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Title: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: MotoCreations on July 05, 2009, 01:28:37 PM sighted at MotoGP / Laguna Seca and posted on Superbikeplanet.
The quote associated with this is: "Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry" link --> http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/motogp/laguna/5/5t.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/motogp/laguna/5/5t.htm) (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/motogp/laguna/5/5t.jpg) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: stopintime on July 05, 2009, 01:48:21 PM I know things like this probably makes your brain cells spin [moto]
Single tube frame, reverse clip ons - outside the box, isn't that what makes things evolve? A penny for your thoughts..... Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: krolik on July 05, 2009, 04:54:53 PM WTF is that? ???
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: teddy037.2 on July 05, 2009, 05:34:19 PM looks like moto soft-serve lol
I am, however, seriously intrigued by this. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Bizzarrini on July 06, 2009, 04:05:05 AM Is that like the motorcycle equivalent of this?
(http://ridethisbike.com/uploaded_images/gekko-folded-unfolded-732311.jpg) ;D Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: red baron on July 06, 2009, 05:04:44 AM Now that's RAM air.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Cider on July 06, 2009, 06:09:49 AM Wow, that's rough. Ignore the haters, Terblanche :-\
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Porsche Monkey on July 06, 2009, 06:15:37 AM [puke] :-X
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Latinbalar on July 06, 2009, 08:51:32 AM kinda hard to get an actual feel for the bike, the fish eye lens that took that picture kinds bends the image, for all we know its not as stubby as you think.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: fasterblkduc on July 06, 2009, 09:14:07 AM Looks very similar to the Aprilia that I saw there in '07. I'll try to find pics when I get home.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Goat_Herder on July 06, 2009, 09:13:16 PM The front end of the bike is special... reminds me of TIMMY!!!
TIMMY!!!!!!!! (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2009/motogp/laguna/5/5t.jpg) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: herm on July 07, 2009, 02:40:37 AM not much rake...
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Porsche Monkey on July 07, 2009, 08:17:17 AM I dont think his lower triple is stout enough.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Monsterlover on July 07, 2009, 11:12:35 AM ML gives it [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
and a fist full of [bacon] I like! Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Slide Panda on July 07, 2009, 11:27:48 AM I've been pondering this a bit... you kind of need that very steep rake to offset your total lack of leverage with that bar set up. From those pix, it seems like your hands are pretty much inline with the center of the fork tubes. I guess that long pull back, um, thing, would give some leverage, maybe more than I think... but I still wonder what it's like to control.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: lawbreaker on July 07, 2009, 12:09:48 PM Now that's RAM air. I saw it there... glad someone got a pic 'cuz i didnt see it on sunday. inside the scoop were the projector headlights... it was weird to say the least Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: JEFF_H on July 07, 2009, 12:12:48 PM the pic also doesnt show the 240 width tire
on the front (i liked it a lot better than the Busas with neon/vid screens/speakers in the side fairings that were on cannery row) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: techno on July 08, 2009, 02:51:23 AM Errr..... don't the ball mounts on the bars suggest you fold them out before riding? Anyone see it being ridden?
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Slide Panda on July 08, 2009, 03:05:47 AM Not to me. There isn't enough range of motion to fold them out into a positions that's at all natural for a human. Just by eyeballing it, out would place your hands so the left pointed at 10 and the right at 2, if you had your thumb stuck up [thumbsup]
As they sit in the photo it's a more natural position. Also, if the ball mounts were free to move... that'd make it super hard to control since you'd loose any rigidity in the controls Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Bizzarrini on July 08, 2009, 04:15:38 AM Plus: the piss-cups are horizontal as is, so any 'unfolding' wouldn't help the fluid level :)
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: DCXCV on July 08, 2009, 06:41:07 AM Controls make me think it should gain altitude if you pull back hard. Also sort of bring to mind:
(http://www.robotoys.com/SWSpeederBike.gif) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: 77south on July 08, 2009, 03:43:31 PM Don't suppose anyone has a picture of this bike that wasn't taken through the bottom of a glass coke bottle?
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: DucatiBastard on July 08, 2009, 06:01:05 PM Just because you can do something, does not mean you should...
