Lotus C-01 Motorcycle Specification Rumors Surface

It was back in June that we first heard about the a new motorcycle being developed under the ‘Lotus Motorcycles' brand name. The motorcycle, named C-01, is said to be a ‘hyper bike', powered by an engine capable of generating 200 HP of power.

It's been several months since the announcement during which there has not been a single bit of information released about the upcoming motorcycle. That is until now.

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Sources with knowledge about the matter have revealed to Visor Down that the purported 200 HP engine will be a V-Twin motor sourced from a yet undisclosed supplier. The engine in its stock form is said to be a 170 horsepower unit that has been worked upon to boost the power output for C-01.

The sources further revealed that a pair of Lotus Motorcycles C-01 prototypes are currently undergoing testing, having already done several thousand kilometers and are said to be handling very well. One of the two prototypes is also said to sport carbon-fiber bodywork.

Lotus Motorcycles C-01 is not officially a product being developed by the car manufacturer. Instead, it is a project that's being under taken by Germany's Holzer Group and Kodewa racing team (the team runs the Lotus Le Mans Prototype 2 endurance race car). The duo have merely acquired the rights to use the ‘Lotus' name and logo.

The man behind the Lotus Motorcycles C-01's design is the company's head designer, Daniel Simon, who designed the light cycles from the movie Tron: Legacy, the Bubbleships from the movie Oblivion and the livery on the above mentioned LMP2 race car.

First official details about the Lotus Motorcycles C-01 will arrive in February.