Café racers, stripped-back street racing bikes, have exploded in popularity in recent years. Simultaneous growth in the availability of electric bikes begs for an electric café racer.

Designer Rodrigo Magro Mañas created this concept bike for BMW’s namesake Motorrad brand, envisioning how electrification might influence future café racers.

Of course, we like that Mañas envisions a future in which batteries are a core feature of motorcycles.

Electric bikes are more sustainable, quieter, and can pack some serious performance. They promise the power you crave, with a fraction of the environmental impact.

But we want something a bit more attractive, like Zero’s line of sleek bikes or even the Arc Vector, which like Mañas’ concept is a café racer-type bike.