2004 Motorcycle Design Awards announced

[Bob]

The Intermot show was the venue for the announcement of the 2004 winners of the Motorcycle Design Awards.

The winning list is as follows:

The overall winner of the 2004 Motorcycle Design Trophy is the Yamaha MT-01.

Individual Category Results:

Supersport Category: 1 - Bimota DB5, 2 - Kawasaki ZX-6 3 - BMW K1200S.

Motorcycle - Open Category (200cc and above)

1 - KTM RC8 / Venom, 2 - Yamaha MT-01, 3 - Benelli TNT + Derbi Mulhacén (equal votes)

Motorcycle - Junior Category (up to 200cc)

1 - Rieju RS2 Matrix, 2 - Yamaha XT125, 3 - Derbi SM.

Scooters & Commuters Category:

1 - Derbi GP1, 2 - Aprilia Sport City, 3 - Honda Zoomer + Generic XDR (equal votes)

Concept Bike Category;

1 - Honda Griffon, 2 - Confederate Wraith, 3 - Yamaha Tricker Pro.

[Coldkiwi]

errr... K1200 in the SUPERSPORTS category? R-1 perhaps but a BEEMER? I don't suppose the Intermot show had a few too many german judges did it?

[gav]

I was wondering what the hell a Honda Griffon was?
turns out its a 750cc scooter concept thingamejig
http://www.honda-geneve.com/gallery/...e/Griffon.html
you can actually win this err "bike" in Riding Spirits 2, if you win some scooter class race series. I flogged it off when I saw it was valued at $9m bucks

[vifferman]

errr... K1200 in the SUPERSPORTS category? R-1 perhaps but a BEEMER? I don't suppose the Intermot show had a few too many german judges did it?

Then they'd have lurfed dis bug-eyed monster.

[Cajun]

Then they'd have lurfed dis bug-eyed monster.

the more i see that the uglyier it gets

[gav]

Reminds me of that hideous Morbidelli V8 thingy

[NordieBoy]

Or the Aussie V8...

[Badcat]

Then they'd have lurfed dis bug-eyed monster.

what IS IT with germans?
a couple of things still haunt me about germany.
1 - that bike.
2 - kraftwerk
3 - the fact that David Hasselhoff is HUGE there - as a MUSICIAN...

http://www.dartreview.com/issues/2.7.00/hasselhoff.html

[Blakamin]

what IS IT with germans?
a couple of things still haunt me about germany.
1 - that bike.
2 - kraftwerk
3 - the fact that David Hasselhoff is HUGE there - as a MUSICIAN...

http://www.dartreview.com/issues/2.7.00/hasselhoff.html

They have no taste?? or Oktoberfest runs all year round for some people

[Ghost Lemur]

Didn't recognize some of those name so been doing a bit of googling.

I must say the Rieju RS2 Matrix is a pretty damn sexy bike for a 50cc. Trying to find out what the performance is like. But most pages I'm getting a foreign.
Here is a link to a pic of one
It's so sexy in fact I'd take one (subject to performance concerns), over a fxr150, rg150, etc.

Glad to see the MT-01 rightfully took out top place. Still dunno if I actually "like" it or not, but either way it's good to see a company taking risks with their bikes and not just continuing the cookie cutter products.

[Coldkiwi]

Or the Aussie V8...

Come on mate, a V8 in a Brittenesque looking bike can't be a bad thing! I've seen an old M'Cycle trader on the Drysdale V8 and it looked pretty good to me. certainly not butt ugly

[Gasman]

what IS IT with germans?
a couple of things still haunt me about germany.
1 - that bike.
2 - kraftwerk
3 - the fact that David Hasselhoff is HUGE there - as a MUSICIAN...

http://www.dartreview.com/issues/2.7.00/hasselhoff.html

It's all down to the name, and perhaps when he sings in English it sounds so bad that they think he's German?

Hmm, having said that, I know a woman who used to think he could sing too - but that was 20 years ago!

[Cajun]

Didn't recognize some of those name so been doing a bit of googling.

I must say the Rieju RS2 Matrix is a pretty damn sexy bike for a 50cc. Trying to find out what the performance is like. But most pages I'm getting a foreign.
Here is a link to a pic of one
It's so sexy in fact I'd take one (subject to performance concerns), over a fxr150, rg150, etc.

Glad to see the MT-01 rightfully took out top place. Still dunno if I actually "like" it or not, but either way it's good to see a company taking risks with their bikes and not just continuing the cookie cutter products.

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/157506/

thats funny the Rieju RS2 pulling a wheel stand

[NordieBoy]

Come on mate, a V8 in a Brittenesque looking bike can't be a bad thing! I've seen an old M'Cycle trader on the Drysdale V8 and it looked pretty good to me. certainly not butt ugly

From an engineering standpoint it's brilliant.
If they stuck a V4 in there it'd look a bit thinner.