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Grizz
7th April 2006, 23:03
Hope the owner doesn't mind me posting this but...

This is pretty cool.

I don't know a lot of details about the bike, other than it was designed and built by a really clever guy at work. So if you have any questions I really can't answer them. However the pic and the video which were taken in Brisbane are worth having a look at.

Enjoy!
Cookie
7th April 2006, 23:18
Cool fun project!

I would not have the coordination to ride one myself, trying to balance the thing while also trying to balance the power and braking so you don't spin around like a sock in a tumble dryer...

I see he put a stopper wheel on the front of that one which is a really good idea!
Sniper
8th April 2006, 08:25
Looks neat, looks like he got his idea from the prototype they built in the US a while back?
Jackrat
8th April 2006, 09:11
He stole the idea!!!
Emergency braking:cry: :killingme
GR81
8th April 2006, 11:35
that looks choice!
gimmie! :)
MidnightMike
8th April 2006, 11:53
Looks like that thing from south park :laugh:
Ham
8th April 2006, 12:09
Looks like that thing from south park :laugh:

ROFL! almost... They made one on scrapheap challenge, it's called a monowheel
Shadows
8th April 2006, 22:18
How the hell do you steer it?
Maha
8th April 2006, 22:23
How the hell do you steer it?
One would imagine that one would lean like one would on one's motorcycle...:killingme
Shadows
8th April 2006, 22:51
One would imagine that one would lean like one would on one's motorcycle...:killingme

that was a stupid fucking question wasn't it :o
[takes another drink]
NordieBoy
8th April 2006, 23:14
They've been making them forever.
There's a pic in a local 2nd hand shop (not for sale) that I'll have to take a pic of for youse.
Shadows
8th April 2006, 23:18
what the.......... is that a V8???? that's insane
GR81
9th April 2006, 09:45
what the.......... is that a V8???? that's insane
they Yanks always have to take it 4 steps further! haha
.produKt
9th April 2006, 15:00
Looks neat, looks like he got his idea from the prototype they built in the US a while back?

If your into your monster garage like i am, this was covered in a ep called monster nation, or backyard builders and this was a feature init.

Needless to say, they guy who built it promptly came off due to having no rear stabilizer :crybaby:
marty
9th April 2006, 16:30
if it had a rear stabiliser, wouldn't it just be a .............motorcycle?
.produKt
9th April 2006, 18:58
Well it was a spoiler, but stablizer is effectivly the same thing. :Oops:
NordieBoy
1st July 2006, 20:32
Finally remembered to get a shot of the old monowheel...
When you turn the steering wheel it leans the wheel for side to side.