Lotus Motorcycles...
 

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/con...24-250x250.jpg

Plenty of news articles kicking around on this (including the forums' news bot) so I won't go into the detail...

But just thought I'd see who else was intrigued by the prospect?

Re: Lotus Motorcycles...
 

If it comes off, it should be interesting.
Lets hope it isn't another Petronas FP1,

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Hmmmm, LOTUS, Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.

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Lotus usually do one thing well and that's handling so i dont see any reason they wont transfer their expertise to bikes. i hope this is not pie in the sky.

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Good grief. Has anyone read the blurb on the article the news bot links too. I hope the bike is good, but the cr@p the marketing guys are coming up with is just awful, trite rubbish.

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The factory is just up the road from my parents so I'll get Dad to keep an eye out for any road testing.
And as Bibio says - a philosophy of light weight, high revving, high power, and good handling is a great place to start. Maybe the odd supercharger?

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More prospects in motorcycle engineering in the UK can only be a good thing!

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Does anyone know anyone from the "car racing team Kodewa"? I bet there is one or two bike nuts in that team who have been building bikes for years and finally talked their bosses into it...

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Throwing 200hp in a motorbike (more than an R1) doesn't sound very much like Lotus' design philosophy.

I'd have been expecting them to do something interesting, like a small 400cc high-revving, 100kg bike.

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The Lotus name has been passed around a fair bit, and is used by a few companies, most of whom are unconnected with the original firm started by Colin Chapman in any meaningful way.

I suspect people have decided to build a new bike and bought the rights to make it sound like it has a much longer design heritage than it does. This should probably be considered a new bike from a new company. Fingers crossed it goes well.

Jambo