1994 KX250 Hot Wheels Splitfire Body Panels (engine shrouds) on Ebay - the future was here !

Acerbis and UFO both made these in the mid 90's. Engine shrouds (or 'billboards' as they were called) did wonders for.... not much really. I can find a few old ads for them but were rarely used professionally. Here's a set on Ebay !
ebay link

 Here's a green set of UFO's that went for fifty bucks on VitalMX

I think i prefer the previous year's cleaner lines mysself... and besides, I don't think those shrouds will fit my Combat Wombat.

Team Jean Stalaven Dakar, 1990 - Husqvarna 510's

 In 1990 Team Jean Stalaven decided to choose light weight over power for their entry into the Dakar. The choice fell on the single-cylinder engine Husqvarna 510, bored out to 570 cc.

The shell, designed by Michel Assis, However was revolutionary - It was made up of two parts welded together in order to stiffen the whole structure keeping it extremely slim and racy, unusual aesthetics against the mastodons of the era. Result of the whole operation, an engine with around sixty horses for 130 kg dry weight, and 185 kg fully loaded: against the 250 kg of twins. A power-to-weight ratio definitely interesting on paper. Unfortunately none of the three riders finished the race - Michel Merel, Laurent Charbonnel and Luc Pagnon all DNF'd.

http://www.parisdakar.it/en/team-stalaven/

Motor World Bike Factory - Awesome little bike building phone game.

A phone app game that has you building and selling a gazillion bikes in all different styles. Been having fun with this for weeks.

with some interesting obscure references too !

  such as Keira K in a perfume commercial....

riding on the OSSA concept bike.....

 These are a few other rare items appearing in the game:

A great fun little time waster for bike obsessives. Great work from the devs. who obviously did their homework !

White Collar Bike of Indonesia - Mishka XS650

More interesting stuff from Indonesia (Moped drag racing anyone?) with some interesting frame and parts detail. Thanks to the always up to date OTTO NERO; http://ottonero.blogspot.com.au/

Here's a Red Bull interview with White Collar Bike from a few months back: http://www.redbull.com/au/en/motorsports/motogp/stories/1331800529859/custom-corner-white-collar-bike

Rodger Freeth, the man who put wings on the TZ750 (AKA slightly crazy person who thinks downforce works deep in a corner..?..) Kool looking though.

What can I say ?.. An ideas man with no sciencey friends maybe ?

Honda's 1991 "Baja 1000" XR 680RN Prototype

An amazing 130 MPH Honda works bike designed for the Baja 1000 found in a 1992 copy of Dirt Rider magazine. I'd love to build a replica - The hybrid street fairing looks wildly original !

The last 2 pics are from the Honda website I found later :
http://powersports.honda.com/experience/articles/090111c0811c1d40.aspx

Bombardier V Twin monkey bike with Turbo... Hell yeah !?! Rare as rocking horse poo. Take it to a salt lake now.

Ebay gifts again - A turbo like no other and being heavily bidded on - here's the link:
MAD MONKEY

Rallye Eye Candy - Vintage DAKAR BMW Custom bikes from the house of HPN.

Grooviest bikes ever ? Personal choice, but if it's your tea, here's a whole lot more after the link..

http://www.hpn.de/english/high_resolution.html

BMW Futuro Turbo - 1980's show bike. Design & Construction pics by Baptist van der Meyde - Girard. Follow the link in the text for an amazing experience !

Great design exercise by Baptist van der Meyde-Girard of the Netherlands - check out his photostream for design sketches, construction, moulds, through to the final product. Truly amazing stuff.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bodaran/albums/72157627719055821