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Car Manufacturer Lotus To Build Its Own And First Ever Motorcycle.

Published by Cyril Huze June 21st, 2013 in Builders, Editorial and Events.

Lotus-MotorcyclesThe iconic car manufacturer created Lotus Motorcycles to design and build a first motorcycle to be be named Lotus C-0. It  is announced by the company as to become the most impressive appearance on public roads on two wheels.  Lotus Motorcycles is a joint project of Kodewa, car designer Daniel Simon and the Holzer Group. The Lotus C-01 will be a hyper bike with integrated racing technology.

It will be manufactured of materials like carbon, titanium and aerospace quality steel, which are also used in Formula 1. Safety, ergonomics and design are the most important factors the design team has put emphasis on. It will be a state of the art motorbike powered by an approximately 200 horsepower engine. The shapes of the famous Lotus 49 car were a main inspiration, and all color schemes pay homage to iconic Lotus racing liveries, such as the dashing black and gold. I will publish the first pictures as soon as released.

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  1. 1 rodent Jun 21st, 2013 at 10:54 am

    If the Lotus bike is half as good as their cars it should be a great bike. We’ll see.

  2. 2 ray c wheeler Jun 21st, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    WOW…

    More info please.

  3. 3 CafeSportyTC Jun 21st, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    i wonder how they’ll wedge a toyota motor into this thing…..

  4. 4 Terence Tory Jun 21st, 2013 at 1:07 pm

    I guess it will have a wide,high flat seat and radical pull-back flat drag-style handlebars.So it can be ridden in the Lotus position.

  5. 5 Seymour Jun 21st, 2013 at 2:23 pm

    Back to work, Terence!

  6. 6 Big Mike Jun 21st, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    Terence Tory
    Jun 21st, 2013 at 1:07 pm
    I guess it will have a wide,high flat seat and radical pull-back flat drag-style handlebars.So it can be ridden in the Lotus position.

    And if it bombs it must mean it will probably be ridden doggy style?

  7. 7 Dave Blevins Jun 21st, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    I’ll bet the Barber Museum in Alabama will be wanting a bike for sure, seeing that they love bikes and Lotus cars!
    I look forward to seeing one.

  8. 8 Woody's Jun 21st, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    Hmm, if they jack us around like SOME mfrs. we’ll get a picture of it’s engine sometime in 2015…

  9. 9 baert342 Jun 21st, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    Oh great, just what the world needs…yet another over powered ‘superbike’ styled motorcycle to go with the other million garish plastic clad uglies trying to look like a GP racing bike. UGH..

  10. 10 sharkey Jun 21st, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    I’m sure it’ll be nice; I remember both the Europa and the Super Seven…but I’m also sure it’ll be garage jewelry for the Lenno types; not something for Joe Lunchbucket…

  11. 11 McGillicutty Jun 21st, 2013 at 11:57 pm

    Why not. Hope it has more success than the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati motorcycles

  12. 12 izadore007 Jun 22nd, 2013 at 8:48 am

    You can bet all your money it is not going to be a V-Twin, at least not the first Bike for sure.

  13. 13 Mike Corbin.com Jun 24th, 2013 at 9:04 am

    I already want one (:-)

  14. 14 Brian J Jun 24th, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    Great. Another bike I can not afford. My drool cup is already full, sigh…

  15. 15 Jim Watson Jun 26th, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    I hope it works out better for them than their recent IndyCar engine program. . .

  16. 16 Steve The Producer Johann Jun 27th, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Mike I can see where this is going as in Corbin designed Lotus bags…!

    Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

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