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Birdy
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 08:42 am: |
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Clean lines no fluff, unlike a 'Busa. Not bad for a 23 year old design. I'd own it! And check the rear brake, looks like a ZTL. http://imgur.com/7wV11.jpg |
2008xb12scg
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 10:05 am: |
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Nice. I think the front brake might be to. |
Midknyte
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 02:44 pm: |
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Heheh. Hold on to those clean lines comments till you see the other side |
Midknyte
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 02:53 pm: |
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http://gizmodo.com/5563929/they-actually-had-real- tron-bikes-in-the-80s
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Phelan
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 03:10 pm: |
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That is one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen! The brake is definitely a perimeter brake, but I highly doubt it's ZTL. That's why EB/HD has the patents on ZTL- a system that allows a perimeter rotor to "float". |
Sifo
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 05:46 pm: |
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Isn't a perimeter brake by definition a ZTL, as in Zero Torsional Load transmitted through the wheel spokes? It wouldn't be patent infringement for a prototype, but they would have to pay licensing fees if they wanted to put it on a production bike. Sure looks like a floating rotor to me too. A rotor that size almost has to float. |
Stirz007
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 10:01 pm: |
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wouldn't be the first time someone stole one of EB's licks... wonder how it runs through the turns.... very 'tron-like'. |
Methed
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 10:03 pm: |
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Heh, reminds me of the Ford Taurus they dressed up in RoboCop as the 'car of the future'. I think they called it the S.U.X. 3000; it had similar lines and aluminum paint scheme. |
Oddball
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 10:57 pm: |
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That was the 6000 SUX. A '77 Olds Cutlass Supreme The police cars were '85 Taurus. http://robocoparchive.com/info/thecars.htm |
Methed
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 11:01 pm: |
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That's right, and it had the mid-eighties Cutlass hubcaps too. Why did I like that movie so much in my youth? Also, shouldn't EB be getting some royalties for the ZTL setup on that bike? |
Oddball
| Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 11:32 pm: |
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It's listed as shown at the '86 Tokyo Motorshow. Methed, They didn't put them in production so I doubt it. Did Erik even have a patent on them back then? If so that should have expired years ago. The Nuda was a cool concept. It and the RADD inspired many dreams. I still love single sided suspensions. |
Phelan
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 12:42 am: |
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Actually the more I look at it, the more it reminds me of the Goldfish snacks. |
Swordsman
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 01:24 am: |
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"Hold on to those clean lines comments till you see the other side" Midknyte.... both sides look the same to me. What am I missing...? ~SM |
Danger_dave
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 08:24 am: |
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They should have called it the NADA. |
Midknyte
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 10:42 pm: |
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In the first pic, you don't see the business end of the single sided forks...
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Ezblast
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 11:06 pm: |
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Still looks pretty cool. EZ |
Phelan
| Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 11:26 pm: |
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It looks to me like it may be 2WD? |
Danger_dave
| Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 07:32 am: |
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They had it way back-er when-er-er.
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Spdrxb
| Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 07:50 am: |
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It reminds me of that cheesy 80's movie "Cyclone". If Heather Thomas wasn't in it,I wouldnt have been able to finish watching it. |