The Bienville Legacy set for world debut at FOS. The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed (25-28 June, 2015) will see the global public debut of one of the most powerful four-cylinder production bikes ever made – the Bienville Legacy Motorcycle. Powered by the American-made 1650cc Motus V4 engine, production models will be supercharged and provide … Read more
Ripping up the rulebook of electric motor technology. A #NEWBREED of premium motorcycle. A true technological advancement demands a radically different approach to design. UK-based Saietta Group, a design, engineering and manufacturing company specialising in electric drivetrains across multiple product sectors, revealed a teaser image of a ground-breaking, high-performance electric motorbike “that’s set to spearhead … Read more
The Spirit of the Open Road. Amid this blend of the traditional and the contemporary at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, BMW Motorrad presented a breathtaking concept study: the BMW Motorrad “Concept 101”. “The Concept 101 opens up a new chapter in the history of our concept bikes. It is the BMW Motorrad interpretation of … Read more
Orlando Bloom BMW S 1000 R Custom – a stunning “4cyl” transformed to Orlando’s exacting specifications. As a long-standing fan of BMW motorcycles, Orlando Bloom owns and rides a number of BMW models, including old classics. For his own custom bike project he specifically chose the BMW S 1000 R. He asked his good friend, … Read more
Mobile rarities: automobiles and motorcycles on show at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2015 The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este ranks among the world’s most exclusive and tradition-rich events for historic cars and motorcycles. First staged in the north Italian town of Cernobbio in 1929, the Coppa d’Oro Villa d’Este – as it was then known … Read more
A synthesis of Mad Max metal and Jules Verne’s imaginations. BMW Motorrad Ignite Straight Six Project: two radically modified BMW K 1600 GTL with six-cylinder engine of a displacement of 1649 cc. Another two leading Japanese motorcycle customizers, Kenji Nagai of Ken’s Factory and Keiji Kawakita of Hot-Dock Custom-Cycles, where in charge of interpreting the … Read more