Dangerous Designs

I'm sure many people who design these things are  great designers; they are the people who were at the turning point of industrialization. Well, maybe not THE most important people, but still pretty important. The design I would like to touch upon is that of motor sports, particularly super sport motorcycles. Even though the fault may have been behind the engineers in making a monster of a machine, it was the designs who made these beasts beautiful.

Now there are some obviously dangerous looking bikes, like the one on the left. But some are not really that bad looking. The one on the right is a standard Buell bike. This one looks less aggressive, but the design is still dangerous. These designs were not made to intentionally be dangerous, but once you start adding on sleek fairings, carbon fiber exhausts, lowered handlebars, and the works, you are effectively turning a commuter into a ticking clock. However, the designers have made their jobs very clear: they want to sell. They want to make a product that is sleek and nice looking so they can sell more and more products. But the idea of using a 600cc engine on a frame that usually weights around 300lbs is a dangerous design. There was no room for the safety features of a car like airbags or even a full frame that could support a roll cage.

But it's simply something about the sleek and graceful appearance of a bike that makes teens yearn for this bad-ass approval.

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