Motorbike of the Future?
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I have to write an essay about how motorbikes developed in the past, and conclude, how they will develop in future on the basis what happened in the past.
Some random questions for brainstorming:
What kind of motorbikes will be popular? Who will buy and drive motorbikes, and for what reasons? Social role of motorbikes in general? How will custom-bikes look like? On the topic of custom-bikes: what is their history; what have they become today?
Your help is appreciated!
Some random questions for brainstorming:
What kind of motorbikes will be popular? Who will buy and drive motorbikes, and for what reasons? Social role of motorbikes in general? How will custom-bikes look like? On the topic of custom-bikes: what is their history; what have they become today?
Your help is appreciated!
What a fascinating essay! may we have the pleasure of reading when it is complete?
Right, bikes have been and always will be around. In the past they were cheap transport for the masses, now they are regarded as expensive toys. Performance has quadrupled, weights quartered. Nowadays bikes are edging towards sporty, but there is a sharp divide towards the custom scene.
Having had a custom bike and many sports bikes I'm probably well able to help..... maybe you ought to email me. PH goes to my work email, so over to you mate.
C
Right, bikes have been and always will be around. In the past they were cheap transport for the masses, now they are regarded as expensive toys. Performance has quadrupled, weights quartered. Nowadays bikes are edging towards sporty, but there is a sharp divide towards the custom scene.
Having had a custom bike and many sports bikes I'm probably well able to help..... maybe you ought to email me. PH goes to my work email, so over to you mate.
C
Cheers, Carl. I had to hand it in this evening (I was a bit late with starting it, and with my post here 
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The topic was motorcycles, because everybody from the history-course had to bring an old family photo, which were analysed and the topic of every individual's essay was transferred from the photo's contents. I brought this picture:
The one on the left is my grandpa with his Brough Superior SS80 (I think) and his mate on the right. My dad said that he even raced his Brough.
The text of the essay unfortunately is in German, but it isn't written well, because I spent most of the time researching Brough-Superior's history rather than following the exercise to analyze the past, and make claims how future developments will be.
However, I looked into the motorcycle's use and found out that it was often used by people who can't afford a car. In the 1950s, less expensive microcars came, and from the late fifties onwards, the economic miracle made most people afford a Minor/2CV/Beetle. From the 1970 onwards, motorcycles were discovered as a recreational item, with most bikers ownig a car too, and only driving the bike when the weather is good.
The chopper, first occured in 1948 as a motorcyle with all unnecessary parts taken off, reappeared in the movie »Easy Rider« and became something like a cult. Today, many manufacturers have a chopper in their range, which come with unnecessary parts bolted on ex works. Kind of defeats the object
but that shows that the image of a bike is important for the buyer.
The view into the future wasn't very spectacular; my thesis was that probably similar social movements like Mods and Rockers will use the bike as a sort of symbol, and that marketing will pick it up quicker than ever. I added that a single image-building movie like Easy Rider or Goldfinger (The marque Aston Martin) won't happen again in future, because already today's everyday information density is too high for an individual to appreciate the heroic/idolised placement of a product.
). The topic was motorcycles, because everybody from the history-course had to bring an old family photo, which were analysed and the topic of every individual's essay was transferred from the photo's contents. I brought this picture:
The one on the left is my grandpa with his Brough Superior SS80 (I think) and his mate on the right. My dad said that he even raced his Brough.
The text of the essay unfortunately is in German, but it isn't written well, because I spent most of the time researching Brough-Superior's history rather than following the exercise to analyze the past, and make claims how future developments will be.
However, I looked into the motorcycle's use and found out that it was often used by people who can't afford a car. In the 1950s, less expensive microcars came, and from the late fifties onwards, the economic miracle made most people afford a Minor/2CV/Beetle. From the 1970 onwards, motorcycles were discovered as a recreational item, with most bikers ownig a car too, and only driving the bike when the weather is good.
The chopper, first occured in 1948 as a motorcyle with all unnecessary parts taken off, reappeared in the movie »Easy Rider« and became something like a cult. Today, many manufacturers have a chopper in their range, which come with unnecessary parts bolted on ex works. Kind of defeats the object
but that shows that the image of a bike is important for the buyer. The view into the future wasn't very spectacular; my thesis was that probably similar social movements like Mods and Rockers will use the bike as a sort of symbol, and that marketing will pick it up quicker than ever. I added that a single image-building movie like Easy Rider or Goldfinger (The marque Aston Martin) won't happen again in future, because already today's everyday information density is too high for an individual to appreciate the heroic/idolised placement of a product.
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