Posts Tagged ‘Bikes’

Custombike concept, a two-wheel hybrid muscle car for the road

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

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Eco Factor: Stylish bike concept powered by thermal and electric engine.

Stylish, powerful, aesthetically appealing and huge are the words that come to my mind when I think of this muscle hunk. Dubbed the “Custombike concept,” this dazzling bike is what I would like to call a complete green package. It is powered by a hybrid engine, which is a combination of a thermal engine and the electric one hidden in the frame.custom bike conceptThe French designer Jean Baptiste Robilliard has also included a F1 like HERS system that harvests braking power to convert it into electric energy. The Lithium-ion batteries perform the electric power saving task for this eco-friendly concept. Honestly, it is designed as a two-wheel muscle car for the road.custom bike conceptcustom bike concept

When Harley Davidson met The Flintstones!

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

So if you are thinking that William Hannah and Joseph Barbera have not infiltrated our lives yet, then you could not be farther away from truth than anything else. In fact, their influence is so far reaching that now with the association of Harley-Davidson; they have made their way in to the lives of tribes that live away from the civilized world in the oblivion of the jungles of South East Asia. The natives of the Cordilleras of the northern highlands of the Philippines have brought out the Flintstones bike and made it a reality. (more…)

Now even dirt bikes go clean with zero emissions!

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Dirt bikes go clean with zero emissions

They are called ‘dirt bikes’ and when you take a look at them, they sure as hell justify their title. The ‘not so fancy’ title becomes all the more appropriate when you just take a look around at the tracks that they generally lay the rubber down on. But let that not deceive you in to feeling that these bad boys of the rough races are just ‘dirt’. In fact they are cleaner than most conventional bikes. At least the one we are about to take a look at is.

Quantya Fmx Dirtbike is one such bike that not only allows you to enjoy all the thrills and spills of racing the dirt tracks and the tarmac across the planet, but also gives you the joy of enjoying it in a clean way. Yup, that is pretty much the irony of it. This dirt bike is actually clean-clean with emissions that is. The Quantya Fmx is an electric dirt bike that runs on charge. This quite simply means that you do not have to worry about petrol or worry about exhaust. The benefits go far beyond that actually.

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