A reverse trike/scooter?

[Fub@r]

Thought people might find this interesting from an engineering aspect.....and please don't turn it in to a trike/bike/scooter debate :shutup:

http://www.italiaspeed.com/2006/cars/other/piaggio/05/mp3/mp3.html

[Motu]

That's great,I'd really like a ride on that one!

[Steam]

Yes that's pretty cool, from an engineering perspective too. Good braking distances, it has three disc brakes.
I'd like a ride too, but it seems a bit unnecessarily complex really.

[Motu]

And modern motorcycles aren't over complex??? It almost seems a competition to make the most complex maintenance unfriendly bike possible.It will push the price into the upper range,but that is where the bike will be aimed anyway.

[MisterD]

It's kind of disappointing looking after the prototype which was a real mad max/rat bike looking thing. There's a bit of a tougher looking Gilera branded one on the way though hopefully with the 499cc motor out of the Nexus.

[Laava]

Knobblies and:scooter: off road!

[Flyingpony]

Cool. At least front wheel wash outs will be a bit harder since there are now two of them.

[sAsLEX]

Cool. At least front wheel wash outs will be a bit harder since there are now two of them.

Fuck landing a wheelie could be a bit awkward though.

[Daffyd]

What a blast. Perhaps the beginnings of a whole new class of 'bike'?

Check out TTW's (Tilting Three Wheelers) in your browsers.

[Lias]

I saw something like that yesterday but in reverse..a scooter with 2 rears, was a hell pizza delivery scooter.. Was quite cool. Guess the welly crowd have seen em before thou.

[Steam]

I saw something like that yesterday but in reverse..a scooter with 2 rears, was a hell pizza delivery scooter.. Was quite cool. Guess the welly crowd have seen em before thou.

There's one of those up where I live and it obviously falls over in the wind a lot, because every week there's a new swathe of duct-tape holding the shattered plastic on. Either that or she's a demon on the track! A tiny asian woman rides it.

[Motu]

Probably a Honda Gyro - there is a lever that locks the bike when you get off to stop it tilting....obviously she doesn't know that bit.This scooter has the same function,so no stand required.

[Ixion]

Come back,Ariel. All is forgiven. You were just ahead of your time.

[Pixie]

Come back,Ariel. All is forgiven. You were just ahead of your time.

Don't mention that ratbag sprite's name in my presence