The Motus: V4 Sport Touring Bike, US Made

This is the Motus MST-01 .

MOTUS MOTORCYCLES - The MST-01 V4 Sport Tourer
This engine is the brain child of the same crew that is developing the US Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
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"Pratt & Miller Engineering’s 20 year history of success in motorsports was a determining factor in this partnership with Motus Motorcycles. Pratt & Miller Engineering has won numerous championships in the American Le Mans Series, Rolex Grand-Am series, NASCAR and six 24 hours of Le Mans victories in the GT1 category. In addition to motorsports, Pratt and Miller Engineering has played a prominent role in automotive, commercial, aerospace, and defense projects such as unmanned vehicles and the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle."

This bike is intended to be out there in 2011. Direct injected V4, thoughtfullly desighned, powerfull bike.... Still long for Shamu?

 

Haven't they figured out you can't win when the best is all ready out there LOL 1600+ cc OML.. and that design?? oh well, beauty I heard is in the eye of the beholder. I say good luck.

 

Hey, with buell DOA, we can hope for somebody to cowboy up.

 

LOL For sure one can only hope....

 

Has anyone sat on one yet? That tank sure looks small. Does it have a built in TeeVee?

 

Little things like this bother me (right off the website);

"Named the KMV4, the engine is an advanced, high performance powertrain designed for Motus MST motorcycles."

The engine is the ENGINE; it is not the entire powertrain... Silly, I know, but it still bugs me. I wonder if Pratt& Miller are descendants of "Pratt & Whitney" and "Miller" of Offenhauser fame?

Regardless of my minor distractions, it could be an interesting bike.

 

Perhaps with Eric becoming recently unemployed he could show Motus how to put some fuel in the frame. Shit, for that matter maybe he could show Honda how to put some fuel in the frame.

 

Lots of hype here. First direct injected v4? Not really. Take a look at Evinrude boat motors. One I know of is a 2-stroke out-board motor with 130 hp (direct injection) EvinrudeE-TEC 130 1.7L V4 . I've read about the Motus in two major cycling mags. Lots of coverage for what amounts to some 3D CAD renderings. What does the Motus have that an ST1300 doesn't? Oh, I know, it wil cost $30K+. Confederate motors is not known for cost effective bikes. All that said, I still wish them luck.

 

Nope. Pratt & Miller Engineering & Fabrication was founded in 1989 by Gary Pratt and Jim Miller

 

That's pretty interesting, I got to say I'll be amazed if this even makes production. They got a real uphill battle with all the competition as well as the crappy economy to contend with.

 

I read that on their website; I should have phrased the question differently. I was wondering if the two guys were the children or grandchildren. Not that it matters at all; just a passing curiosity.

I didn't realize that this was a spinoff(?) of Confederate. It's got to be killng them to use mufflers...

 

I went back through my stack'o mags, and Motorcyclist Feb 2010 had a brief write up on them. One of the things that I found interesting is that they are going to use a camshaft located in the "V" portion of the engine, with push rods and rocker arms, and two valves per cylinder. Now THAT's American! :biggrin:

 

I personally love Honda, even with my dissapointment in the direction they are going lately. There was alot I liked about Buell & am bummed out that some dumbass as at HD just up and pulled the plug on the the entire company. There is a big void in the American motorcycle company's when it comes to a high proformance bike. I wish Motus luck. Same goes for Ficher & Roehr.
http://www.fischer1.com/Fischer_motorcycles.htm
Superbikes and electric Motorcycles that ooze raw power - pure style

 

I agree. It has always bugged me that we are completely capable of producing high quality motorcycles, but never quite seem to get around to it except in the cruiser department. Like everything, perhaps there just isn't enough of a market to make it economically feasible to pursue.

 

MOTUS MOTORCYCLES - The MST V4 Sport Tourer

Looks like this thing is one step closer to being reality. I think the engine looks awesome. The bad part is I think this is going to be in the $25000 range. That's a shame since the bike is VERY intriguing.

KC-10 FE out...
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Not sure how you get wind protection off that little windscreen, But I like their intentions. Maybe the styling will grow on me. VFR1200 still is fugly....

 

Still trying to determine whether or not I like the styling...hmmm...

 

If someone could just sit one one for a little while, I bet we would know all about it right skippy.

 

Check out their Youtube channel. The bike has an interesting sound.
YouTube - motusmotorcycles

 

First verdicts on 161bhp Motus V4 sports-tourer from Motorcyclenews.com , it certainly does sound interesting.

Motus First ride Linky:
First verdicts on 161bhp Motus V4 sports-tourer