Month: July 2017

Is the world ready for a return to V-twin sportsbikes?

Forget £15k Fireblades and £137k V4s, if Honda brought the V-twin back we’d snap up an SP-3. With Ducati’s leaked move towards the V4 for their Panigale and rumours of a more…

Fresh images of Ducati’s new V4 superbike emerge

Incredible new details and analysis have been reported by Motorcycle News (MCN) in the UK regarding Ducati’s new V4 superbike and Kardesign were asked to come up with fresh CGIs to illustrate…

Yamaha TDM1000 digitally remixed for the 21st century

If you’re looking for an adventure bike to cover the miles yet remain comfortable through the challenges of the urban jungle, the TDM1000 koncept is all the sports utility vehicle you need.…

Yamaha Fizzy koncept: You never forget your first love pt 2

Yamaha FS1-E revisited, remixed and rebooted. For many who started their biking careers in the 1970s, the Fizzy, as it was affectionately known, was how they might have popped their two-wheeled cherry.…

EXCLUSIVE first look at the new Ducati V4

Kardesign was recently asked by leading German motorcycle magazine Motorrad to come up with a CGI of next year’s Ducati V4 roadbike and we were only too happy to oblige. The V4…

CX Turbo: Third time lucky for Honda

You’re driving along in your car, something fast and wide approaches quickly from behind. As it draws close to the bumper you glance in the rearview mirror and see the words, bright…

Did Yamaha copy Kardesign’s R6 headlights?

It’s not uncommon for designers to copy other designers, and it makes perfect sense that you could be inspired by something you saw recently without realising it. Perhaps even something you saw…

Suzuki RG250 Gamma remixed for 2017

It was the most advanced production bike on the planet for a while, here’s what it might look like today. The late 70s and early 80s was a great time for two-stroke…

The face of the 2018 Ducati V4

This is the first clear image of Ducati’s new V4 superbike, acknowledged to be officially unveiled later this year. Generated exclusively by Kardesign from the numerous spy shots of the prototype in…

Z1300 revisited: Kawasaki, please build this, thanks.

“Because too much is never enough.” That seems to have been the motto for Kawasaki Heavy Industries who lived up to their name when the Z1300 first hit the streets. An update…

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