Posted on 10/16/2012 1:55:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro
The untippable motorcycle with 'car-like controls' CLARKE BOWLING Thursday, August 30, 2012
The all-electric, gyroscope-enhanced C-1 from Lit Motors brings the familiar controls of the automobile to the mobility of a motorcycle, all with safety and efficiency in mind.
The San Francisco-based startup hopes to get the vehicle into production by 2014, reports the Detroit News. The electric vehicle will boast a 200 miles per charge driving range, a top speed of 120 mph, and the ability to withstand the impact of a large SUV without tipping over.
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In other words, everything that makes motorbikes fun has been designed out of it.
Wow! My Ultra Classic was thousands less . . .
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.
“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.
That’s what I thought - casket on wheels.
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.
In Texas, it would be my winter vehicle. :)
I smell Pelosi at work.
100s of millions in FedGov loans in 3....2....1.....
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...).
With doors.
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.
LOL
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.
Make that right hand turn. Mrs. Rinnwald stare make hard to think.
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
Um.. wouldn't that be German ingenuity?
*cough*BMW R-71*cough*
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