The beautiful two-wheeled beast was created as a tribute to the legendary car makers, by a die hard Jaguar fan from the comfort of his own garage. Designed by the artist Barend Hemmes and built by Massow Concept Cycles, the Jaguar leaping cat motorcycle is a 1200cc one-of-a-kind bike based on the British car brand’s “leaper” cat logo. We first heard the news about the Jaguar Motorcycle way back in 2008, but now it has been completed, photographed and captured on video. The leaping cat is rechristened the NightShadow and is perfectly street legal.
The bike’s basic structure is made of high-grad stainless steel and finished in high glossy ebony lacquer. The beast is powered by the Buell 97 S3 Thunderbolt with a top speed which is of about 50mph and sports stingray skin seats. The bike is priced at £320,000 (about $567,000), and Hemmes is currently in talks with Jaguar about using the motorcycle for branding purposes. The leaping cat is the first of the artist’s concept drawings based on automaker trademarks to be brought to life.
