The implications for this type of technology when applied to a motorcycle could be revolutionary, little imagination is needed to see how we could be riding with far greater rubber contact particularly when cornering.....hope they hurry it along!
Forum whore
The implications for this type of technology when applied to a motorcycle could be revolutionary, little imagination is needed to see how we could be riding with far greater rubber contact particularly when cornering.....hope they hurry it along!
Forum whore
Plus no punctures to worry about and apparently very little wear!
Marty
Ever notice that anyone slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
Ninja Cum Louder
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Cost effectiveness?? Nil.
Engineers with too much time.
BMW Motorrad
Ah what?! wheels are to buckle everytime when drivin over a bump??
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Rasta Ratskins
They can't make air obsolete! What will we breathe?
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
The original Disco
Bloody waste of money buying that puncture repair kit... gah!
...ermm first tree branch you run over... yoink...
...ermm first gravel road = tires filled with frickin rocks. The suspension will just love you for that.
Flipping stupid idea.
Oh and next time I get a flat tire I cant use my "aww all the air went to the top" joke.
The world gone topsy turvy.
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
Jeremy Clarkson.
Kawasaki 200mph Club
Last of a dying breed
noooo!!!!
They can't do this to me!! What will happen to the white wall tyres???
Hardcore Biker
yes the future . wheel and tyre . tweel . it will save money and more green . because most of the tyres now are a waste .onece you wear the out
Softcore Oldschooler
LOL, I remember seeing this on "Beyond 2000" in about 1992. Evidently the future is still a work in progress.
Wear QUASiMOTO !
Little ol'Hornet Rides again!
Wait .. the next big thing will be the "Sqeel" ... Square tyres
"I like to ride anyplace, anywhere, any time, any way!"
Hone made me
Take a look at the diagram, it's flexible, so presumably provides the same kind of shock absorption as the air inside our current tyres.Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI
As for working on bikes...making the 'tyre' structure such that it can handle the vertical braking and acceleration loads and also being braced adequately to support high loads at 50 degrees from straight up would be quite a trick, while keeping within standard tyre dimensions.
The bump absorption qualities would be something else to consider.
Weight would be another issue for sports applications, since any increase in unsprung weight would not be desirable.
Quite a few things to cock up really, but let them bring it in to MotoGP and see how it goes (maybe Rossi did know something else that we didn't?)
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