A interesting(?) idea from Japan

**miSTa** · 20th January 2007, 07:03

Somebody in Japan has way too much time on their hands - a bike to tow cars!

Must handle like a.., well it mustn't handle surely. Not to mention the additional strain on the bikes frame, suspension, and brakes.

**hazard02** · 20th January 2007, 07:14

Duck and cover, the repost police will be all over you in a matter of moments...

I do like the idea though. You can always trust the Japanese for finding more advanced ways of doing old things.

**Steam** · 20th January 2007, 07:17

Repost, someone posted this about 3 weeks ago under a transformers thread. But it's a cool idea eh, looks crazy. But why use a bike to do a truck's job? It'll cost heaps to modify the goldwing like that, and only a few thousand to hitch a trailer up to the back of a light truck

**Motoracer** · 20th January 2007, 08:08

How easily could you clutch up that sucker?! Think about the possibilities

**Bangbug** · 20th January 2007, 09:48

Yes, get to the accident first, pity that hog couldn't split Paris Hilton for a nite let alone a lane.

**V4ME** · 20th January 2007, 10:24

Hey how bout a two wheeled tractor?

I suppose you all gonna say thats already been done - (but I won't mention the name of what they called it - as I might show my prejudice)

**xwhatsit** · 20th January 2007, 10:49

That's not Japan, or anything Japanese (apart from the Goldwing, I suppose) anyway. Mainland China, I think, with those blue numberplates.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 20th January 2007, 11:13

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

That's not Japan, or anything Japanese (apart from the Goldwing, I suppose) anyway. Mainland China, I think, with those blue numberplates.

picky picky... but it looks like korea to me

**xwhatsit** · 20th January 2007, 11:18

No way. I admit the project is very Korean-y -- those wonderful people are building robots with guns to protect the North-South border

But Koreans don't tend to write in Chinese.

**Pixie** · 20th January 2007, 11:26

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

That's not Japan, or anything Japanese (apart from the Goldwing, I suppose) anyway. Mainland China, I think, with those blue numberplates.

It is a swedish innovation

Honda Gold Wing that has been converted to a tow bike! It is actually in use in Sweden, where the man who designed and runs it claims its capacity to cut through backed up traffic gives him a competitive advantage over other tow truck operators