What does Marc Marquez do in the winter? Enjoying the dream island? No. Skiing in the Alps? Close. According to Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen, he raced his motorcycle on the famous Streif track in the famous Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel under the Hahnenkamm mountain. Watch the antics of the Catalan in the snow, which will surely impress you.
Motorcycles
You've probably never seen a motorcyclist dressed in full combat (read motorcycle) gear on a scooter. The scooter demands this from the driver. But that's exactly what happened at the qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen in the royal class, when the Spaniard Marc Marquez crashed on one of the corners. Because of the time scissors of the qualifications, water was running down his throat, he sprinted off the track and tried to find the fastest way to make his way back to the pits and pick up a new motorcycle. The scooter of the Italian photographer Tino Martin happened to be there, which Mark "borrowed" without thinking.
Matchless motorcycles were originally manufactured between 1899 and 1966, making Matchless one of the oldest and most renowned British motorcycle manufacturers. Now they have started the revival of the famous low rider motorcycle from the distant year 1929, giving it a modern look and design, and the price will certainly be increased accordingly. The premiere of the X model will take place at the Milan show in November.
The Czechs got away! The Czech brand FGR has produced the Midalu motorcycle after ten years of development. The relatively unknown brand is familiar to motorcycle racing fans, as FGR showed off its muscles in Moto3 (125cc) class motorcycle racing in 2012. The 2,442cc six-cylinder Midalu sports bike is a significant leap in power.
The Italian start-up is reshaping urban mobility with a design reminiscent of a Swiss Army knife with a bamboo frame.
Do you remember when you were a child, a teenager or even a student when you stood up on the trunk of a bicycle? Something similar is also offered by the Moto concept motorcycle, which resembles a sports motorcycle, but with a much shorter seat. The lack of a seat comes at the expense of not two, but as many as four pedals for passengers. Amir Elias' concept Moto allows the transport of as many as three people at the same time, except that none of the passengers sit, but both stand while driving.
It sounds very Italian, but it's not. David Mucci hails from Portland and is a motorcycle designer. Not just any, as you can see. David quit his job years ago to follow his heart and passion. He always looked at motorcycles as works of art, where he follows the saying "less is more". He prefers to get rid of superfluous elements to more easily illuminate the essence of the idea. Let's look at one of his creations, which was based on the Husqvarna motorcycle.
Rossi doesn't really have a serious challenger in Lorenzo, but a humanoid robot from Yamaha. At least that's what we can conclude from what Yamaha has prepared for us at the Tokyo Moto Show 2015, where there are tons of unusual projects, but the Motobot, which drives a 1000cc Yamaha R1M, certainly beats them all. His ride on the abandoned airport closely mimics the ride of a motorcyclist, and it seems that in the future man will no longer be the one who can make the best and fastest turns.
Motochimp is a compact electric motorcycle inspired by a sketch of a ten-year-old girl, and the creators promise - probably because of the height - that you can see the world through a child's eyes while riding it. All engines take themselves pretty seriously, but Motochimp doesn't. It's cute, small and extremely powerful for its size.
"Imitation is the most overt form of flattery," said Charles Caleb Colton, and the new BMW R nineT Scrambler certainly nods to that. It is the conceptual twin of Ducati's Scrambler, a motorcycle that takes the rider anywhere for less than $10,000. Information that borders on science fiction in the motorcycling world. However, the BMW R nineT Scrambler is somewhat more exclusive.
BMW is no stranger to motorcycle concepts. The BMW Titan motorcycle is a futuristic motorcycle concept conceived by Mehmet Doruk Erdem and not built in Batman's lair but BMW's factory, although it looks like it was commissioned for Batman.
Low, long and aerodynamic - three necessary features for a drag bike, a motorcycle for acceleration competitions. All three can be found on the Sprintbeemer assembled at Lucky Cat Garage. The French team built it around a modified BMW R50/2 engine chassis and is powered by BMW's R100RS reciprocating engine. They drank it all the way at Edelweiss Motorsport, and added a nitro (NOS) drive for a little more flight.