We have seen a lot of limited-run motorcycles here at Asphalt & Rubber — some have been intriguing, and some have been…well, not. With exclusivity of course comes a price tag of sizable proportions, but it is rare that we see a motorcycle break into six-figures, let alone pass the quarter-million dollar mark. But here we are with the Yacouba Feline.
We have featured the work of Yacouba Galle before, as the French designer has done a bit of work in the industry, including a bolt-on design kit for the MV Agusta Brutale, which he calls the Bestiale (a name that might make Anglophones cringe a little). Unlike the Bestiale though, the Feline is a full-on motorcycle, not just a kit…and if you like what you see, it is going to cost you a mint.
Only 50 examples of the Yacouba Feline will be built, whose lines following those of a panther, says Galle. At the heart of the machine is a three-cylinder, 800cc, 170hp engine of undisclosed origin (though we would wager from MV Agusta), and Galle says the final machine will tip the scales at 341 lbs.
Aside from an HD dash, not much is known technically about the Yacouba Feline, though a trailing-link front suspension system, with carbon wishbones, is quite obvious from the renderings — and something we haven’t seen since the Honda Rune cruiser.
The frame is built from titanium, aluminum, and carbon fiber — with the fairings and single-sided swingarm made from carbon fiber, as well as the wheels. We assume the bulk of the frame is of an aluminum twin-spar design, but Yacouba doesn’t say one way or another.
With the presumably $14 million that Yacouba could raise from a production of 50 bikes, we imagine the small firm will be able to take the Feline from CAD renders to reality, as it seems the machine only exists inside a computer right now. Is your checkbook at the ready yet?
Source: Feline Motorcycles
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