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One wheeled motorbike.

Postby floating dutchman » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:04 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1YoCfm7nxU[/youtube]

How cool is that!

I WANT!

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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby BeauV » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:01 am

I keep thinking about what happens when he hits a pot hole!! :shock:

Or a curb!!! :shock:

Hope he's always wearing a full-face helmet, or has removable teeth.

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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby Cherie320 » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:11 pm

Can't get my head around one wheel. With two I break bones. With only one, I'm sure Beau's concern would be valid. I'll stick with 4 until I'm stuck with one of those two wheelers with tennis balls on the back. Pat
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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby floating dutchman » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:43 am

I guess none of you have kids or grand kids at the age where you went and saw the movie: The Lorax, the kid in the (animated) movie had a one wheeled scooter, I thought it was as cool as anything, an impossible thing dreamt up by minds that make Dr Sues into movies.

Cool to see in an animated movie but not realisticly possible.

Now someone has built one!

Don't know how it could work, Seems to be easer to ride than a unicycle, but there it is, working!

Cool factor of 11, even if you couldn't take it on the highway.

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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby VALIS » Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:03 am

There are some episodes in "Portlandia" where that one-wheeled bike is ridden (not very well).

Of course there that "South Park" episode with Mr Hand's eco-motor-unicycle.
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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby BeauV » Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:46 am

Now here's a great use for a unicycle: [youtube]http://youtu.be/a3iohXBQh8g[/youtube]

(How come this doesn't work!!?)
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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby VALIS » Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:42 pm

Try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iohXBQh8g inside the youtube brackets
[#youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iohXBQh8g[#/youtube] (remove the hashmarks) (did you know that a hashmark is also called an "octothorpe"?)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iohXBQh8g[/youtube]

Here's the South Park "monocycle":
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Re: One wheeled motorbike.

Postby floating dutchman » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:16 pm

I found the Dr Seuss scooter

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VngntaL5ui8[/youtube]
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