TECA Concept enclosed motorcycle
January 30th, 2006 by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider"
Here’s an interesting design, the TECA concept vehicle has an aerodynamic carbon fiber composite shell that should, according to their website, give performance improvements of about 35% and save fuel as well. Enclosed motorcycles are neat.
Next question, as everyone who has seen this quickly asks, … what happens when you stop? Just curious. I usually put my feet down. Hmm …
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February 18th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Well, It looks intersting, but I’m fond of putting my feet down when I stop if I only have 2 wheels. Plus, It looks a little too much like an egg for my comfort. Looks like something Mork from Ork would drive. lol
I think it looks a lot like those little electric cars once made in California called the Sparrow.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_Sparrow )
If I were to get into a kind of vehicle like this, I think my first choice would be the design made by Doug Malewicki that I guess never really went anywhere. It was called the “C2C”. (The idea was of a motorcycle like car that could go from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean on one tank of gasoline.) here’s a link to the last bit of info I can find about the “C2C Project” on the Net: http://www.irvineworldnews.com/Astories/sept26/inventor.html
Malewicki also designed “Robosaurus” and many other wildly creative machines. Scott
February 19th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
it probably has outrigger wheels which are automatically deployed at 5mph or so…not unlike another enclosed motorcycle called the ecomobile, which is based around a BMW.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Does it have a seatbelt? Personally I’d rather have an accident and be thrown free of the havoc and slide down some asphalt than collide with sharp pieces of plastic and carbon fiber at high speeds. But, hey, that’s just me.