A3W Motiv: Unusual concept of tricycle from Julien Rondino

The French designer Julien Rondino (it is visible under impression from three-wheeled Suzuki Hayabusa) has presented the variant unusual trike.

Truely, despite the fact that what on this device three wheels are used, tricycle (in habitual understanding) it to name difficult. It is even more difficult to find the reasons for installation of the third wheel and complication of a habitual design. However, no doubts have stopped Frenchman representing concept A3W Motiv.


Julien writes on the site that the frame design means a bend at motorcycle turn. Wheel disks - huge diameter, as at motorcycles Buell. By the way, the engine for concept A3W Motiv he has chosen 999-kubovyj LC8 V-twin from KTM. Why KTM? Not important, after that here are more important questions to Julien.

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Honda CB750 CafeRacers

Last time there is more often a tendency to a retro to style and ancient spirit 50х.

Many manufacturers let out all new rulers of a retro of the stylised motorcycles: Triumph Thruxton 2008, Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classiс 2009, Honda GB500, even domestic motoprom tries not to miss fashionable news with the new models Minsk M4 200 and M500. Having come across one site, it became clear that all these novelties, the modern technologies lose spirit of times of Elvis Presley. Boys restore from ashes and create nice Cafe Racer on the basis of legendary model Honda CB750 71 - 78 years of release.


These motorcycles are literally penetrated by spirit of that time, it can be caught not only on numerous details of the engine, forms of a petrol tank and wings, but it is possible to hear and feel in a sound and a smell of an exhaust well-known DOHC a cursor. Also the price certainly will pleasantly surprise. Boys offer the restored models from 4000$ to 10000$. Agree not the big payment for travel in time.

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