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Mainstreamer
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 09:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Could this be what the future holds? AND the Brits lead the way. This one's for you Sean, much more character then the Brutale.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48 /b4011432.htm?chan=search!
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M1combat
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 09:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Where the heck do they get off using a belt on a dirt bike ;)?

It'll never work I tell you.
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Rocketman
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 10:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's why it can get from a standing start to 30 mph in a mere 7.3 seconds and achieve top speeds of 50 mph.

You gotta hand it to us Brit's. That's the first moonbike the worlds ever seen.

Too fast for me on those thin tyres though. Never the less, pretty impressive performance quotes.


That's almost Buell territory. Well ok, not quite

Rocket
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Oldog
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 10:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Runs on water <goes> sounds like a commuter machine.
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Ulendo
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I saw this a while back, and went all over their website. given that its a design exercise to prove a whole new concept in power supply, the least you can say is that it goes, and does what they claim.....now they HAVE a functioning showpiece, and can get investors involved in something thats not just a blue-sky project, the next generation could prove to be quite interesting.

I've done a bit of work with electric go karts, and am a certified mobility tech for the 2 big N.American manufacturers - don't knock electric drives, its the power packs that need the work, and thats what they're attempting to resolve.
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 04:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nice concept, but with design skills like that it is no wonder the British bike industry disapeared!
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Sleez
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

hey Ulendo, i worked on the GM project for 4 years, on the charging systems mostly for GM.
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Rich
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Clean and quiet?

Count me out.
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Jscott
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It needs number plates.

I think "I need more number plate" will be the next "I need more cow bell".

(Message edited by JScott on November 21, 2006)
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