My son sent me this link.

https://www.cycleworld.com/sto...cycle-of-the-future/



I admire Pierre Terblanche, Kevin Cameron and the Barber Motorsports enterprise in Alabama beyond measure.

Pierre Terblanche’s Motorcycle of the Future
A 3D-printed thought experiment.

"Traveling to Birmingham, Alabama, and the Barber Museum’s new Advanced Design Center, I met with Pierre Terblanche. The former Ducati design specialist described what he has tried to accomplish in his new prototype, modeled entirely (save for its wheel rims) by 3D printing.

Terblanche’s thesis is that, despite impressive technological advances in the three decades since he designed Ducati’s Supermono, those advances—and much common sense besides—have failed to appear in new motorcycle design.

To evaluate his ideas he has built a non-running but full-scale prototype, a New Supermono if you will, whose parts emerged from the Barber Design Center’s large HP 3D printer, mostly in a nylon material. While working in CAD is quick, nothing stimulates the mind like a full-scale 3D object, the very reason traditional styling development used clay and wood. The 3D printer adds accuracy, speed, and the ability to store the executions digitally."

"High Performance from a Simple Engine
How can a 699cc engine deliver 130-odd horsepower? A Rotrex centrifugal compressor and the plenum chamber needed to mediate between the compressor’s steady flow and the engine’s intake pulsing are located forward near the engine’s horizontal cylinder. Fewer parts and centralization of functions translate to lower build cost and greater affordability, a trend we see in the present popularity of parallel-twin engines.

It was energizing and exciting to spend time with an experienced practicing designer with definite ideas. What comes next?"

Maybe if it were red !! Kind of looks like a modern with a cafe flair going on.