Ecosse Spirit ES1 motorcycle unveiled at Laguna Seca MotoGP

Tonight (Friday 20 July) the Ecosse Spirit ES1 superbike will be officially launched at the US MotoGP at Laguna Seca.

MCN snuck in before the official unveiling to see the prototype, and its designer, Dick Glover, explained the thinking behind it.

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[TheOfficialKC]

This is not useless. The light weight and better rider position makes it nimble on the road and track and more comfortable. On the track is where it will shine with far less weight, lower weight, less drag, skinnier, and more powerful. Also the Y2K was built and sold. It still is. It is even a big enough success that they are coming out with a new model mith more power. So there is a possibility for this bike to be made. I would buy one if I could afford it.

[snatch445]

or they could just buy a y2k goes faster,sounds frigging awesome and cheaper!

[FiamskManiacBrainiac]

The sale price is actually $350,000! 

[earloftea]

Some good ideas, but the riding position seems a bit flawed:

- The tank is too low and too flat, so you wont be able to lock your elbow and knee during cornering.

- The chain needs a cover, or it will grind your heel as soon as you go in for a turn.

- You need some space for the gear shifter and the rear break AND you are supposed to have your toes/foot-tip on the foot pegs, not the whole foot like this tourist.

...so they will have to do a lot of re-designing if the want to go around tracks.

[pankero1]

@Claybomb33 ok, first , of all sorry for my previous comment. I do see your point , its just that the price seems excessive .... when I heard the price tag, I got the same feeling, as when I heard those immortal words from Dart Vader "luke I am your father"..... it just shocked me.

anyway cheers.... D

[Claybomb33]

@pankero1 The Tomahawk maybe faster in a straight line over distance.Iv read all the stats on the Ecosse and they just cant be compared to each other.The ecosse handles a hundred times better and matches it for take off. The Tomahawk is wild but would not get near the Ecosse on a track.The lines of the Ecosse are design genious.They just do not compare.You will never see a Tomahawk racing in Moto1 but the Ecosse is part of the Moto GP evolution. I do like the beastly look of the Tomahawk.

[delta4s]

@pankero1

Think you are better than the Formula 1 engineers who designed this? Be our guest! This was given serious thought with a serious amount of time going into this project. The design is so revolutionary, it is patent pending. Do a little more research to understand the methodology behind this great piece of engineering.

[uzair390]

man this bike is so ugly!

[uzair390]

man this bike is so ugly!

[pankero1]

WTF?

Give me those 3.6 million and i bet i can come up w/something way better tham that.

seriuosly hoever buys this bike is very very wealthy or very very STUPID!!; or probably both.

I mean come on, the Dodge Tomahawk(way better looking, I bet faster ) had a $555,000 price tag, I can almost assure it will be more colletable too.

joust mi opinion do.

[zersturung]

I like the perimeter mounted brake... Buell anyone? Looks cool, maybe bring down the price... a few... mill

[noneedforusernames]

i know!!