How does he do a "panic stop"? I think he and the drive mechanism would just spin around with the wheel???
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Rusty Fairmount To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Is a motorcycle still a motorcycle if it has four wheels? I met this guy at a family BBQ a couple weeks ago. Kerry McLean, inventor of the Monowheel. It's definately not a motorcycle, but you should see the smiles he has on his face (and puts on others) when he drives that thing. --- On Mon, 7/26/10, Rusty Fairmount <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rusty Fairmount <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Is a motorcycle still a motorcycle if it has four wheels? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:52 PM > If it's got 2 inline wheels and a > motor driving them, then it's a motorcycle, regardless of > size or riding posture. But what's in a name, > really? > -----Original Message----- > Date: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:43:17 am > To: [email protected] > From: "Joey Kelley" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Is a motorcycle still a > motorcycle if it has four wheels? > > Can you imagine trying to corner on that thing? Eeesh.... > On the flipside - > what a drag bike that sucker would make! > -Joey > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I don't think the Tomahawk ever made it into > production. It was originally > > just a media grabber to bring attention to the new > viper engine. There was > > interest in it so they considered hand making a few. > From what I read it was > > more stable than it looked. The crank of that big > engine was below the > > axle-line of the wheels so it didn't try to flip over > when you revved it. > > > > -Kyle > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Per the article on the Tomahawk, it has a fuel > capacity not that much > >> larger than my 450. It'll probably get something > like three miles on a tank! > >> Thanks for the link > Kyle - I'd almost forgotten about the Tomahawk. > >> -Joey > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
