April 24, 2015

The Suzuki Crosscage Concept MotorBike


Suzuki Crosscage Concept
The Suzuki Crosscage fuel celled motorcycle is a hydrogen powered prototype that exists now. Suzuki is putting the Crosscage through road testing with the goal of commercialization in less than 5 years. This joint venture of Suzuki and Intelligent Energy is really going to define Style with Clean fuel.


Here’s one of the more radical concept motorcycles we've seen in a while – Suzuki’s Crosscage concept is a fuel-cell powered electric bike with single-sided suspension front AND rear. The brush-less electric motor’s mounted inline with the rear wheel, and looks-wise it’s so far out there that it’s on its way back again. Seems like Bridgestone’s even developed a special futuristic-looking tyre to match the bike’s oddly tesselated discs.

We've just seen the amazing Suzuki Crosscage concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, where our heads are still spinning from all the ground-breaking technology on show.

There’s no press release for the Crosscage concept yet, but we do know it runs on hydrogen – most likely in compressed gas form, so it should be a zero-emissions vehicle if you don't count the coal burned to electrolyse the hydrogen to fill it.

It’s got mono-shocks at both ends – which looks absolutely fantastic – and a unique cross-cage frame that highlights the fact that as new engine technologies evolve, we’re going to see the shape of the motorcycle change significantly. I’d love to know how it handles! Initial photos of the dash would indicate that it’s not a performance machine, with 100kmh being the biggest number shown on the speedometer – but it’s certainly one hell of an eye-catcher.


You can check all the photos of this bike here in this album.

Source: Gizmag.com

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