[shane liberty]

I know this isn't the definition of Sport, but the bike uses so many exotic materials and is so fucking cool, I had to post. Go check out the video of the bike showing the oil bag right behind the handlebars sloshing oil against the site plug.

Confederate Motor Company

 

[Swenke]

:drool

 

[shane liberty]

One of the other bikes they sell is the wraith.

 

[R1100S-Rider]

I remember reading a Cycle World review on the second bike shown. They said is was basically a POS. All it was good for was showing off.

 

[Laughing Man]

Looks like it belongs in a Terminator movie.

 

[Rhetorik]

What's the deal with bikes of this genre (aka absolutely ridiculous styling) always insisting on having the most ridiculous seats possible?

 

[mercutio80]

I plan on owning a Confederate Hellcat one of these days, but I don't care for the Wraith or their newest contraption.

 

[XB12R]

What's the deal with bikes of this genre (aka absolutely ridiculous styling) always insisting on having the most ridiculous seats possible?

It's about a minimalistic view of motorcycles. These are like abstract art. It isn't exactly supposed to appeal to the eye first off until you start to really look at it for a while and appreciate the shapes and their functions.

 

[Rhetorik]

It's about a minimalistic view of motorcycles. These are like abstract art. It isn't exactly supposed to appeal to the eye first off until you start to really look at it for a while and appreciate the shapes and their functions.

It does appeal to the eye pretty much right away... they just sure as hell don't appeal to my ass or back! You can have fancy seats that aren't torture racks too ya know

 

[PhilB]

I'm glad this company exists. I haven't got any urge to own one, but I like that they are genuinely doing something different, and not your usual boring "chopper" thing. Functionally, compared to a fully engineered sportbike or some such, they're not up to par, but if you think of them as being more in the "custom Harley" genre, they probably work and ride better than your average OC/BigDog/etc. monstrosity.

PhilB

 

[smashbox]

Looks like it belongs in a Terminator movie.

+1

 

[OreoGaborio]

I'm glad this company exists. I haven't got any urge to own one, but I like that they are genuinely doing something different, and not your usual boring "chopper" thing. Functionally, compared to a fully engineered sportbike or some such, they're not up to par, but if you think of them as being more in the "custom Harley" genre, they probably work and ride better than your average OC/BigDog/etc. monstrosity.

PhilB

Word... it's an exercise in design. I dig.

 

[stnkbg1]

Is that first pic a computer rendering or an actual photo? If it's real I'm seeing a major design flaw with the front brake. Not only is the rotor very small, but the caliper is mounted so far out that I'd be surprised if the pads even touch the rotor at all.

 

[User Name]

Is that first pic a computer rendering or an actual photo? If it's real I'm seeing a major design flaw with the front brake. Not only is the rotor very small, but the caliper is mounted so far out that I'd be surprised if the pads even touch the rotor at all.

It's a rendering, the real bike has a normal size disk which does actually extend to where the caliper is... I missed that myself, pretty funny that they rendered it with that little thing.