Explore our Top 10 motorcycles of 2025
From high-tech hoverbikes to solar-powered two-wheelers, our TOP 10 Motorcycles of 2025 show an updated in personal mobility, where form, systems, and user experience drives the new designs. Engineers and designers are rethinking vehicles not just as machines, but as transport experience, similar to James Bruton’s omnidirectional bike with circus balls as rotating wheels as well as Jake Carlini’s wearable electric motorcycle transforms the rider into part of the vehicle, with a rear-wheel motor strapped to his leg. Energy independence and thinking of environmental impact are also recurring themes on this list, with MASK Architects’ SOLARIS that uses retractable photovoltaic wings and a lithium storage unit to operate entirely on solar power.
Volonaut Airbike uses jet propulsion and carbon-fiber structures for its personal mobility, relying on stabilization and compact design to allow its aircraft to hover. Then, cultural references shape other vehicles, as seen in Ichiban’s electric motorcycle that channels Akira’s anime, complete with a Godzilla mode. There’s also Kaminari Superbike, which combines cyberpunk and anime with mechanical structures reminiscent of robot arms, vertical handlebars, and neon displays. The Honda Pokémon Koraidon motorcycle, on the other hand, shows a play between character-inspired forms and interactive surfaces. Across all these projects, a pattern emerges: designers fuse technology, mobility, and identity, turning vehicles into extensions of user’s preferences, needs, and imagination, experimenting modern capabilities for what a motorcycle, hoverbike, or concept vehicle can be.
image courtesy of James Bruton
James Bruton builds a bike that moves in all directions using three wheels instead of two. Each wheel uses a plastic circus ball as the contact point with the ground, replacing the normal tires, as they allow sliding, rotation, and sideways movement. The three wheels sit under the frame to let the bike, which made it to our top 10 motorcycles of 2025, move forward, backward, sideways, and rotate in place. Only two wheels connect to motors, and the third wheel stays free and supports balance. Small rollers sit around the wheels to create sideways motion while the ball rolls on the ground. Together, the ball and rollers act as a flexible tire system that can balance itself.
image courtesy of Jake Carlini
Jake Carlini creates a wearable electric motorcycle suit by reusing parts from his broken electric bike. The rider moves in a planking position, close to the ground, without a seat. The rear wheel has the electric motor, and the designer removes it from the bike frame and attaches it directly to his legs. He uses painter’s stilt straps to hold the wheel forks against his shins to lock his lower legs into the motor assembly. The wheel then provides forward motion through a leg-mounted drive. Power comes from the original bike battery that the designer places into the back pocket of a vest. Since the pocket is too small, he cuts openings and reinforces the fabric with glue. The vest becomes the housing for the battery and wiring, and cables run from the vest along his arms to the controls.
image courtesy of MASK Architects
MASK Architects presents SOLARIS, a self-charging solar motorcycle developed under the studio’s ‘Invent and Integrate’ design method. It is built to study mobility systems that do not depend on fuel stations, power grids, or charging points, as the motorcycle, which forms part of our top 10 motorcycles of 2025, produces and uses its own energy. The core of the project is the solar charging system. SOLARIS uses circular photovoltaic wings mounted on the body that fold out when the motorcycle is parked. In this position, they collect sunlight and send energy to an onboard lithium battery. When riding, the wings retract, and the vehicle runs as an electric motorcycle powered by stored solar energy. In this way the motorcycle acts as both a vehicle and a charging unit.
image courtesy of Volonaut
Volonaut Airbike is a personal flying vehicle developed by Tomasz Patan, known for Jetson ONE. The project tha’s on our top 10 motorcycles of 2025 focuses on a single-rider air vehicle that lifts from the ground and moves forward in open air. The first public flight took place on May 1, 2025, and the demonstration showed vertical lift, forward motion, and controlled hovering. The Airbike uses a structure based on carbon fiber and 3D-printed parts. The design removes a surrounding frame and places the rider in an open position, who leans forward, similar to a motorcycle posture. There is no cabin, no cage, and no enclosure to give the rider a full field of view in all directions.
image courtesy of Kuickwheel
Kuickwheel presents Skyrider X6 as a vehicle that moves on land and in the air. The project combines an electric tricycle with a vertical takeoff and landing system, with a structure that follows a three-wheel layout. The design places one wheel at the front and two wheels at the rear. The rear wheels connect to a mid-mounted electric drive system, and it supports balance when the vehicle moves on roads and when it lands after flight. On land, the vehicle operates like an electric tricycle. The body structure uses carbon fiber and aviation-grade aluminum. These materials support flight loads and road use. The vehicle includes six exposed rotors for lift, enabling vertical takeoff, hovering, and vertical landing. The flight system also supports automatic takeoff, route planning, cruising, and landing.
