From £37,000 plus VAT. A numbered build is reserved with a refundable £1,000 deposit. Deposit terms
A hyper-naked with manners.
The Lightspeed has the agility of a hyper-naked, components from the superbike paddock, the torque of a drag bike and a seat you can sit in all day. Its silhouette is what stops people in the street. What keeps them there is the engineering they find up close.
Each Lightspeed has the character of a Langen and the character of the person it was built for. We believe it is impossible to make a motorcycle for more than one rider, so we don't.
Nothing is covered up.
The engine is on show because we are proud of it. The chassis is on show because it is beautiful. Carbon laid by hand, steel welded by people who weld for Formula 1, billet turned minutes from the factory door – all of it where you can see it.
Every part chosen, or made, by us.
The engine1,190cc V-twin
Liquid-cooled 72º V-twin, developed by Rotax and built by Buell, running Langen's own injection and electronics. 185 hp, 138 Nm, and a mid-range that pulls rather than waits.
185 kilogramsCarbon and forged aluminium
Full carbon bodywork and Langen forged, CNC-machined wheels. Over 1,000 bhp per tonne – a figure from the race paddock, on a bike with a 19-litre tank.
Öhlins at both endsSet to you
FGRT 301 48 mm forks with a superbike cartridge kit; twin STX piggyback shocks behind. Set to you at your fitting. K-Tech Racing pack available.
BrakesMade with HEL
Twin 320 mm floating discs and four-piston radial calipers made with HEL; 265 mm at the rear. Cornering ABS.
Electronics, written hereIn house
Traction, wheelie, launch and cruise control developed in house, because nobody else's would do what we wanted. A dash turned from solid, with a TFT touchscreen.
The exhaustMachined end cap
Langen system with a machined, engraved end cap. A full titanium race system for owners who want it louder and lighter.
The parts you will come to know.
Halo, carbon, billet.
LED halo lamp in a machined bezel and carbon nacelle.
Turned from solid.
The filler cap, machined in one piece minutes from the factory door.
The tank.
Hand-laid carbon under paint, or left bare. Nineteen litres.
The end cap.
Machined and engraved by hand. A titanium race system is available.
The cockpit.
A dash turned from solid, a TFT touchscreen, bars set to your reach.
Carbon, by hand.
Every panel is laid up by people who make for Formula 1.
The rear wheel.
Forged, machined, anodised; the sprocket carrier is a Langen part.
The brakes.
Four-piston radial calipers made with HEL on 320 mm floating discs.
Forged, in house.
Langen forged aluminium wheels, machined and anodised to the specification.
The tail.
A seat you can sit in all day, over a hand-laid carbon tail.
Talk to us about a build
Your colour. Your character.
The standard Lightspeed is silver over a bronze chassis with champagne wheels. From there, no two need look alike: bodywork, frame, wheels, seat and every anodised or machined detail are specified individually, and where the palette runs out the design team will develop a finish with you.
Studies are visualisations prepared for owners during specification. Finishes are agreed in person at Langen.
Any road. Any distance.
A 790 mm seat, a 19-litre tank, cruise control and touring options for owners who mean to use all 185 horsepower. Geared for around 150 mph as standard; we will gear it longer or shorter to suit how you ride.
Not bought. Commissioned.
A Lightspeed is made in conversation with the people who will build it. Six steps, most of them in Wigan; a video call with the bike in front of us if you are overseas.
Allocation
A refundable £1,000 deposit secures one of 185 numbered builds. It stays refundable until your specification is agreed, the sales agreement is signed and manufacturing begins.
Consultation
A day at the workshop with the design engineers: see the bike, sit on it, see how it is built, and talk about yours.
Fitting
Seat height and shape, bar height and sweep, footrest position, ride height and suspension – measured and set to you, not adjusted afterwards.
Specification
Paint, finishes, materials and hard parts, settled with the designers until it is unmistakably yours.
The build
By hand, by a small team, with parts made or machined locally. Updates as it comes together; visit whenever you like.
Handover
Complete, set up to your fitting, with its certificate and build record – and the people who made it.
Fifty of the 185 will go to America.
UK-specification Lightspeeds are delivering first, in build order. Fully homologated versions for the United States, Europe, Japan, the Middle East and Australasia follow through 2027.
US riders who would rather not wait can take an early UK-specification build and register it through the Montana route, as a number of Two Stroke owners have. We ship door to door by air, crated and insured; duty and local taxes are paid on arrival. Ask and we will put a landed figure together for your state.
Numbered
Each build is numbered, its specification recorded, its certificate issued in the owner's name.
Looked after
The engineers who built it maintain it. Overseas owners appoint a workshop, which we equip with the documents, tools and a direct line to Wigan.
First refusal
Future ultra-limited Langen editions are offered to Lightspeed owners and build-number holders before anyone else.
LS12 Lightspeed Turbo
Twelve, worldwide, drawn from the 185. A forced-induction Lightspeed with one purpose: to be the fastest motorcycle Langen will ever build.
Offered first to Lightspeed build-number holders and Two Stroke owners. Owners will be invited to the reveal.
Technical specification
- Engine
- Liquid-cooled 72º V-twin. Developed by Rotax, manufactured by Buell. Langen electronics
- Fuel supply
- Langen EFI, two-port injectors. Twin Bosch 60 mm throttle bodies
- Bore x stroke
- 106 x 67.5 mm · 13.4:1 compression
- Gearbox
- 6-speed. Hydraulic wet slipper clutch. Renthal 520 chain
- Chassis
- High tensile steel tubular space frame
- Front suspension
- Öhlins FGRT 301 48 mm USD forks, superbike cartridge kit, 120 mm travel
- Rear suspension
- Twin Öhlins 36 mm STX piggyback shocks, adjustable, 120 mm travel
- Front brakes
- Twin 320 mm EBC floating discs, Langen / HEL 4-piston radial calipers
- Rear brake
- 265 mm EBC disc, Langen / HEL 2-piston caliper
- ABS
- Continental 2-channel with cornering function
- Rider aids
- Traction, wheelie, launch and cruise control – developed in house
- Wheels
- Langen forged aluminium. 3.5 x 17" front, 8.0 x 17" rear
- Tyres
- Pirelli Diablo Rosso III. 120/70-17 front, 240/45-17 rear
- Dash
- CNC-machined, TFT touchscreen with switch-cube interface
- Seat · tank
- 790 mm · 19 litres. Full carbon fibre bodywork
Reserve your build number
The Lightspeed starts at £37,000 plus VAT. A numbered build is reserved with a £1,000 deposit, refundable until your specification session is complete, the sales agreement is signed and manufacturing begins. Tell us where you are and what you have in mind, and Christofer or one of the team will come back to you directly.
Prefer a document? Request the Lightspeed brochure (PDF)
Unit 1, Kingfisher Court, South Lancs Industrial Estate
Wigan, Greater Manchester WN4 9DW
United Kingdom
Visits to the workshop are by appointment.