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Stunning ultra-sleek TMC Dumont motorcycle has record-breaking 36-inch hubless wheels [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 8, 2018 | Phoebe Weston

Posted on 08/08/2018 9:57:01 AM PDT by C19fan

A former Formula One driver has designed an ultra-sleek new motorbike, known as the TMC Dumont, powered by a vintage 300-horsepower Rolls-Royce Continental V6 aircraft engine.

The futuristic ride has 36-inch hubless wheels – 'the largest wheels ever made for a motorcycle' according to the Brazilian creator Tarso Marques.

The wheels are fixed to the base of the rim giving the motorcycle the appearance that it is 'floating' on the road.

Creator Tarso Marques said he has been dreaming about the design for 15 years, which he describes as the 'most expressive event of customisation in the world'.

The motorcycle was built for the 77th Daytona Beach Bike Week rally event in Florida, where it was awarded the title of ‘Best in Show’ earlier this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Red Badger

Looks toasty.


41 posted on 08/08/2018 10:25:07 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Red Badger
How in heck does he steer the damn thing????.............

Exactly.

42 posted on 08/08/2018 10:26:04 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Red Badger

Brakes may be concealed between the rim and the wheel.


43 posted on 08/08/2018 10:27:18 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: SgtBob
That’s a Continental IO-550-A. Horizontally opposed 6 cylinder. Made in Alabama.

It looks identical to the pristine engine in my good friend's immaculate Piper Comanche 260. I was trying to figure out why they keep calling it a “Continental Flat Six” manufactured by “Rolls Royce”. What kind of BS is that?

44 posted on 08/08/2018 10:29:08 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: C19fan

Looks like Mad Magazine material. What a joke.


45 posted on 08/08/2018 10:31:21 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: marktwain
Lean to the right, it will turn right.

Lean left, it will turn left.

https://youtu.be/qDxVJ471hyg

46 posted on 08/08/2018 10:33:38 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: yesthatjallen; Red Badger; C19fan
I just realized, from a dynamic standpoint, it's ridiculous.

Look at the ground clearance, and the length of the wheelbase.

Every time you go over a bump, there's going to be significant up-and-down oscillation, From the picture, it looks like there's about a two-inch (or less) ground clearance under the driver, the driver and engine together probably mass about 600 pounds. The distance from the center of mass to the point of contact between the front wheel and the road looks like about six feet.

Fuhgeddaboudit.

47 posted on 08/08/2018 10:35:06 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gordon Tronson says, "yeah, whatever..."


48 posted on 08/08/2018 10:35:10 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: SgtBob

IO-550-A Looks liquid-cooled. Do you think the radiator is receiving forced air?


49 posted on 08/08/2018 10:37:31 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: marktwain

And the soles of your shoes.............


50 posted on 08/08/2018 10:42:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: JoSixChip

Need to see how it handles road construction, traffic bumps, entrance ramps, parking garages, parking lots. Straight smooth roads look good!


51 posted on 08/08/2018 10:42:57 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: Steely Tom

I just realized, from a dynamic standpoint, it’s ridiculous.

Look at the ground clearance, and the length of the wheelbase.


Completely impractical.

You are correct. The fact they could run it on the street is amazing.

Looks cool, though.


52 posted on 08/08/2018 10:45:08 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Red Badger

And the soles of your shoes.............


Extra braking power, no doubt!


53 posted on 08/08/2018 10:46:17 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: PAR35

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_O-300


54 posted on 08/08/2018 10:46:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: C19fan

Hehe ... take it to Sturgis, I dare you ;-)


55 posted on 08/08/2018 10:48:44 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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To: Red Badger
Looks like it is meant to go back and forth in straight lines, sort of like HD cruisers and chompers like to do.

Those wheels make for some immense centrifugal force. Anyone that has ridden fast on a windy road or race track knows that makes changing direction hard work.

56 posted on 08/08/2018 11:39:14 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: doorgunner69

Been there.
Done that.
Lived to tell the story................


57 posted on 08/08/2018 11:43:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SgtBob

Looks like it. That shoots down the statement that it was entirely custom made in Brazil. Also, aircraft engines would be the last engine I would use for high speed motorcycle use. They are limited to low RPM (although with high torque at the low RPM).


58 posted on 08/08/2018 11:51:06 AM PDT by jim_trent
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To: C19fan
Where are the lights?

With no fenders or fairing, I bet it's a lot of fun driving on wet pavement.

Is a street sweeper always required to be just ahead of the bike?

59 posted on 08/08/2018 12:02:31 PM PDT by fso301
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To: kjam22

Death on wellless.


60 posted on 08/08/2018 12:13:18 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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