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Title: Weeble-cycle Post by: Meerkat on September 16, 2011, 04:27:31 PM Don't think this is a derby, but apologies if so: http://litmotors.com/home/ (http://litmotors.com/home/)
Lit Motors unveils all-electric, fully enclosed motorcycle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0m-cUxMcJw#) Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: zooom on September 17, 2011, 04:13:41 AM that's actually kinda cool...I seriously consider that for a commuter over a Smart Car...
Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: muskrat on September 17, 2011, 05:40:14 AM I agree and consider the fact the smart car gets only 33 mpg average. still sucks for a sticker of 15k for mileage.
Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: bikepilot on September 17, 2011, 07:00:43 AM Maybe better than a smart car, but why the heck would you consider either? :o
BTW my wife's civic has more than 2x the interior space of a smart car and gets 10mpg more and it was made in 1993 -- we are going backwards here. Only point in having a smart car would be putting a 'busa motor in one so you can do wheelies in reverse [cheeky] Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: justinrhenry on September 17, 2011, 07:35:43 AM the balancing technology is pretty cool, but to call it anything close to a motorcycle is crazy. it's really just another tiny, ridiculous car. only this car just has two wheels, which would keep a lot of people from buying it.
now if they introduced that balancing ability into a real motorcycle without turning it into something else that would be something worth investing in. Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: Meerkat on September 17, 2011, 08:47:03 AM I was thinking it would be pretty cool to try hooking the gyros up to some actuators and use them to steer.
Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: hunduc on September 17, 2011, 09:13:55 AM now if they introduced that balancing ability into a real motorcycle without turning it into something else that would be something worth investing in. i think it would be a disaster. the main point of riding a bike is leaning it. you cannot do that with this design. Title: Re: Weeble-cycle Post by: muskrat on September 17, 2011, 11:28:45 AM i think it would be a disaster. the main point of riding a bike is leaning it. you cannot do that with this design. AMEN!!!!!! Anything like that would spell the end of Motos. Oh shit does Washington read this thread? [popcorn] |