Featuring 4 wheels for enhanced stability, the frame is apparently still not much bigger than a normal bike. And somewhere in there fits two different engines, one gasoline of undisclosed size and another electrical.
It brings motorcycle design input to level of Picasso’s single brush-stroke woman. The Renovatio is built around—and we do mean around—a water-cooled, GM-produced V-twin that puts out 150 hp in its normally aspirated version, and 190 horses in a supercharged variant. Much of the Renovatio is carbon fiber, making its 340-pound projected dry weight less than many of Japan and Italy’s sportiest sport bikes. [via popular mechanics - third one]
When he got home, Gulak drew up a plan for an all-electric unicycle that would emit no fumes and, he figured, be easier to weave through crowded streets than a standard two-wheeler. To give the ride more stability, he put the wheels side-by-side just an inch apart and directly under the rider, who accelerates by leaning forward, as he would on a Segway. When the rider leans into a turn, the inside wheel lifts and the outside wheel lowers, so both stay firmly on the ground. [via popsci]
Damn! The wheels of this one weigh three tons and can easily crush a car (seen in the picture below).
It’s the Monster Motorbike from Hell, a 10-foot-tall, 15-ton beast that drags vans around racetracks and flattens sedans as if they were soda cans. Baumann knew he’d need big tires to stomp cars, so he bought a pair of old three-ton wheels from a Caterpillar front-end loader. To power them, he used a six-cylinder diesel engine and gearbox ripped out of a tractor-trailer. [via popsci]
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