This Concept Motorcycle Was Inspired By A Shark
If you’re a fan of bikes, you’d definitely want to make this concept design a reality. Designer Mehmet Doruk Erdem’s drawings have caught the attention of the public when he released the BMW Titan. It’s a high-speed motorcycle that’s only available in paper so far. What makes it stand out is its incredible land speed record of 376 miles per hour.
Unfortunately, there’s no physical vehicle for it for now.
Using a shark’s hydrodynamics as inspiration for the aerodynamics, it has an airtight front nose to expose air intake “gills” at the side of the bike. The engine used in the design is powered by a turbo and it is connected to the rear tire through its enclosed swingarm. This allows the bike to have a cleaner look and an enhanced aerodynamics.
Check out the design below:
Source: Trend Hunter
Source: Trend Hunter
The project is the vision of a high-tech industrial designer from Istanbul, called Mehmet Doruk Erdem that designed it two years ago. The man that made it happen, Mark Atkinson, is an old-school motorcycle builder from Utah. The result, BMW Alpha, is a one of a kind custom build machine that left us speechless at the very first sight.
Mehmet Doruk Erdem was inspired by the land speed racers, and for the Alpha, he wanted to design a powerful and beautiful bike at the same time. He took his inspiration from the great white shark shaping the front cowl according to a shark’s lines.
If you look at the body of a shark, you can see that it’s clean and perfect. But inside, it’s so complicated. So Alpha’s front end is clean and smooth, while the back is the powerful and ugly side—symbolizing the tail of the great white.”
“The rear has to show where the power comes from, whereas the front is about aerodynamics. There is no connection between those two styles. The rider must be the connection between beauty and the beast.
The creator Mark Atkinson became a fan of Mehmet’s work and took Alpha as a winter project. The base ground for the project was a wrecked BMW K75 that he hauled to work. After 16 months of intense labor and great attention to details, Alpha was ready. He built every part of the project by himself, did all the welding, machining and even the paint job.
