Bikes

I’ve never had an opportunity to ride a motorcycle on my own but I certainly appreciate the technology in the latest bikes as well as the beautiful designs. Just when you think a sports bike can’t look any sexier, manufacturers somehow are able to pull it off. The bike featured today is not exactly sexy but the concept is definitely unique and has a number of advantages going for it that could be introduced on a larger scale to the motorcycle industry.

You may have seen three-wheel automobiles in the past but nothing like the three-wheel in-line motorcycle, the creation of Jon Parson who is based in the UK. His company, Dynamic Design Studio, was set up in 2006 and work began on developing three-wheel in-line motorcycle to improve of the standard two wheel motorcycle. I admit, it’s definitely a head turner with it’s extended wheel base and of course the extra wheel.

Known for making amazingly luxurious customizations to exotic cars, Mansory has collaborated with bike customizer Thomas M. George to create an example of exquisite craftsmanship. The Mansory Zapico Custom Bike is lavished with the finest of carbon fiber, aluminum, and leather and is powered by a 124 cubic inch V2 engine made by S&S. With 160 HP riding on extra-large tires, this gorgeous bike can accelerate  340 kg  from 0-60 in just 3.3 seconds.

If you have a look through our motorcycles category, you’ll notice we like to write about powerful and sexy motorcycles and it’s very rare we write about scooters or mopeds.  The Yamaha Y125 Moegi Concept does not meet our power requirements but it more than makes up for it with its sexy looks.  I’m not sure if it’s a motorcycle or a scooter but I like it.

With gas prices reaching the highest levels in history, a lot of people are turning to smaller displacement cars and some are even buying scooters to commute to work, but who wants to be seen on one of those ugly things with their tiny wheels and toy looks.  The Moegi, on the other hand, is the Ferrari of scooters, at least in the looks department.

Normally I prefer sports bikes over cruisers and other types of motorcycles, but I do have a soft spot for retro bikes as well. One of the nicest bikes I’ve seen in a while has to be the Royal Enfield Classic 500.  With a motto like “Made Like A Gun,” you know this bike is tough and of course, it’s gorgeous with its World War II styling that looks like it was perfectly preserved in a capsule.

The Classic 500 looks retro on the outside but it’s packed with the latest technologies.  At the heart of the bike is a 4-stroke 500 cc fuel injected single-cylinder air cooled engine that produces a massive 27.2 bhp at 5,250 rpm and 30.46 pound-feet (41.3 Nm) of torque at 4,000 rpm.  This bike’s not about going fast, it’s about looking cool…  Still, it can reach a top speed of 80 mph.

I don’t usually give two shits about cars, trucks, or any other sort of vehicle. There’s a good reason that I leave those topics to our other more capable, auto enthusiast writers here at Unfinished Man. Every now and then, though, I’ll see a video of a car or bike zipping along an interesting place, and it gets my adrenaline pumping. This is definitely one of those videos.

Filmed on an abandoned national highway in Japan, this motorcycle trek looks like quite the adventure. If you’ve seen the cinematic version of