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    For all us old buggers...

    As so many of us seem to have failing bits 'n' pieces... but we still want / need to ride...


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    I'd have one.
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    Wheelies!...if it does them, sign me up!

    (That would be awesome...I could cut straight through hagley park...and everything else!)

    Cheers for sharing Moi

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    Great stuff, I'd be keen. Not that I'm old though...Tui!

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    That is cool, I'd have one. Is the bike self levelling or do you use your body to control and maintain the upright position?

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    They need to apply that to quad bikes...it might save a few farmers lives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    They need to apply that to quad bikes...it might save a few farmers lives.
    Pertinent indeed.

    Wonder what happens when it runs out of travel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robbo View Post
    That is cool, I'd have one. Is the bike self levelling or do you use your body to control and maintain the upright position?
    Was theory designing one similar a few years back for a streamlined trike and did similar mechanisms (no suspension). See how the body dips when he rocks it side to side, reckon that means it'll have a small self centering force due to its own weight, but for the rest it'll handle like a single tracked vehicle with the wheels on each side pivoting about a virtual center wheel track.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robbo View Post
    That is cool, I'd have one. Is the bike self levelling or do you use your body to control and maintain the upright position?
    Here's their website... interesting concepts and thinking...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    Here's their website... interesting concepts and thinking...
    Cheers Moi, very interesting technology. I wonder how long before we see this in the marketplace in NZ.

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    Yeah ... Naaa .. I may have reached three score years - but I'm not that old yet ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    Here's their website... interesting concepts and thinking...

    Very interesting and looks like great fun for a wide range of ages.

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    I'd be keen to go offroad with one - looks pretty good for tearing it up on the loose stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    Yeah ... Naaa .. I may have reached three score years - but I'm not that old yet ..
    Agree with your sentiments... when the present heavy weights I ride are too heavy for me I'll be likely to move to lighter weight bikes... BUT, that thing is something else... and I like the thinking behind it... would be fun...

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