Tracked Motorbikes

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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	Tracked Motorbikes 03/31/2009 11:51 PM
	Hey guys, is this just cool or what? http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/01/12/hyanide-and-baal-all-terrain-motorcycles/ __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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Anonymous Poster	#1 Re: Tracked motorbikes 04/01/2009 7:38 AM
	My initial reaction is that ride would be painful and handling virtually non-existant. But yeah - cool in a straight line for short distances, moving slowly. Like down to the end of the driveway. Not sure how you'd turn it around to pull back into the garage though.
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#2 Re: Tracked motorbikes 04/01/2009 9:00 AM
	Despite having some of the same concerns as guest... anything with treads/tracks is inherently cool. __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Anonymous Poster	#3 Re: Tracked motorbikes 04/01/2009 9:29 AM
	http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/8578/Tracked-Motorcycles-and-Miniature-Engines
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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2969 Good Answers: 33	#5 In reply to #3 Re: Tracked motorbikes 04/01/2009 1:54 PM
	Yeah, that was a great piece over in the Hemmings Blog. Who knew that these things weren't new?
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#4 Re: Tracked motorbikes 04/01/2009 9:30 AM
	They probably go like tanks. After all, they are built like tanks, and look like tanks. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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charsley99 Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. Posts: 1114 Good Answers: 38	#6 Re: Tracked Motorbikes 04/01/2009 3:34 PM
	Blowing out a tire (tyre) at 65 MPH is never a good thing. Dropping your track and having it jam with no way to steer seems awful scary! Metal doesn't have much grip on asphalt. Might be fun on dirt though! __________________ The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said "Dust!"
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Epke Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 2703 Good Answers: 38	#7 Re: Tracked Motorbikes 04/02/2009 12:00 AM
	if they would make it similar to a Christie suspension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_suspension then losing the track would not be to problematic, i like the design. no problems with punctured tires! Perfect for a military scout unit, silent engine or electrical, ad some kind off weapon on it, tada Delta force strike vehicle __________________ From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!
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