Comments on: TECA Concept enclosed motorcycle

By: Smudge

Smudge — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:09:37 +0000

Well Harv, that’s exactly the argument Grand Prix drivers used to make years ago, yet they died with sad regularity and now they are belted in and survive 150mph+ crashes… enclosed and protected is safer, even though I do love riding my bike!

By: Harv

Harv — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:35:50 +0000

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.

By: john

john — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:31:36 +0000

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.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:54:15 +0000

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