New 2-Stroke 8 cylinder modern monster

[IR8D8R]

The Veloce Aperion X-8 1000cc 280 hp.

https://www.bikebound.com/2026/06/25/veloce-aperion/

If you can afford to buy one of the planned 24...
 
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[paul1478]

Well, I will send this to my kids and tell them this is were there inheritance is going to...

[busa1300]

Hell yea...!!!   : whoop: 

[m in sc]

everything about it is awesome but that forward leaning tank dropped on there.. that makes me hate it. fucking fix it please. all that and you lose the plot on the fuel tank? ffs. 

[mnein]

I just want to hear it.

[85RZwade]

I read a couple of articles that mentioned the expansion chambers being sintered. I'd like to find more about how that process applies to such a complicated shape. And yes: sound byte please!

[m in sc]

id imagine they are sintered metal printed. so awesome

[JKV45]

Kinda looks like a mess to me, just way too much going on (I'm a simple guy, mostly).

It's for the (rich) people that crave excess.

"When only too much is enough..."

[busa1300]

Im poor but crave two stroke HP.
It does look a bit slapped together, but damn, that motor makes the makeshift swingarm/rear wheel, seat, and so on disappear.

This computer version looks a bit better.

[BlueR32]

I forwarded that article to some of my riding mates who are also avid 2-strokers. Here's some of the comments that came back:

"The motor is very interesting, but damn couldn't they just pay some Italian guy to make it beautiful also. It looks like you are sitting on a bag of potatoes over a tank that's not level at all."

"It looks like it overheated and melted...."

"I like it but would be sweating bullets riding that thing with some serious hand over clutch hovering. I rebuilt my Aprilia 125 engine and I couldn't imagine an 8 cylinder version with 8 carbs. How would you know if No 7 was a bit out? 🤷🏼.
The biggest esthetic problem for me is the ugly single sided swingarm. I think it would have been better with a nicely shaped twin sided unit. Let's see what their 4 cylinder will be like. Might actually be better."

[2steve]

So, this one is more practical:
https://www.bikebound.com/2022/06/17/langen/

[rodneya]

Kinda looks like a mess to me, just way too much going on (I'm a simple guy, mostly).

It's for the (rich) people that crave excess.

"When only too much is enough..."

Gotta agree, there is nothing about it I like.
Sad part is it will be soo expensive that they will most likely end up sitting in rich peoples collections and never ridden

[m in sc]

for posterity and if they pull the article, heres the pics.

[85RZwade]

"How would you know if No 7 was a bit out? 🤷🏼."
With all the technology that went into the engine, why on earth would they use carburetors? Just from a packaging standpoint, fuel injection would seem to be desirable.

[The Red Scourge]

I agree with a lot of what y'all said.  Looks fat and melted.