In the future...

[Aero165]

We all know that back in the 1900's you'd be doing very well to get more than 5 BHP out of a motorcycle, just over 100 years later and your standard road bike is pumping around 180BHP and thats just the power ratio. Think about how much the old bike in the picture would weigh compaired to the R1(My favourite of all bikes) then when you start thinking about the handling, aerodynamics and general better look of modern day sports bikes you have got to wonder... What will bikes be like in another 100 years... Will they even need wheels? Or will the goverment of decided to ban these "death machines"?

Tell me what in your own opinion what bikes will be like in 100 years time

Sorry to the people who I stole the pics from, I just couldn't be bothered searching the net

[Black Bandit]

We'll all be riding step-throughs with automatic gearboxes and ABS brakes

The Gubmint will outlaw proper motorcycles. Like the look of this concept bike though, can't figure out how the suspension works

[Steam]

Humans aren't going to last that long, we are in the end-days man, this tired world will be gone in 50 years max. It'll just take one splicing of Ebola or Aids with the Common Cold virus and we're all dead. Get your kicks while you can everyone.

However, IF we last that long;

Rubber will be a thing of the past and wheels (if they still exist) will grip the road with thousands of tiny hairs like fly legs, so the only limit to traction will be how strong the actual road surface is.

Wheels will be able to deform instantly to ride over any obstacle. You could drive at a kerb at 100mph and not feel a bump.

Bikes will have internal gyros, so they can stand up by themselves.

The power source will be tiny, so no petrol tanks. I'm picking the power generator will be a Hawking-Schwartzchild Kernel, with Quantum-buffered plasma over-run conduits to dump excess event-horizon energy.

Bike will weigh maybe 20 kilos or less? There's no need for an engine, instead the power feeds directly into the wheels like an inductive drive, so immediately the bike is lightened by a hundred kilos. The frame can be made of extremely light materials, no need for this carbon-fibre primitiveness, let's go straight to hyperfiber.

Inertial dampeners will stick you to the bike, but they can be turned on or off to capture the feeling of riding in the ancient 20th century.

In the unlikely event that you fall off, safety clothing will be a thing of the past, replaced by a gravity-force-projector beam on the bike that will beam out and grab you, reduce your fall speed, turn you the right way up, and put you gently on your feet, even if the bike is on its side 50m away, which is of course impossible because of the internal gyros and sticky wheels.

Wind and rain will be deflected by an electrostatic field, invisible except for a slight tingling.

Internal computers and an integrated highway system will mean that the bike can ride itself at almost supersonic speeds, the only limit being imposed so people living near highways don't suffer from sonic booms.

That's all I thought of right now. Oh, and Sprotsbike riders will turn all the safety gadgets off and crash often.
There will still be lots of antique motorcycles powered by infernal combustion engines, but as oil will have run out, the antique enthusiasts will have to run them on home-brewed ethanol.

[Goblin]

....and general better look of modern day sports bikes you have got to wonder... What will bikes be like in another 100 years... Will they even need wheels? Or will the goverment of decided to ban these "death machines"?

Tell me what in your own opinion what bikes will be like in 100 years time

Well that's a matter of perception. I love seeing really old bikes on the road. If I saw a bunch of sportsbikes parked up, and an old bike nearby I'd go marvel at the fact the old girl is still on the road! Sports bike are like arseholes. Old bikes are cool!

I hope my grandchildren an great grandies will be flying around with alternative powered flying machines.

[MidnightMike]

Looks like steam had a moment to think about this.

[Aero165]

Humans aren't going to last that long, we are in the end-days man, this tired world will be gone in 50 years max. It'll just take one splicing of Ebola or Aids with the Common Cold virus and we're all dead. Get your kicks while you can everyone.

However, IF we last that long;

Rubber will be a thing of the past and wheels (if they still exist) will grip the road with thousands of tiny hairs like fly legs, so the only limit to traction will be how strong the actual road surface is.

Wheels will be able to deform instantly to ride over any obstacle. You could drive at a kerb at 100mph and not feel a bump.

Bikes will have internal gyros, so they can stand up by themselves.

The power source will be tiny, so no petrol tanks. I'm picking the power generator will be a Hawking-Schwartzchild Kernel, with Quantum-buffered plasma over-run conduits to dump excess event-horizon energy.

Bike will weigh maybe 20 kilos or less? There's no need for an engine, instead the power feeds directly into the wheels like an inductive drive, so immediately the bike is lightened by a hundred kilos. The frame can be made of extremely light materials, no need for this carbon-fibre primitiveness, let's go straight to hyperfiber.

Inertial dampeners will stick you to the bike, but they can be turned on or off to capture the feeling of riding in the ancient 20th century.

In the unlikely event that you fall off, safety clothing will be a thing of the past, replaced by a gravity-force-projector beam on the bike that will beam out and grab you, reduce your fall speed, turn you the right way up, and put you gently on your feet, even if the bike is on its side 50m away, which is of course impossible because of the internal gyros and sticky wheels.

