2015 Honda CB750
by Patrick Branigan
Designer: Igor Chak
Yes, another beautiful automobile (motorcycle) concept I’ve come across. I do love my transport concepts!
It’s the “2015 Honda CB 750″ by Igor Chak. The engine is powered by a four-cylinder liquid hydrogen engine. A six-speed dual-clutch transmission with electronic lurch and traction control. Electronic tuning by the onboard computer. I’ve decided to call it “Frank”. Hello David, Frank, aka CB750, is here to take you over the canyon top.
This 2015 Honda CB 750 is a predecessor to the 1970s-80s CB (pictured below.)
Front and rear electro-magnetic suspension adjusted, you guessed it; electronically. Sensors show readouts updating every 1/10 a second and can adjust everything on-the-fly. ABS, airbag, and steering damper. Rims designed to be sleek and aerodynamic. Radar technology to “sense an upcoming head-on collision and will automatically slow the bike.” – most of these features can be manually disabled to suit the driver.
Now, the on board computer, which can be controlled through a 5” OLED multi-touch display positioned right on the fuel tank. This is the brains of the bike. There are 3 menus: GPS, Drive modes, diagnostics mode.
GPS mode is like your standard GPS that will give you directions and etc, but it will be connected to the internet through Wi-Fi and 3G. This will enable you to find information on the go and implement it to your rout.
Drive mode: economy, race and standard. All can be electronically tuned. Diagnostic mode: lap times, gas consumption, top speed and etc.
I own a 77 cb750 four and over the years I have seen many versions on the bike. some good and some bad. these newer cb750′s live in the shadow of the original creation(regardless of the technical innovations). this concept is almost disgusting, not to say that the technology is too crazy, I love all of the new suspension tech and the fact that fuel injection on new bikes make an immense change in throttle response, acceleration and handling . To keep the name and compare it to the original is something that is best let go, there is no reason this should carry the same name because its not even close to the latest model. it is too much like the newer revisions of cars that try to carry on the name of famous muscle cars and end up a front wheel drive commuter or a watered down version of the v8′s that made drag or trans am racing what it was. this just seems too radical of a concept to make any impact on the motorcycle community unless you could afford it(which I doubt is the case looking at the electronics involved). this is a true case of thinking outside the box, but to badge it as a cb seems like a little too much. new things deserve the spin they are trying to create so a new classification would do this concept more justice than trying to make it a throw back to the old days.
Interesting point. However, concept designs and prototyping aren’t always specifically derived in hopes of simply creating a new affordable product. Often times they are designed in hopes of collecting more intricate data within the multiple areas, aspects or parts of the overall design. This way maybe they can understand what works best in what areas so that in the future, if they do decide to, in this example, produce an affordable and realistic motorcycle, it can achieve the best possible form and function to best satisfy its owner. Just what I was thinking. I do like your thought given in this article though, cheers!