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The motorcycle featured a three-cylinder two-stroke engine built right into the front wheel, transmission and clutch, with more comfortable front and rear suspension. Streamlining was important as aerodynamics was the first priority of the team who wanted all the moving parts covered, dirt and mud protection, and an elegant style.
The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
Another idea is the flike, a sort of flying motorcycle/helicopter. [36] Whike are sail-powered trikes, which may or may not be motorized depending if one considers a sail to be a type of motorization. [further explanation needed] There is another arrangement of three-wheel, with the wheels in a line; this is so far pretty rare. [37]
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 ...
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.
Monowheels are typically powered by an engine as with a motorcycle, with a chassis securing the steering, driver's seat, and propulsion mechanism to the interior of the wheel. Hand-cranked [ 2 ] and pedal-powered monowheels were patented [ 3 ] and built in the late 19th century; most built in the 20th and 21st century have been motorized.
[1] [2] [16] [17] The Uno is an electric-powered vehicle that bears a resemblance to a motorized unicycle. Described in news reports as either a "one wheeled motorcycle" or "electric unicycle", it is more accurately a dicycle, created by placing two closely spaced wheels side by side at the centre-point of the vehicle. [3]
According to Ben Gulak, in order to improve the safety and usability of the Uno his company BPG Inc developed the Uno III to be able to transform from the classic Uno dicycle into a motorcycle. [2] Though not a motorcycle in the classic definition, the 'motorcycle mode' is actually a tricycle with the two rear wheels coming so close together ...