22 of the weirdest concept motorcycles ever made

Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 15:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

This story originally featured on Cycle World.Call them what you will—show bikes, concept bikes, future bikes, whatever—they’ve been around for a long time. Sometimes they point the way to the future, most of the time they should wear a sign that says DEAD END. But the fun part is that nobody knows for sure at the time.Suzuki FalcorustycoThe Suzuki Falcorustyco concept bike of 1985 with square-four engine and center-hub steering. (Cycle World Archive/)The first memorable concept bike of the modern era may have been the Suzuki Falcorustyco (gyrfalcon in Latin), which appeared at the 1985 Tokyo Motor Show. Suzuki can deny it all they want, but it seems like the similarity between the Falco and the light cycles in Tron (1982) are a little too coincidental. Powered by a supposed square-Four four-stroke with three cams and packed with “hydraulic drive,” hub-center steering, etc., all of it was “so advanced in...

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