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« on: October 07, 2008, 06:22:59 AM »
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Honda launches V4 concept bike

By MCN News Desk

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07 October 2008 09:47

Honda has launched a V4 sports bike concept at the Cologne Motorcycle Show. Described as the bike Honda really wants to build.

There’s no word on technology inside the bike other than the new V4 motor but the bike has been developed to mark 30 years of the Honda V4 engine configuration.

Honda Europe’s Boss Mark Davies said ‘This bike shows exactly what we can do and is the sort of thing that could be reality within a couple of years.’

Check back for more updates throughout the day from the Cologne Motorcycle Show



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 Headscratch  I think they forgot to add the axles and tires, and, um...  steering abilities??   Headscratch
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« on: October 07, 2008, 06:22:59 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2008, 06:25:55 AM »
At least it is a pretty red!  What more can one ask for? Lol
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2008, 06:46:53 AM »
I dig some of the streamliner styling cues, but I don't see it as being more than a vessel for the new V4 engine. I think that our kids may be riding bikes like this, but not us. I am not saying that there is no imagination out there in motorbike designs, just that the major manufacturers will probably not be sending us anything this creative in my riding lifetime.
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2008, 07:01:26 AM »
Quote from: sprale on October 07, 2008, 06:46:53 AM

I dig some of the streamliner styling cues, but I don't see it as being more than a vessel for the new V4 engine. I think that our kids may be riding bikes like this, but not us. I am not saying that there is no imagination out there in motorbike designs, just that the major manufacturers will probably not be sending us anything this creative in my riding lifetime.

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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2008, 07:04:48 AM »
Quote from: STArnie13 on October 07, 2008, 06:25:55 AM

At least it is a pretty red!  What more can one ask for? Lol


Tires, maybe.
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2008, 07:08:22 AM »
Yeah, I'd probably want some rubber on the road too.  Maybe I'm old school though.

It's the prettiest ugly bike I've seen...
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« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2008, 07:38:15 AM »
wasn't there a hubless bike concept once?
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« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2008, 07:46:42 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2008, 07:52:20 AM »
Sbarro's been working the concept for years.
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« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 07:58:31 AM »
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I would ride that....and the bike.  Bigsmile
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« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2008, 08:03:35 AM »
This bike kind of reminds me of the Suzuki Nuda, I remember reading about it in the motorcycle mags when I was in high school.

Two wheel drive, single sided swingarms that housed shaft drives.

Heck of a design for 1986
http://www.suzukicycles.org/Concept-Suzuki/Nuda.shtml
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« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2008, 08:18:15 AM »
WOW!
Ok why didn't we get this now?
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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2008, 08:22:33 AM »


From http://www.supershowevents.com/past/2005/super/i05concept.html
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2008, 08:22:43 AM »
it's the new VFR1000!  WOOHOOOOO  AWESOME!   i knew it existed.  Bigsmile
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« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2008, 08:23:54 AM »
OK...V4 concept bike...I prefer this one:
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« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2008, 08:29:22 AM »
I don't get it.  How do you put power to the ground? Headscratch
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« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2008, 08:36:22 AM »
Quote from: UFO on October 07, 2008, 08:29:22 AM

I don't get it. How do you put power to the ground? Headscratch

Gears.
Like a planetary gear system.
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« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2008, 08:44:02 AM »
Quote from: UFO on October 07, 2008, 08:29:22 AM

I don't get it.  How do you put power to the ground? Headscratch


They are banking on a future anti-gravity final drive.  
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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2008, 08:49:11 AM »
Quote from: shah269 on October 07, 2008, 08:36:22 AM


Gears.
Like a planetary gear system.



 Lol

I understand there's a drive system under that stuff...somewhere.  How does that power get to the ground?  Where do any moving parts actually touch pavement?  Or is this the new VFR Anti-gravity Hovercraft? Lol
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