The head of Rostec told about the heavy motorcycle "IZH"

1 August 2018

The novelty will be sold freely in Russia and abroad

Some cars of the project "Cortege" is already being used: here we may recall the President's limo, which debuted at the inauguration, and minivan support. Something on the same platform have tried to make the UAZ, but it has not yet reached the mass of equipment. Meanwhile, in the "Motorcade" was scheduled another interesting technique, which many have forgotten — motorcycle escort. The head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov said in an interview with the Agency "TASS" portion of fresh information.

Sergey Chemezov has promised that the bike will be released under the legendary brand "IZH", which is part of the concern "Kalashnikov". The new model will not only be used for government motorcades, but will also go on sale both in Russia and abroad.

a "it is Planned the sale of motorcycle on the market it will be released under the brand "IZH". This brand is known since the Soviet times, now it belongs to our concern "Kalashnikov", which is working on a new machine. Will the motorcycle in exactly the same tuple, it is difficult to say. But it will definitely be used in the solution - design and technical - used motorcycle for the project "Cortege", — said Mr. Chemezov.

While the head of the Rostec has not named the date of commencement of sales. However, we should not expect novelty here to buy: motorcycle test will be completed no earlier than 2019. Earlier Sergey Chemezov said that the bike was very beautiful, however, he is not inferior in characteristics to Western counterparts.

Preliminary specifications of the concept were very interesting. Thus, the capacity of the domestic motorcycle was estimated at 150 horsepower, torque of 180 N·m. Supposedly the bike is capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.5 seconds. The maximum speed of 250 km/h But was most struck by the weight — 510 kg. Since even the most modern heavy cruisers and tourists not weigh more than 400 kg, netizens suggested that such "Iz" may be a hybrid: traction batteries have a large mass.

Last year appeared the video, which was presented the concept of heavy motorcycle "IZH". He came down on Sochi's track "Formula 1". Brutal black bike makes a strong impression. However, while this is only a design project and the production model may be performed in a different style.