Kaneda's Powerbike In Production(SuperMegaHorridNastyVanity Alert)

KANEDA'S MOTORCYCLE CONCEPT ^ | 5/6/2006 | RandallFlagg

[RandallFlagg]

Okay. These things are all that and a six-pack of chimichangas.....










Many of these were built from modifications to a Honda Fusion scooter, but I find the closest model to do this with today would be the Yamaha Morphous:


I found the prices for the ones that they sell at around $21,000. This is a simple currency conversion and doesn't include the shipping -they're only available in Japan......so far.

[RandallFlagg]

I've emailed all of these companies with the friendly suggestion that with Americans paying what we are for a gallon of gas, they'd be missing a great opportunity to make some big bucks if they didn't make a market for these here in the states. I'll post any replies on this thread.

Also, there's a message board which is quite slow, but it's got a lot of other pics on it. The site in the above link has loads of additional information, too.

[CzarNicky]

Tetsuo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RandallFlagg]

LOL!!
I was HOPING someone who recognized the pics would see this.

[RandallFlagg]

*PING*
Anyone heard of or seen these?

[RandallFlagg]

Any chance I could get you to ping your list, please?

Thanks.

[Porterville]

Is there any functional purpose to the form or is it strictly gay for the sake of being gay? I love Akira and all but I can't stand flashy for the sake of flashy.

[RandallFlagg]

Heh! Actually from reading the reviews of the Yamaha Morphous, the winds at 70+MPH can be brutal. Lowering the seat like it is on the Powerbike would minimize that problem.

[martin_fierro]

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[RandallFlagg]

Sweet pic!
Thanks.

[martin_fierro]

Alligator Morotcycles

Low, loooooow center of gravity.

[Wings-n-Wind]

TRON is back!!

[RandallFlagg]

Have you seen the G-Strider?

[RandallFlagg]

LOL!

[Wings-n-Wind]

My current rocket.....
Not very far removed....

Not too bad for an old guy.... 50mpg.... speed [classified]

[RandallFlagg]

Nice.
Of course now that I have been mentioning this subject, my Wife wants one too.

[TheOracleAtLilac]

the Feds & Motorcycle Safety Foundation were looking @ recumbent(sp?)seating in the mid '70's.

Problems were:
reduced forward viz for the rider from lower riding position
reduced viz of the biker to autos (how 'bout dem daylight headlights ?)

Seems they haven't made any progress in 30 years!

[RandallFlagg]

I'd heard that they lifted the ban.
You hear anything about this, Martin?

[TheOracleAtLilac]

to what ban are you referring ?

[RandallFlagg]

There was a ban on making, "Feet Forward," motorcycles in Japan for years that was lifted about four years ago (I think).
If there's a similar ban in America, I haven't heard of it.

[TheOracleAtLilac]

for anyone who's ridden on the street, in traffic....having forward visibility limited to the taillights of the car ahead of you is not a good thing.

Any rider opting for the lowered eye point is...suicidal !

[TheOracleAtLilac]

If there's a similar ban in America, I haven't heard of it.

I think HD's w/ highway pegs would qualify, so....probably not

[RandallFlagg]

I would guess that it'd depend on the skills of the driver. People in shorter cars surrounded by SUVs (usually) know to slow down and increase the distance of the vehicle ahead if there's a visibility danger. At least I do (But I drive like a Grandmother, anyway -no offense to FR Grandmas).

[mthom]

They dont look as cool in real life.

[RandallFlagg]

You've seen them, then? In Japan, I mean?

[mthom]

What I meant to say was the bike looks cooler in the anime than it does when actually built. Just my opinion.

[RandallFlagg]

OH! Okay.

[Hot Tabasco]

They might want to raise the center frame up a little or else they will be bottoming out on speed bumps..........

[230FMJ]

As I advance into old age, I'm considering a bike with a lower center of gravity than my BMW R1100 RT, but this does seem to be taking the concept to extreme. Anybody here rode one of these "low boys"?

