Design patents reveal the look of Zontes’ production 350GK (Zontes/) Out of all of China’s upstart bike firms, Zontes is perhaps the one worth paying more attention to than most—already offering an impressive range of 311cc single-cylinder models and promising new 650cc and 1,000cc triples in the future. Now Zontes is preparing its second-generation single-cylinder line with a new 350cc…
The engineers at Honda are busy looking at the future of how we will ride on two wheels, and their latest creation is a clutch-by-wire system for motorcycles, first spotted by the eagle eyes at Cycle World. Similar to how a brake-by-wire system works, the clutch actuation begins by measuring the pressure applied to the clutch lever by the rider,…
Will we see an electric Honda fun bike in 2022? If so, it could look something like this concept seen in recent patents. (Japanese Patent Office/)Electric motorcycles might be the future but at the moment they still account for a tiny proportion of sales and the world’s major bike firms are stumbling when it comes to working out how to…