HELGE PEDERSEN: AROUND THE WORLD ON A 1981 R80GS "It may well be a cliché to talk about learning through the University of Life, but this is just how Helge Pedersen has matured and developed his personal philosophy over the 10 years it has taken him to ride his motorcycle 250,000 miles throug
Sorting through dusty manuscripts and volumes of mysterious books is how many of us imagine finding evidence in history. But our past is far more than a string of names and dates. It is about how people lived in the past and molded our society. It is about their hopes and dreams, their fears and disappointments, and what pushed them to make the decisions and inventions they did.
triumph down and out t100's burliness comes courtesy of a set of engine bars, with the low slung pothole visualization device completing the look.
The Malle Mile is an event filled to the brim with quirky motorcycles. But if there's one thing you wouldn't expect to see there, it's a three-wheeled BMW R100 wrapped in vintage automobile-like bodywork. We spotted this fabulous oddball while wandering around the Malle Mile's festival grounds last month. It looked strangely at home against the backdrop of the Lincolnshire countryside, with its retrofuturistic sci-fi vibe. Naturally, we had to find out more—so we tracked down the builder, Tim Cumper. Tim's a prototype model maker by day, but he works on custom bikes and furniture after hours. His workshop name
Ah yes! Another addition of to Solidsmack's legendary catalogue of "What the Heck is THAT?" The Ryno is a one-wheeled beast of an invention, manufactured and so
The EXO car, and why chopping up perfectly good Integras and Miatas is a good thing
The P400 R e-motor provides a versatile range of torque and power combinations, allowing powertrain designers to optimise performance across different applications.
Ligier was building the cabins for Renault farm tractors and one of them was used for the prototype of this car. I suspect the production model used at least some of the stampings.
I dunno which or if its just a conversation peice, What ever it is its bad ass! Emagine this with a gsxr motorcycle engine hanging out the back like a top fuel car! I had to share this cause its so cool.
In the 1980s, motorcycle design was pitched to a radical art, with individual designers like Craig Vetter and Luigi Colani inspiring a generation
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Qooder is the world's first vehicle with four tilting wheels. The agility and freedom of a motorcycle with the comfort and safety of a car.
KTM AX IS HALF MOTORCYCLE, HALF OFFROAD TRUCK AND HALF X-BOW (WAIT THAT'S TOO MANY HALFS) The KTM AX is a radical off-road vehicle which draws on KTM's success with both its off-road motorcycles and the road-going, minimalist X-Bow ( pronounced cross-bow ). With hybrid propulsion, four individually-steerable electric motors, huge ground clearance and reinforced tIres the prototype AX offers fantastic traction and agility . The KTM AX, a four-wheel concept buggy, is worth consideration for eco-conscious ...
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RYNO Motors showcases its foray into the very small club of self-balancing scooters with a video showing its upcoming 2013 model.
2013 2015 It will be 4 years this fall that I bought the CX500 parts bike and started building the chassis. 2 and 4 years have passed between these pictures. It's about time I get this thing done. I've got a check list of things to do before DMV inspection. Hopefully by the end of summer 2011
Fully functional self-made steampunk trike.
The French company behind the Swincar, describe it as 'a mechanical spider on wheels.' Each wheel is on the end of a long arm, and has its own electric motor and suspension.
We have all seen motorcycles on the street that make us do a doubletake, but even I have to admit that if I saw a bike like some of these on the highway, my head would swivel right around like Linda Blair in the Exorcist and I might drive right off into the ditch! It seems that motorcycles uniquely lend themselves to rather extreme personalizations...
The SWINCAR e-Spider is an innovative and ingenious cross-country electric vehicle. It has a 4 wheel drive provided by 4 individual wheel motors.
A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist – it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle.
We've been puzzling over this image posted to the H.A.M.B.'s pre-WWII photos thread for a few days. Originally posted by swi66, we've been able to determine that a Mr. M. Goventosa of Udine, Italy, built this monowheel in 1931, and that it was capable of 150 KPH, or about 93 MPH. And thaaaat's about...
