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CAKE And FIM ‘Scoot’ For Sustainable Track Management

Behind each racer is a team – and every team is dedicated to running as smoothly and efficiently as possible. 

In an environment where every second is valuable, marshals and technicians have taken to scooters to increase time efficiency – especially if things should go bottoms-up on the track.

And the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has found an answer to their goals of increasing sustainability on the track by giving track scooters an electric makeover. 

FIM has just partnered up with Swedish electric motorcycle maker, CAKE, to create the CAKE Ösa utility scooter.

CAKE and FIM join forces to create OSA - a scooter that will contribute to racetrack sustainability

Labeled as ‘the swiss-army knife on wheels,’ The scooter sports a unibar that allows riders to use a clamp-on system for bags, purses, and more to create over 1,000 different possible configurations.

And with three ride modes and two brake modes, it’s easy to see how this little two-wheeled munchkin will become FIM’s main mode of transportation around the track.

FIM and CAKE create the CAKE Ösa utility scooter. front view.

a pile of bike parts after the motorcycle has been stolen and salvaged for money

A report from RideApart states that both companies also have goals of eventually transferring that efficiency to the race machines themselves. 

For now, though, care for the climate starts with small steps – and with the CAKE Ösa utility scooter on call, contributions to a smaller carbon footprint have become that much more reachable.

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Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

iF Design honours motorcycles with awards

An electric commuter/off-road motorcycle, a concept electric BMW and the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 adventure bike have been honoured with international iF Design Awards.

They are among hundreds of awards announced this year for products and concepts from baby prams to an automated toilet cleaner.

The iF Design Award is a global contest celebrating world-renowned design in the fields of product, packaging, communication, interior design, service design, professional concept and architecture.

Previous motorcycle award winners include the Yamaha’s MT-10 SP, its robot-controlled Motoroid concept bike, the Cake Kalk off-road electric bike, AGV Sport Modular helmet and BMW’s Motorrad Concept Link scooter.

Ösa bikeAn electric commuter/off-road motorcycle, a concept electric BMW and the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 adventure bike have been honoured with international iF Design Awards.

The Ösa is a utility urban commuter with some off-road capabilities.

It features a unique clamp-on system that acts as a workstation, an integrated mobile power station and flexible transport packages.

Judges said: “If users prioritise matters of sustainability, responsibility and respect, in conjunction with an active lifestyle and the need for a change in urban commuting, this is the future!”

BMW Vision DC concept

BMW’s Vision DC concept is a boxer-style electric-powered motorcycle.

It’s not necessarily going to make it into production, but it does show that BMW is thinking about how an electric motorcycle would look.

Yamaha Ténéré 700

An electric commuter/off-road motorcycle, a concept electric BMW and the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 adventure bike have been honoured with international iF Design Awards.Yamaha Tenere 700

This is the seventh successive time Yamaha have won an iF Design award.

Yamaha also won an award this year for their YNF-01 four-wheeled mobility vehicle.

The judges were impressed with the Ténéré’s minimalist styling.

“Behind the rally-bred quad-LED headlight, the 16-litre fuel tank provides over 350 km of potential range while the beefy suspension front and rear handily soak up rough terrain. As adventure bike models balloon in size and complexity, the Ténéré remains a simpler, more straightforward partner for the journey.”

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com