Alabama’s Motus motorcycle: Not another cruiser

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama entrepreneurs Lee Conn and Brian Case are out to prove that American-made motorcycles shouldn’t all have to look like the laid-back cruisers made by Harley-Davidson.

The founders of Motus Motorcycles are building a sport-touring machine, designed both for traveling in comfort over long distances and for more spirited riding once you reach prime motorcycling roads. Conn says his aim was to produce a motorcycle more in common with a contemporary Corvette than with a vintage Cadillac.

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