Motorcycle
Your full service technical partner
Ricardo provides its clients with the right balance of styling, design, technical, strategic and manufacturing support to enable successful navigation of this highly competitive and regulated global marketplace.
Our expertise
Our full-product development capability helps our clients to plan, design and deliver world-class motorcycles, scooters and other two-, three and small four-wheel vehicles.
We bring strategic, design, engineering, manufacturing, software, environmental and project management expertise to everything that we do. Drawing on a vast knowledge of full-vehicle design and engine, transmission, driveline, hybrid and electric motorcycle technologies, we offer our clients accelerated, uncompromised delivery of uniquely designed motorcycle and light mobility products.
We are continuously evolving our in-depth understanding of changing regulations in this industry. We work in partnership with our clients to fully understand stipulations by OEMs, governments and consumer demands, as well as understand the competitive landscape, to ensure a robust product strategy and product development process.
Urban population growth, congestion and pollution pose significant challenges across the globe. With the ever-increasing demand for fast, cost-effective and connected urban transportation, demand for integrated urban mobility solutions is rapidly increasing. Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable future to move people and goods safely and efficiently. Our technical, strategic and environmental consultants come together to provide integrated urban mobility solutions for the future.
We are supporting this demand by developing new mobility solutions in the two-, three and small four wheel market to help move people and goods safely and efficiently. We strive to bring decarbonised, integrated technologies to the motorcycle and light mobility industry which will change the face of urban mobility and help us manage the challenges associated with rapid population growth.
Our process begins with a market assessment and briefing, moving through to the creation of concepts and consumer clinics. We take motorcycle styling through a traditional route via full-scale bucks, clay modelling, scanning and Computer-Aided Styling (CAS), or by a virtual modelling process where the CAS surface data for production are created without a clay model.
Consulting and advisory
Offering a range of strategic consulting and advisory services to clients, Ricardo supports businesses with future proofing, exploring, and implementing technology-based strategies and transformation activities.
Design and engineering
Our expertise in ICE, electrification and future fuel solutions enables Ricardo to support clients with all aspect of design and engineering, including simulation, analysis and vehicle architecture and integration.
Project delivery and management
From through life support and maintenance, repair and operations, Ricardo provides a life cycle approach to supporting clients with programme management, supply chain logistics and post-production sales management.
Vehicle styling
Ricardo offers best-in-class aesthetic design and styling for leading-brand motorcycles and scooters worldwide.
Assurance and testing
Ricardo specialises in providing test capabilities across a broad spectrum of applications, from epowertrain, emissions, battery, hydrogen and ICE vehicles, to emissions, virtual testing, measurement and test consulting and support.
Niche production capability
Ricardo has a wealth of expertise in niche volume precision manufacturing and advanced assembly for performance passenger cars.

Services
Drawing on a vast knowledge of full-vehicle design and engine, transmission, driveline and hybrid motorcycle technology, we offer our clients accelerated, uncompromised delivery of uniquely designed motorcycle products.
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