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The untippable motorcycle with 'car-like controls'
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| CLARKE BOWLING
Posted on 10/16/2012 1:55:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: martin_fierro
"The San Francisco-based startup hopes to get the vehicle into production by 2014"
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:25:25 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
To: martin_fierro
In other words, everything that makes motorbikes fun has been designed out of it.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:26:55 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: rottndog
Wow! My Ultra Classic was thousands less . . .
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:31:27 PM PDT
by
BraveMan
To: Little Ray
And I bet you STILL have to wear a helmet.Absolutely. The whole point of making these 2- or 3-wheel vehicles is is to get them classed as motorcycles so that the safety standards are not as stringent. Which means that all laws pertinent to motorcycles apply to them.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:31:46 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: Jonty30
“It might make a great summer vehicle.” Depends on where you live. On a typicall Texas summer day it would only be about 140 degrees inside.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:34:07 PM PDT
by
BubbaBobTX
("The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples money." Margaret Thatcher)
To: dainbramaged
That’s what I thought - casket on wheels.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:38:27 PM PDT
by
MomwithHope
(Buy and read Ameritopia by Mark Levin!)
To: martin_fierro
Single seater. No room for groceries. Its a toy. No practical use.
Wonder what the range drops to, when you turn on the AC, heater, and/or electronic gizmos.
And I bet you STILL have to wear a helmet.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:40:29 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(AGAINST Obama in the General.)
To: BubbaBobTX
In Texas, it would be my winter vehicle. :)
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:40:32 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Rebelbase
I smell Pelosi at work.
100s of millions in FedGov loans in 3....2....1.....
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:44:19 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
To: martin_fierro
I think they will have trouble selling it. Car drivers will have to get a motorcycle license, while motorcycle riders will worry about their machismo (though the prototype/mockup is quite neat...).
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:47:07 PM PDT
by
expat2
To: MomwithHope
Must carry one of these to ride:
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:51:02 PM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: martin_fierro
Sooo.. basically it's a motorized recumbent bicycle.
With doors.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:51:33 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
To: expat2
i’d be worried that the car driving idjits would not hear
it coming and would change lanes into me. much as they do now even with 3 glaring led lights amid the deafening roar of stage 1 pipes.. less situational awareness than a conventional MC with the canopy..
what if the gyro fails? instantly out of control.
obviously these poeple don’t ride motorcycles in real life.
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posted on
10/16/2012 2:57:18 PM PDT
by
RitchieAprile
(Gentle but bold...)
To: martin_fierro
and the ability to withstand the impact of a large SUV without tipping over.
so, it would never get air borne ?
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:07:53 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama ->The Jayson Blair administration)
To: martin_fierro
To: Secret Agent Man
To: martin_fierro
Russian ingenuity invent untippable motorcycle long ago. I have Ural Patrol. Ural strong like moose, smart like squirrel. No tip over. Unless one drive left-hand turn too fast. Than Rinnwald have safety anchoring device. Mrs. Rinnwald ride in sidecar.
Honey, just kidding. Eez joke.
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:26:10 PM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: Rinnwald
Make that right hand turn. Mrs. Rinnwald stare make hard to think.
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:28:13 PM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: martin_fierro
definately, if a two-wheeled vehicle encloses the rider then additional measures MUST be taken to keep it from “tipping over”, as even at a stop the rider is unable to put one foot down on the pavement until ready to power forward again
even if the vehicle is rated to survive being hit by an SUV, I would no more want to be it’s rider than to be the rider of any motorcycle that is hit by an SUV
all of that said, I have always enjoyed riding motorcycles
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:59:14 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Rinnwald
Russian ingenuity invent untippable motorcycle long ago. I have Ural Patrol. Um.. wouldn't that be German ingenuity?
*cough*BMW R-71*cough*
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posted on
10/16/2012 4:29:02 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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