(http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/studentrads_0.jpg)
It's the Carver for me:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/pmh1882/Carver_One.jpg)
That looks like something out of RIFTS.
Neat, but I like my wearable motorcycles to be a little more functional:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Hadr1an/SGC/mos2.jpg)
!i!
I just want a bicycle I can ride (http://www.d20haven.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110) in the Chicago area winter.
Quote from: Abyssal Maw;240092(http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/studentrads_0.jpg)
Pretty, I suppose, but utterly useless. Too much leading caster, a ridiculous driving position, high center of gravity, and the fore-aft stability of a drunken coed. Presumably, the latter is addressed by the apparent articulation of the steering arms, but that's going to make all of the other problems much, much worse.
Quote from: Ian Absentia;240165Neat, but I like my wearable motorcycles to be a little more functional:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Hadr1an/SGC/mos2.jpg)
!i!
Winnah.
Heh, Ian beat me to it :D
Love the Mospeada bikes.
If I'm going to buy something with only three wheels - and I won't, because it doesn't suit my "energetic" driving style - I'd just stick to the Aptera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptera_Motors), another of the "super-green three-wheeled" [and thus exempt from automobile regulations] California cars.
(http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/01/31-peugeot-n-jooy/Peugeot-N-Jooy-2-lg.jpg)
This thing is pretty awesome.
So is this:
(http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i1012/101225_2mg.jpg)
Round tires are freaking awesome.
Is there any way to make it part of a role playing game setting?
Maybe, society or some other force encouraged vehicles to more 'personal' and closer to the body for some reason. Boxy car shapes are no longer being made - that kind of thing.
Its an interesting design.
Love to see more angles on it.
- Ed C.
Here ya go Ed. Wearable Motorcycle (http://devicedaily.com/gadgets/deus-ex-machina-the-wearable-motorcycle.html)
You know, I have to say...
(http://devicedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/deus-ex-machina-03.jpg)
...the idea of riding as part of the undercarriage makes me nervous.
!i!
Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be to get taken to the hospital for running over yourself.
Quote from: Ian Absentia;242167...the idea of riding as part of the undercarriage makes me nervous.
It would be great when a front wheel throws up a rock or goes through a mud puddle.
Quote from: Nicephorus;242805It would be great when a front wheel throws up a rock or goes through a mud puddle.
Dude, I didn't even think about that. That would be about the shittiest vehicle in the world to drive in Seattle.
Quote from: Ian Absentia;242167...the idea of riding as part of the undercarriage makes me nervous.
Especially when the bottom parts include your face, hands, knees, and genitals.
And toes.
Now that you mention danger the of vehicular groin injury, I can't help but percieve a sculptual threat of groin injury as well....
\ / <-- feet / wheels
\ / <-- legs / forward struts
\0/ <-- groin / head
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I didn't realize it converted into another shape, although I thought it might do something with those Crysis-suit myomer bundles on the "joints," but the shift in position does nothing but avert some fore-aft stability issues; it actually exacerbates the leading caster problem, meaning its straight-line stability is going to be terrible. It also leaves you suspended, making it probably damned uncomfortable.
Neat idea, but wildly impracticable.