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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 21765
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999
    #1

    one-wheel, V8 motorcycle

    Thes things are really real. Second link is a short video of the thing in motion.

    http://www.kerrymclean.com/page13a.html

    http://www.guzer.com/videos/one_wheel_motorbike.php

    Sure looks to me like you gun it or slam on the brakes you end up on your head.
    Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-19-2007, 07:33 PM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
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    • crokett
      The Full Monte
      • Jan 2003
      • 10627
      • Mebane, NC, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3000
      #2
      I am trying to figure out how that is practical. And how would you steer it? Seems to me it would be resistant to turning according to the gyroscope principle.
      David

      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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        • Pappy
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 10463
          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 (x2)
          #3
          The way he stopped it, you would need a lot of shoe leather!
          Don, aka Pappy,

          Wise men talk because they have something to say,
          Fools because they have to say something.
          Plato

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            • LCHIEN
              Super Moderator
              • Dec 2002
              • 21765
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999
              #4
              Originally posted by crokett
              I am trying to figure out how that is practical. And how would you steer it? Seems to me it would be resistant to turning according to the gyroscope principle.
              I guess its main attraction is as an eye catcher.
              Is there any suspension?
              I guess you steer by leaning.
              Changing the tire must be an excercise.
              BUt wheel alignment is really easy!
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                • gerti
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 2233
                  • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                  • BT3100 "Frankensaw"
                  #5
                  Some years ago they built some of those on that show Junkyard Wars. That was quite entertaining!

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                    • JSCOOK
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 774
                      • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
                      • Ryobi BT3100-1
                      #6
                      I remember seeing (on TV) someone riding one down the street and they flipped it over on it's side ... I can't seem to remember who it was, but I'm thinking it was most likely the late "Indian Larry"
                      "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn". by C.S. Lewis

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                        • Kristofor
                          Veteran Member
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 1331
                          • Twin Cities, MN
                          • Jet JTAS10 Cabinet Saw
                          #7
                          Hmmm, I seem to recall seeing these on South Park... Not a very user friendly set of controls.

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                            • LinuxRandal
                              Veteran Member
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 4890
                              • Independence, MO, USA.
                              • bt3100
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Kristofor
                              Hmmm, I seem to recall seeing these on South Park... Not a very user friendly set of controls.

                              rotflmao.

                              Will the airlines stop this one too?
                              She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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                                • TheRic
                                  Veteran Member
                                  • Jun 2004
                                  • 1912
                                  • West Central Ohio
                                  • bt3100
                                  #9
                                  I remember seeing a slightly smaller version in a parade about 20 years ago, he was in line about 25 units ahead of us. He said it's not that difficult to turn, just have to lean a little. Keeping your balance on it is easy once you get going.
                                  Ric

                                  Plan for the worst, hope for the best!

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                                    • Deadhead
                                      Established Member
                                      • Jan 2004
                                      • 490
                                      • Maidens, Virginia, USA.
                                      • BT3100
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by LCHIEN
                                      Sure looks to me like you gun it or slam on the brakes you end up on your head.
                                      I think it's more like head/ass/head/ass/head/ass....
                                      "Success is gettin' what you want; Happiness is wantin' what you get." - Brother Dave Gardner (1926-1983)

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                                        • LarryG
                                          The Full Monte
                                          • May 2004
                                          • 6693
                                          • Off The Back
                                          • Powermatic PM2000, BT3100-1
                                          #11
                                          That's essentially the same vehicle that General Grievous used in Revenge Of The Sith, when he was being chased by Obi-Wan Kenobi aboard that yelping dragon-like creature.

                                          I wonder whether life imitated art, or vice-versa?
                                          Larry

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                                            • LCHIEN
                                              Super Moderator
                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 21765
                                              • Katy, TX, USA.
                                              • BT3000 vintage 1999
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by LarryG
                                              That's essentially the same vehicle that General Grievous used in Revenge Of The Sith, when he was being chased by Obi-Wan Kenobi aboard that yelping dragon-like creature.

                                              I wonder whether life imitated art, or vice-versa?
                                              Browsing the net last night for these, one-wheelers basically like this have been around since the 1930's.
                                              Loring in Katy, TX USA
                                              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                                              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                                                • Tom Miller
                                                  Veteran Member
                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                  • 2507
                                                  • Twin Cities, MN
                                                  • BT3000 - Cuttin' it old school
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Kristofor
                                                  Hmmm, I seem to recall seeing these on South Park... Not a very user friendly set of controls.
                                                  Not everyone found the controls distasteful, IIRC....

                                                  Regards,
                                                  Tom

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