an alternative term sometimes used is advanced single track vehicle.
It used an unusual steel-channel chassis, much like an automobile, and hub-center steering at the front wheel, making it 'nearly a car' in design. The Ner-A-Car was the most successful hub-center steering motorcycle ever produced, with sales far eclipsing earlier or later examples of this design, such as the Yamaha GTS1000 or Bimota Tesi.
Miguel Galluzzi (born October 26, 1959) is an industrial designer specializing in motorcycle design.Galluzzi currently heads Piaggio's Advanced Design Center (PADC) in Pasadena, California, [3] where he manages the design of the Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi and Gilera motorcycle brands, working closely with the company's styling headquarters (Piaggio Group Style Center) [4] in Italy as well as ...
It is the first pedal controlled electric motorcycle, called Human Hybrid. In contrast to a pedelec , there is no direct mechanical energy transfer from the pedals to the rear wheel. The vehicle is developed and produced by eROCKIT Systems GmbH in Germany under the direction of the managing director, Andreas Zurwehme.