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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Enclosed motorcycle /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1349272506 Message started by BOBD on 10/03/12 at 06:55:05 |
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Title: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/03/12 at 06:55:05 http://litmotors.com/home/ Not sure if anyone out there is interested in something like this. Just thought I'd throw it out there. I may get one in a few years if they are still around and I can afford one. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by 360k+ on 10/03/12 at 07:43:32 I have to ask the same question my girlfriends used to ask me... how does it stay up? |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Serowbot on 10/03/12 at 08:13:01 4A4C5F5414181E1F142D0 wrote:
Seafoam... Viagra for motorcycles... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by verslagen1 on 10/03/12 at 08:17:56 think segway. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by 360k+ on 10/03/12 at 08:38:02 2A392E2F303D3B39326D5C0 wrote:
Segway depends on mobility in the same axis as balance. The wheels can't move sideways, so it must be something else (gyro?). |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/03/12 at 08:44:04 It stays up with a couple of gyros. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/03/12 at 08:51:00 Until now, I didnt know you could have just 2 wheels on the ground & it be motorized & it still not be a motorcycle.. I dont think Id like it,, I wouldnt be able to smell what I smell when I ride, & thats important to me.,I want to feel the wind on me, I want to experience what it is to be outside.. Im sure thats a neat doohickey, Im just not the target market. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Dave on 10/03/12 at 09:02:10 This kind of looks like an aerodynamic SMART car.....with a couple of wheels missing. I am not sure that would get my motorcycle MOJO working. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/03/12 at 09:14:35 Ya, I think this would be more for an old guy like me. Who still wants to be on 2 wheels when he's 80. You can open the window and stick your head out. Maybe you can get an optional moon roof to open. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Serowbot on 10/03/12 at 09:16:36 Electronics fail,.. computers crash,... on a Segway you can hop off... In the egg,.. you'll just drop... Plus,.. if I'm going in a plastic box,.. I want air-conditioning... I'll take a Mini-Cooper.... or, if I win the lottery, a Lotus Elise... 8-)... PS... have you seen these?... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy7ZJIW-VrI&feature=pyv[/media] |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/03/12 at 09:24:22 Yes I have. Kinda like a Piaggio MP3. How about this:http://youtu.be/2VoR4IyGlf4 Pretty expensive though. Or this:http://spyder.brp.com/build-your-spyder?categoryCode=RT&modelCode=RT-S |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Arnold on 10/03/12 at 12:40:22 So a Lit convertible is a motorcycle. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Savage_Rob on 10/03/12 at 14:30:47 The following is copied from the site: Quote:
Cool tech but more stuff to go wrong. I have to admit that 200 miles on a charge is better than most electrics I've been seeing out there, as well as a higher top speed than I need. That would honestly be a useful daily commuter if it's not overly expensive and that's the gotcha in the deal. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by srinath on 10/03/12 at 14:48:30 I dont think there has been anyone wanting a motorcycle with doors. I'd like a small 2 cyl 400 or so with belt drive and Fuel injection. Semi sporty and 100 mpg @ 60 mph. A GS00 for 2012 instead of 1983. Economical should be economical over the entire life of it ... Should be cheap to make, cheap to use, cheap to insure, cheap to repair, cheap to run in belts and tires and oil and maintenance. We should keep it as the only vehicle and just get on it and ride it. We should be able to ride it in the rain - the work world needs to be aware and accomodate it - they do in most of the third world, and the freaking weather ... we need to have good cold gear. Heated gear that isn't a nightmare to put on. Cool. Srinath. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by ToesNose on 10/03/12 at 19:13:05 Here's a vid on the Lit C-1. Pretty cool technology, it'll be cool to see what type of vehicles come from it in the future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aAmWim838 |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/04/12 at 07:05:09 I have sent a couple of e-mails to them and found out it has triple redundant controls and if everything fails there are some landing gear that come down to keep it from falling over. The body at this time is made of steel-body composite. That may change later. It of course will have to pass the government regulations, etc. I would have to see and drive one before ever thinking about buying one. The price would have to be less than $15,000. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/04/12 at 09:09:07 It leans like a bike, so thats a plus, but its enclosed, like a car, & thats a real big minus for me, IF I am relegated to not riding And I have the $$, Id go for some kinda 4 on the floor ( or 5 or 6!) convertible sports car. One that would cost 6 or under. Wouldnt bother me if it was underpowered as long as the suspension worked well & the tranny shifted cleanly, because, to me, its more fun keeping speed thru a turn with low power than barreling thru one at high speed because theres tons of power on tap. Takes no skill to do that, but taking a gutless thing thru turns & not scrubbing off too much speed takes some driving skills. & whats the point of operating a vehicle if it takes no skill? I hate automatics, but, I have to drive them, because thats what the wife CAN drive. & she tried to learn,, did not even work out. Ya just hafta have some kind of understanding of things mechanical to do that & she simply does not. ETA The reason I dont want to be enclosed is I like the experience of being able to smell whats growing along the road & the feel of the wind. If I could get something that would lay the windshield down, that would just be killer.,. |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by Paraquat on 10/04/12 at 09:30:58 I agree. What's the point? May as well drive a car. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Enclosed motorcycle Post by BOBD on 10/04/12 at 10:22:32 Ya I think I'll stick to my cheap S40. It would be too expensive for me. Don't know how many more years I can ride though. At 68 probably not many. 5-10 years maybe, if I'm lucky. OH well could get a cheap sports car, If I could find one that has the headroom. I know, drive it with the top down in the cold and wear your winter riding gear. |
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