nUCLEUS is a conceptual project that will be featured in a book called “Nonobject Design Fiction”. I quote:
“We believe that a new breed of alternative fuel vehicles deserves a new level of experience. Why must motorcycles mimic each other DNA. Why motorcycles mirror ferocious animals from the wild? Are we capable of doing it differently? With this in mind, and the desire to seek out inspiration elsewhere, nUCLEUS presented itself as the ideal, albeit uncommon, solution, away from the beaten path. It’s a motorcycle built on the antagonistic principle of “square against air”.
The square side-view hides the fact that these interchangable panels of lightweight – ultra strong composite material are simply blades from the front – fierce blades that cut through air. nUCLEUS also boasts a thin comfortable saddle and animal-like behavior system – a new way to connect with your vehicle: it gets up on its hind legs (in action) and rests down squarely (while locked, at rest). nUCLEUS is a concept in development demonstrating what’s possible when the motivating idea is to push an entire product category to an uncharted territory”.
If you are interested in investing or supporting this project contact them, not me, at info@nonobject.com. See the video at Nonobject nUCLEUS.
I guess if you rip all the side panels off it would make a nice bobber.
All I know is who ever wrote this had better acid than the 70’s ever had.
Does it come in Black?
Square against air? It’s hilarious. Thank you Cyril for putting a smile on my face before riding to work. You don’t have to worry about competition coming from these wackos.
I bet it’s going to be the Bike Of The Year at the next v-twin expo.
It’s a Panelhead!!
No engine. No exhaust. EPA and DOT approved
Hey you want to know something funny? I have scanned a picture of a 1929 A.J.W. motorcycle that looks UNBELIEVABLY like this Nucleus. It ran with an inline 4 cylinder engine underneath the bodywork. I’m happy to send the photo to anyone who wants to see it. I think it is really effing cool.
Wow- I thought Orange County Choppers stopped designing bikes….. My bad……
It is cool to see designers thinking out of the box, wait, that is a box! Now I am confused, oddly I like it, It is pure art. The Bauhaus movement of the 20’s and 30’s is alive and well. Cool website too.
Yeah. They think IN the box. Very original.
With camouflage paint and bulleyproof panels, could be used in Afghanistan. Don’t laugh at this wonder cause you gonna kill creativity..
PLENTY OF SPACE ON THE SIDE FOR SPONSORS…NASCAR VERSION IS NEXT
This custom gets more coverage that many other master builder customs. Jealousy!
I always try to see the positive in every thing but with this I am at a loss. My mother always said if you can’t say something nice say nothing at all. So I will stop at that.
LOL
Someone should do a Press Release and call this their new & improved Bobber and they would sell the hell out of them!
Knucklehead
All I know is who ever wrote this had better acid than the 70’s ever had
Yeah I was thinking more like;
“ok dude put the crack pipe down and step away from your keyboard ASAP”
Knucklehead 5-10 years from now when evrything old is new this will be some cool NEW design 🙂
A1, yeah this guy must have been laid from some nascar car fab shop LOL
Any one that has ridden a motorcycle in a strong wind with solid wheels knows how the wind can grab a bike and push you around while riding. This bike would be a total nightmare to ride in any wind at all, let alone a sixty or seventy mile an hour wind. Good luck selling this one. And I hope nobody gets killed on it because to me it looks like a death trap. If it was made just as a show piece well thats one thing but if it is a honest attempt at a real motorcycle I think they missed the mark on this one.
Needs a spike or two. Could be fun in a crosswind.
HeHeHe, looks like a zerox had the Tuetels make them a bike!
Knucklehead
All I know is who ever wrote this had better acid than the 70’s ever had
And he was probably playing this song
Sitting on this barstool talking like a damn fool
Got the twelve oclock news blues
And Ive given up hope on the afternoon soaps
And a bottle of cold brew
Is it any wonder Im not crazy? is it any wonder Im sane at all
Well Im so tired of losing- I got nothing to do and all day to do it
I go out cruisin but Ive no place to go and all night to get there
Too much time on my hands, its ticking away with my sanity
Ive got too much time on my hands, its hard to believe such a calamity
Ive got too much time on my hands and its ticking away from me
Too much time on my hands, too much time on my hands
Too much time on my hands
Needs weapons for accessories.
Timmy’s onto something here.
This is definitely what ya need to climb into when riding through those really “if-y” parts of town.
But it needs a theme. It ain’t a chopper or bobber, or etc.
It’s a Loomis Cycle (pronounced “Loo-mi-cy-cle”).
I like it…………… 🙂
-nicker-
They have the market cornered. (pun intended)
I don’t think they watched the “English Wheel Techniques by Ron Covell” DVD very closely.
I know, I know, but I’m a heretic anyway so here goes. Anybody ever see the study performed by the U.S. Navy on the phenomenon of SUPER CAVITATION? I won’t bore you with too many details but the basic principal is to force a blunt tipped object through a fluid at such velocity that it generates an ultra low pressure “bubble” originating at the blunt tip and encapsulating the entire vehicle (read: torpedo). The resultant net loss in drag allows for unheard of speed at greatly reduced power requirements, once the initial cavity has been formed. So anyway, I wonder what this blunt bitch of a bike would do at land speed trials?
This “motorcycle” is so lacking in style that it is actually stylish! I like it, especially after watching the video!
Over & Out,
Jeff
Jeff
These guys could win an oscar for their website’s video!
I’ll ride it! I am a confidant heterosexual! peace
Yep! Too much time …too much time.
Well – having spent many years in the design field, I think- they’ve succeeded – to a point.
Many times, design is simply a lever to prompt discussion and for getting folks to “think out of the box”. Funny how people immediately are judgmental and just “react” when given a stimuli and dont take that opportunity to be thoughtful …and dream a bit…and challenge their own assumptions.
what if?
…chrome it and put it in the catalog…