Photo: solomoto.es
The world is changing, as the first Lord of the Rings movie teaches us, and the motorcycling world makes no exception. New bike technologies, designs and ideas emerge every month, and while some are only good for the laughs, some of them have a really cool potential. Bikes with changing architecture are not a new thing, but this idea has now been taken one step forward.
Spanish magazine Solomoto has unveiled a patent for a bike which can change shape, without actually modifying the architecture of its chassis. It may sound a bit strange, but the idea is as cool as it gets, even though it looks like a thing reserved for electric motorcycles, solely.
This patent maintains the fixed chassis everyone uses now in production motorcycles, but the rear section of the bike is mobile. The motor and the swingarm are mounted using special joints, and their position relative to the chassis can be modified. A joint in the upper part of the frame, just behind the steering neck, and others in the lower midship allow the whole power unit and the swingarm to change position, altering the riding geometry.
Basically the fork pitch is altered in relation to the rider and the swingarm, rather than to the frame itself. This, in turn, provides the rider with two completely different positions and offers two riding manners. The idea is very interesting, and in case both architectures provide good handling and decent comfort we might just see it implemented soon.
This patent maintains the fixed chassis everyone uses now in production motorcycles, but the rear section of the bike is mobile. The motor and the swingarm are mounted using special joints, and their position relative to the chassis can be modified. A joint in the upper part of the frame, just behind the steering neck, and others in the lower midship allow the whole power unit and the swingarm to change position, altering the riding geometry.
Basically the fork pitch is altered in relation to the rider and the swingarm, rather than to the frame itself. This, in turn, provides the rider with two completely different positions and offers two riding manners. The idea is very interesting, and in case both architectures provide good handling and decent comfort we might just see it implemented soon.
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