Wind and rain will be deflected by an electrostatic field, invisible except for a slight tingling.

Internal computers and an integrated highway system will mean that the bike can ride itself at almost supersonic speeds, the only limit being imposed so people living near highways don't suffer from sonic booms.

That's all I thought of right now. Oh, and Sprotsbike riders will turn all the safety gadgets off and crash often.
There will still be lots of antique motorcycles powered by infernal combustion engines, but as oil will have run out, the antique enthusiasts will have to run them on home-brewed ethanol.

I like the way this guy thinks

[Clivoris]

Rubber will be a thing of the past and wheels (if they still exist) will grip the road with thousands of tiny hairs like fly legs, so the only limit to traction will be how strong the actual road surface is.

Wheels will be able to deform instantly to ride over any obstacle. You could drive at a kerb at 100mph and not feel a bump.

Bikes will have internal gyros, so they can stand up by themselves.

The power source will be tiny, so no petrol tanks. I'm picking the power generator will be a Hawking-Schwartzchild Kernel, with Quantum-buffered plasma over-run conduits to dump excess event-horizon energy.

Bike will weigh maybe 20 kilos or less? There's no need for an engine, instead the power feeds directly into the wheels like an inductive drive, so immediately the bike is lightened by a hundred kilos. The frame can be made of extremely light materials, no need for this carbon-fibre primitiveness, let's go straight to hyperfiber.

Inertial dampeners will stick you to the bike, but they can be turned on or off to capture the feeling of riding in the ancient 20th century.

In the unlikely event that you fall off, safety clothing will be a thing of the past, replaced by a gravity-force-projector beam on the bike that will beam out and grab you, reduce your fall speed, turn you the right way up, and put you gently on your feet, even if the bike is on its side 50m away, which is of course impossible because of the internal gyros and sticky wheels.

Wind and rain will be deflected by an electrostatic field, invisible except for a slight tingling.

Internal computers and an integrated highway system will mean that the bike can ride itself at almost supersonic speeds, the only limit being imposed so people living near highways don't suffer from sonic booms.

That's all I thought of right now. Oh, and Sprotsbike riders will turn all the safety gadgets off and crash often.
There will still be lots of antique motorcycles powered by infernal combustion engines, but as oil will have run out, the antique enthusiasts will have to run them on home-brewed ethanol.

Great to see that all that time spent watching Star Trek wasn't a waste.

[Bonez]

There will still be lots of antique motorcycles powered by infernal combustion engines, but as oil will have run out, the antique enthusiasts will have to run them on home-brewed ethanol.

Don't kid ya self. We'll all be back on C50s. Powered by mutant hamsters.

[nudemetalz]

Looks like steam had a moment to think about this.

He might have had something to do with "iRobot" (cool movie BTW)

[Pixie]

The power source will be tiny, so no petrol tanks. I'm picking the power generator will be a Hawking-Schwartzchild Kernel, with Quantum-buffered plasma over-run conduits to dump excess event-horizon energy.

Bike will weigh maybe 20 kilos or less? There's no need for an engine, instead the power feeds directly into the wheels like an inductive drive, so immediately the bike is lightened by a hundred kilos. The frame can be made of extremely light materials, no need for this carbon-fibre primitiveness, let's go straight to hyperfiber.

The latter point conflicts with the former.More like 20 solar masses

[Pixie]

He might have had something to do with "iRobot" (cool movie BTW)

Pity the only resemblance to the bike was the title

[Steam]

The latter point conflicts with the former.More like 20 solar masses

No, ya see, the black holes are tiny primordial ones left over from the big bang. They weigh only a kilogram or so, more like a naked singularity than a black hole really. But spinning close to the speed of light, to store energy.

The mining fleet out in the Oort Cloud captures them with thousand kilometer wide electromagnetic nets, because of course they are charged.

Eew, I hated iRobot. "Now we will indicate the robots are BAD by making them glow an evil red". Yeah, real subtle.
Don't get me started!

[Timber020]

I think bikes will be adaptable, you will be able to shift the wheelbase, rake, bar and seat positioning depending on how you wish to ride. Cruise it on the long straights, sportsbike in the corners, motard through traffic.

[skidMark]

I think bikes will be adaptable, you will be able to shift the wheelbase, rake, bar and seat positioning depending on how you wish to ride. Cruise it on the long straights, sportsbike in the corners, motard through traffic.

so your talking about a power commander...for bike shape....customizable maps ? lol

[James Deuce]

There's no point thinking about what people will ride/drive 100 years from now because the days of personally owned transport are coming to a close.

Will live in interconnected villages 30kms apart (old people can't walk that far in a day so they'll die, alone and cold, of exposure over night - population control that is) and mag-lev trains will transport people from one village to the next.