Professional designer and more recently, Youtube star, Frank Stephenson, claims that design in the motorcycle industry is stagnant and in need of innovation. He thinks that his design studio is the perfect company to introduce that innovation.
Therefore, Frank Stephenson Design has revealed its first teaser image of a new project that it is working on, and it kind of looks like the Tron Lightcycle. Just a design concept for the time being, the studio’s founder says he is a motorcycle enthusiast, which made this a personal passion project for him.
“Our goal is to challenge the industry’s lack of innovation and present a motorcycle that embodies the future,” Stephenson said at an event at the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum recently. “We see a tremendous opportunity to disrupt the current landscape and introduce a motorcycle that incorporates advanced technology, radical design elements, and unparalleled functionality.”
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Still in the development stage, Frank Stephenson Design has only revealed a single teaser image of the bike, and a few details to whet the appetite. However, the company claims that the forward-looking bike’s design will “introduce advanced technologies and innovations that could shape the motorcycle industry by 2030”.
The teaser image shows a duck-head-shaped body with a window through the middle showing a powertrain that Frank Stephenson Design suggests could be a hydrogen fuel cell system to allow the motorcycle to emit no greenhouse gasses without depending on a heavy battery.
The studio adds that the bike will have “cross-segment riding capabilities” thanks to its adjustable height and seating position. It will also have active aerodynamics, and customizable control ergonomics.
At either end of the bike, hollow wheels suggest that the motorcycle will get in-wheel electric motors, likely powered by the hydrogen fuel cell. Together, these features will revolutionize the motorcycle industry, Frank Stephenson Design promises.
The design studio says that the final design of the concept bike will be fully revealed later this year.
