Lauge Jensen likely to make Henrik Fisker-designed Viking Concept bike

Lauge Jensen, the Denmark-based maker of customised motorcycles, is to unveil the Viking Concept motorcycle at the Top Marques luxury brands show in Monaco today. This premium product is a design study that brings together Denmark’s Anders Kirk Johansen, an industrialist whose family invented ‘Lego’, and vehicle designer Henrik Fisker.

The Viking Concept points to a possible volume-production direction for Johansen’s Lauge Jensen brand, following his acquisition of the company in 2012. Johansen commissioned Henrik Fisker, previously a design chief at both BMW and Aston Martin and the designer of the Fisker Karma, to design the Viking Concept.

The Viking Concept has a classic cruiser look sculpted into a dynamic, flowing design. In particular the tank, seat and rear fender blend together to create a seamless effect. Fisker believes this to be unique in custom motorcycles.

The motorcycle is powered by a 45deg V-twin producing 100hp, making the bike capable of more than 130mph/208kph. Despite this power, Lauge Jensen says it the first motorcycle of its type to comply with new, much more stringent Euro 4 emissions regulations that come into effect in 2016. The engine, built in Wisconsin, USA, has been carefully developed and tuned to achieve this without losing its trademark V-twin sound or soul.

Lauge Jensen currently produces the limited edition Great Dane custom cruiser, which starts from 42,800 euros /Rs 35.75 lakh. The company intends to build a bike based on the Viking Concept at higher volumes and with a lower price tag than the Great Dane.

Commenting on the design collaboration, Anders Kirk Johansen says: ‘We have been developing the Viking Concept for some time. Potentially, it’s the next step for our company beyond our limited production Great Dane custom bike. It’s great to have Henrik, one of the world’s leading vehicle designers and a fellow Dane working in partnership with us to help create a really special, emotional design. Revealing a concept bike is all about gauging demand but, if it’s there, I look forward to producing the Viking Concept for the mainstream market.’

Henrik Fisker added: ‘It’s been a dream of mine to design and create a motorcycle for many years and this is the first time I have the freedom to go and do it.”