[RandallFlagg]

I don't know. It doesn't seem all that much shorter than the Yamaha.

[RandallFlagg]

Not yet, but soon. Hopefully.

[BraveMan]

Remove the body panels for maintenance and you'll discover - GASP! - a Shovelhead . . .

I wonder if it has heated grips?

[JoeSixPack1]

Again with the heated grips..!!!?? ROFL!!! :-)

[RandallFlagg]

I can't even SEE the grips on that.

[BraveMan]

Joe, after Friday's ride through scenic Central Wisconsin I'm considering 'lectric gloves for good measure.

Drove 'em right back up into the ol' body cavity, if you know what I mean . . .

[JoeSixPack1]

LOL!!

I'm lovin' this.... :-)

Yesterday I went on a run with the USMVMC to one of their chapters yearly partys. 200 miles up and back. 92 degrees, clear skies,, etc. etc. (Florida, middle of the state)

My face is as red as a freshly boiled lobster. The back of my hands where the fingerless gloves have the big breathing holes are sunburnt to the point of the skin peeling off, bleeding and cracked. My gloves have a mesh back also so I have this spiderweb pattern on any skin that didn't burn off.

My seat was so hot when we were leaving that my butt would have blistered if I didn't sit on a soaking wet towel.

But my 1995 E-glide with 88K miles ran like silk sliding across a new pair of fake boobs.


AND NO heated handgrips needed plus 41mpg. :-)
(Of course when you're riding with 40 other guys there is no hot dogging or throttle pumping.)

[monkeyshine]

It doesn't look like it has a good turning radius at slow speeds. But it does look like a comfortable cruiser as much as a sportbike.

[RandallFlagg]

I just received an email from Neo-Fukuoka:
Thank you for an inquiry.
It is under adjustment towards sale. Reservation is due to be started as soon as the production facility of a factory is ready.
Thank you for your consideration.
neo-fukuoka

[RandallFlagg]

BTW, Here's their email address if anyone else wants to drop 'em a line:
info@neo-fukuoka.com

[RandallFlagg]

Second email:

hello.

It is explanation of this motorcycle.

A name is "neo-fukuoka.ver2."
Full length is a little less than 3m.
Engine is 250 cc of a water-cooled single cylinder.
An engine maker is a product made from "KAWASAKI."
The five-step gear of a hand operated clutch (Operation is the same as the
usual motorcycle.)
A front brake is a double disk.
A rear brake is a single disk.
The planned body is a product made "FRP."


Thank you for your consideration.

neo-fukuoka
__________________________________________________

The bike has a name and an engine type.

[RandallFlagg]

I'm now at work doing some overtime and making the Wife mad at me.

I need the $$$ if I want to get out of debt to get a bike (so I can get back into debt).

[Uriah_lost]

I'm thinking about getting a job and getting off the couch just to be able to get one of those beauties! And this thread needs to be bumped back up.

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks for the bump.

They aren't being sold yet -the factory is still being built.

But people have built their own.

[Uriah_lost]

If I were to do it seriously, I would prefer to do it myself anyway. A conversion kit would almost certainly be a winner.

[LibKill]

DAMN!

That is one scary looking machine.

Back in the day I used to ride a Yamaha 500 single. This was a revival of an old BSA design.

That damnthing looks like it is waiting for Darth Vader.

[lil_rebbitzen]

lol. It does look like a Darth Vader kind of bike.

This bike looks AWESOME. I wonder how it rides.
If it comes out over here, I might just buy it after I had some serious cash.

Sexy bike.

Cassie

[sea golfer]

Have a look here for people doing this in the 70’s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar_(motorcycle)
I had a Guzzi (1980 Spada), made enquiries, but never had the money to do it.

[Clinging Bitterly]

That's the word that came to mind for me too.

Patterned after a cartoon, is it? I suppose it's just not my style.