[55182]

Lol - did you see the clip were the ricer buys a car after a wheelie goes wrong? So funny

 

[bbtowns]

While it's cool, it strikes me as a $1000 solution to a problem I never had.

 

[21726]

As well as being an answer to a problem most people don't have, the counter-rotating mechanism adds unsprung weight, which is just what you don't need.

 

[Grover]

They tried this before in the 80's or early 90's in GP I think. Can't remember what manufacturer (bimota, maybe?), I just know I've seen them before. If they were as great as this guy says they are don't you think everyone would have them?

 

[47837]

Yes, of course! Because all good ideas are already in use, and ideas that were good but not well implemented never get improved upon.

 

[37143]

Careful, my company firewall detected a virus on that link

 

[51629]

Why not reverse rotating wheels too? And reversed seats - like the Clinton administration (maybe it was Carter) proposed and the handlebars on the rear wheel. This would get you away from accidents real fast since you would be traveling in the other direction.

 

[Buzglyd]

Lookz like spinnerz dog!

 

[sarnali]

word

 

[mscuddy]

That's all I need. More stuff to go wrong. And what if a little yapper dog or a fouton or something gets stuck in those gears?



It'll be like the ill-fated Douglas XA2D Skyshark and explode in a rain of gears and pins and yapper dogs and foutons.



I miss drum brakes anyway. Bring back the drum.

 

[BikerJC]

I call BS. When they start making claims like (paraphrasing from memory here) "it will make a bike travelling at 200mph turn in like it was going 40mph" when they haven't even built a functioning prototype, I tune out. Remember the airbag vest scam, where a company claimed they had developed a lifesaving vest that inflated into a cushion in an accident? They scammed investors out of 5 million bucks and before they got shut down. I say this is the same idea. Revolutionary tech? Why the hell hasn't anyone else (ie anyone important) put money into testing and developing it if it is so amazing? Anyone remember the Pogue Carburettor scam?

http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/carburetor.asp

 

[51629]

It looks like they are saying that front wheel precession is the sole cause of wobbles. It'd be nice if that was true. In the meantime, if you want to learn a bit more about wobbles and handling, check this site out:

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/controla...partnership/projects/motorcycles/publications

 

[gr8shandini]

They did build a working prototype. There's a video on the site.



The physics are sound, but I have to wonder how much unsprung weight we're adding (as mentioned earlier) and also what's the effect on the brakes due to the rotors travelling at 3 or 4 times the speed of the wheel.

 

[obandoj]

Give me some unsprung weight and lighten up my wallet, nice balanced deal

 

[23063]

Uh...what happens when a chipped tooth jams a gear?

 

[4940]

You stop so fast that the world starts counter rotating.

 

[4940]

Fess up! It really is you, isn't it Kpaul?

 

[rapier]

Brake disks don't weigh enough to do whatever it is these guys claim, even if their theory is correct.

 

[mscuddy]

You go see the dentist...

 

[50595]

Re: Earth Shoes!

Damn! Let me put on my negative heel Earth Shoes and take that thing for a ride!