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: filter on July 08, 2009, 06:49:41 PM Controls make me think it should gain altitude if you pull back hard. Also sort of bring to mind: (http://www.robotoys.com/SWSpeederBike.gif) LOL! I bet it runs into trees just as effectively as a speeder bike, too. Now, if it just had lasers... Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: RetroSBK on July 08, 2009, 07:49:38 PM We were trying to figure out its weight... The owner said it was WAY light, like 800lbs.
Bet its way fast too! Ok now THAT is a real custom... he made everything on it... one giant hunk at a time! Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Vindingo on July 08, 2009, 07:56:42 PM here is another angle of it... (http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs017.snc1/4510_88644476436_687011436_2396286_7065440_n.jpg)
apparently it does get ridden Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Dareduc on July 08, 2009, 09:01:18 PM I would love to see more production bikes like this... things that push the envelope of design... not just the same old...
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: cyrus buelton on July 09, 2009, 06:04:09 AM Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Scottish on July 09, 2009, 09:50:40 AM here is another angle of it... (http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs017.snc1/4510_88644476436_687011436_2396286_7065440_n.jpg) For all the insanity it dooes have a cool Tron like appeal. Very SciFi.... oh wait I mean Syfyapparently it does get ridden Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Slide Panda on July 09, 2009, 10:04:37 AM So what's the pill looking thing with the black clamp? It seems that the gas fill is up in that recess, so that pill's probably not gas. It's got some tubing on it as a guage... though it looks dark - maybe oil tank?
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanche is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: MotoCreations on July 09, 2009, 11:16:45 AM I know things like this probably makes your brain cells spin [moto] A penny for your thoughts..... It's an interesting concept. About 80% there and the remainder 20% needs refinement. But then again I don't agree with many folks in terms of design language, fabrication or how things are built. Stepping outside the "normal" in the motorcycle world isn't easy with everyones perceived ideas of what the ideal motorcycle is. Glad to see it built though and being ridden. Fabrication work looks pretty nice from the pictures. If anyone has more pics -- please post. Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: teddy037.2 on July 09, 2009, 12:20:33 PM So what's the pill looking thing with the black clamp? It seems that the gas fill is up in that recess, so that pill's probably not gas. It's got some tubing on it as a guage... though it looks dark - maybe oil tank? my guess was oil tank... Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: jasaretta on July 09, 2009, 09:53:34 PM Ok everyone just stop. That thing is make the beast with two backsing stupid and we should all walk away and stop talking, looking or thinking about it now.
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Monsterlover on July 10, 2009, 03:28:51 AM why would we do that?
I've never seen anything like that before and I think it rocks. I'd love to see more pics of it and of the build process... Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: NAKID on July 10, 2009, 05:26:06 AM Looks like an oil tank to me...
Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: DarkDucati on July 10, 2009, 05:52:55 AM Some pics I snapped of it at the 2008 International Moto Show in San Mateo CA.
Looked like it had a camera at the end of the seat pointing out the back. (http://www.barnold.com/img/motobeast1.jpg) (http://www.barnold.com/img/motobeast2.jpg) (http://www.barnold.com/img/motobeast3.jpg) (http://www.barnold.com/img/motobeast4.jpg) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Speedbag on July 10, 2009, 12:59:26 PM Definitely weird (the responsible party should cut back on the LSD), but I'll give the guy an A for effort. Lots of pretty darn impressive fab work. [thumbsup]
What's it powered by? Twin? Four? Coal? Steam? Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: teddy037.2 on July 10, 2009, 03:30:43 PM dude.
the more pics I see, the more I'm digging all the little details along with the big wierdness of it [thumbsup] [thumbsup] I'd love to see it in action, though and where the hell is the exhaust? ??? Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: DRKWNG on July 10, 2009, 03:58:06 PM and where the hell is the exhaust? ??? Low on the left side, just in front of the rear-set. Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: DoubleEagle on July 10, 2009, 05:02:50 PM More LSD please !
It's time to buld another bike. Dolph :) Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: teddy037.2 on July 10, 2009, 05:37:30 PM Low on the left side, just in front of the rear-set. ohhhhyeeeeaaahhhhh I was wonderin' where the piping ended up Title: Re: Clearly Terblanch is still working in the motorcycle industry... Post by: Bill in OKC on July 10, 2009, 05:58:04 PM What's it powered by? Twin? Four? Coal? Steam? I can see just enough of the engine case on the left side shot, under the ?oil tank? to recognize an Aprilia/Rotax V990 in there. |