Filed under: Motorsports, Euro, Ferrari, Motorcycles
Kimi Räikkönen gets hardcore with Marcus Walz
click above image to view gallery of Kimi Räikkönen's Iceman 2
Sure, you may think that racing Formula 1 in the Championship-winning Ferrari is pretty hardcore, but Kimi Räikkönen has an even better idea of what being hardcore really means. Or not. Whatever... what we do know is that Marcus Walz of Hardcore Cycles has made Räikkönen another bike. The first one was known as "Iceman", and the second has been imaginatively named "Iceman 2". The machine itself is pretty cool, although the basic premise of the machine is decidedly low-tech. Sure, it's got a single-sided swingarm, but no rear suspension to speak of. The fork may be high-tech, but it's placed at such an angle as to undermine its operation.
All of the preceding is beside the point, however. This bike is not meant to out-handle a Supermoto or out-race a GSXR. It's meant to be as much about style as function, and the rider is expected to show it off whenever possible. Good thing the bike looks so good, then. And when Kimi wants to go fast... that's not so much of a problem either.
Click past the break for the rest of the pictures.
[Source: Walz Hardcore Cycles]
Gallery: Kimi Raikkonen's Iceman 2
Check out the rest of the pictures of the bike below:
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
HotRodzNKustoms 6:53PM (11/27/2007)
Defiantly a good looking bike. I don't know if I'm the only one amused that a F1 driver enjoys traditional American Motorcycles (not to mention a hard tail).
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Billy 7:06PM (11/28/2007)
True, i love the throwback ferrari hubcap type things
Guenther 7:10PM (11/27/2007)
Does anyone else do single sided swing-arms like this? That is awesome.
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G Koenig 7:53PM (11/27/2007)
Ducati. The lower end bikes (like my M620) get simple trailing arms while the upper end bikes all have single sided swingarms (called SSS by Ducati types).
The 916 is where the whole SSS thing really took off for Ducati, but when they replaced that series with the 999/749 a few years ago, they went to a more traditional dual side swingarm because Ducati found (through their racing program) that dual arms work better. This is part of the reason the 999/749 was such a flop compared to it's predecessor so when it was replaced with the new 1098 and 848, the SSS was back in action.
Torqued 9:50PM (11/27/2007)
Honda VFR, Triumph speed triple to name a few more.
James 7:16PM (11/27/2007)
Soooo hot, want to touch the hiney!
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Billy 7:16PM (11/27/2007)
Hope Kimi doesn't ever go over a pothole - with no rear suspension and with his legs that far forward, there's nothing to absorb the blow, unless he keeps his tyres half-inflated. :-D
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Danny Boy 7:44PM (11/27/2007)
ya like the F1 car isnt any better lol
Yubastard 11:49AM (12/06/2007)
well, F1 cars don't hit no potholes
2004m3driver 8:07PM (11/27/2007)
Did Ferrari have anything to do with this? They got prancing horses all over the damn thing.
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k.w.a 8:31PM (11/27/2007)
seems like Ferrari is slapping its name onto everything nowadays.
Forget General Electric, I'll wait for the FERRARI fridge!
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EMC 8:43PM (11/27/2007)
Or the Ferrari Scuderia Kettle!
0 to 100 in 3.5 seconds
;)
ambientFLIER 9:05PM (11/27/2007)
Wow, possibly the only chopper that doesn't suck.
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shaofei 10:01PM (11/27/2007)
I wonder how fast this thing can go before the rider get pushed off by air resistance.
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Frogwhistle 10:15PM (11/27/2007)
Not to worry; that baby'll never leave the garage...
EMC 10:48PM (11/27/2007)
actually... the more i look at the front of it... the more I picture a cute little cyclopian bunny...
o_O
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GT 11:07PM (11/27/2007)
too bad this won't sound like a Ferrari...
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Temple 12:08AM (11/28/2007)
putting Ferrari logos on a bike is lame; only a world champion, and Ferrari F1 driver can get away with it.
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nagmashot 1:17AM (11/28/2007)
I like the Walz TuNero more... looks more hardcore... and it is abolutly the same bike..
http://www.autobild.de/ir_img/37923447_2092cfc946.jpg
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rrm 8:09AM (11/28/2007)
Did anyone notice the exhaust exiting through the riders inner thigh?
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