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The Yamaha Motoroid 2 is designed to be self-driving and self balancing, negating the need for handlebars (Yamaha) Yamaha has unveiled a self-riding electric motorbike that features no handlebars ...
In response to rising fuel prices in the first decade of the 2000s, U.S. scooter and moped ridership saw a resurgence. [15] Sales of motorcycles and scooters declined 43.2% in 2009, and continued to decrease in the first quarter of 2010, with scooter sales doing worst, down 13.3% compared to a 4.6% drop for all two-wheelers.
Lit Motors Inc. is a San Francisco-based startup founded by Daniel K. Kim in 2010. Lit Motors designs conceptual two-wheeled vehicles with a focus on innovative technologies, including the AEV (Auto-balancing Electric Vehicle), often referred to as the "C-1," a fully electric, gyroscopically stabilized vehicle, [1] and the Kubo cargo scooter.
The motorcycle used a 24 volt electric starter motor from a Douglas A-4B fighter plane. [14] In 1975, Corbin built a battery-powered prototype street motorcycle called the City Bike. This motorcycle used a battery manufactured by Yardney Electric. [15] In June 1975, the first Annual Alternative Vehicle Regatta was held at Mt. Washington, New ...
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However, even without self-stability a bike may be ridden by steering it to keep it over its wheels. [6] Note that the effects mentioned above that would combine to produce self-stability may be overwhelmed by additional factors such as headset friction and stiff control cables. [28] This video shows a riderless bicycle exhibiting self-stability.
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The appearance and frame of an underbone are quite different from that of a standard motorcycle, but the powertrain is functionally almost identical. The underbone engine is positioned between the rider's feet but the rear wheel is driven by a regular motorcycle secondary chain drive. Styling considerations only mean that the chain-driven ...