Bring Back Hot-Rodding
Apparition Motor Vehicles strives to help people like you take pride in your vehicle by making it your own.
Experience the art of Hot-Rodding with the most customizable, accessible, and affordable means of transportation currently available.
Doing Things Different
A shocking amount of products aren't made with quality in mind anymore. Much less are made to be repaired down the road, or easily modified. Having seen this first-hand in the ebike repair industry, the founder of Apparition Motor Vehicles was inspired to do things differently.
To do them right.
From not outsourcing manufacturing, not relying on others to design, build, or influence our vehicles, to designing a product that can still be worked on, and supporting owners in their right to do so, we want to make bikes the way they should be made.
October AMV exhibits again at Maker Faire on Mare Island.
June AMV Attends the second Open Sauce at Cow Palace in San Francisco.
January "Never Stop Hot-Rodding" Merch is released
July Second Straight Edge Prototype is completed, far closer resembling the eventual production model.
January Marbling paint method is developed for use as custom paint option on future products.
October AMV exhibits at Maker Faire on Mare Island, CA.
July AMV makes its public debut at the Inaugural Open Sauce in San Francisco.
October Utilzing knowledge from manufacturing ebikes at a different business, work on the Second Straight Edge Prototype begins, reflecting a refined design.
February The Straight Edge Prototype is officially retired.
Work began for the founder at an ebike shop, to gain valuable information on bikes and small business operations.
November Daily use of the prototype Straight Edge began, aiming to gain input about its day-to-day performance.
October The first test ride on the Straight Edge occurred, done in the dark, and livestreamed.
May With initial tooling acquired, the first steel tubes cut and welded, the prototype began to take shape.
April 3D design of the Straight Edge Began, intended to resemble a bicycle from the front, and a minibike from the rear.
Product Market Fit and general market info gathered. Discovered a severe lack of affordable, practical, easily maintainable quality transportation.
Initial research on motorized bikes began, based on the long-held desire to throw an engine on a bicycle and ride it to school.