Comments on: Nucleus – Alternative Fuel Concept Motorcycle

By: garron

garron — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:35:27 +0000

re:wright brothers comment
of course other people had the vision.they weren’t the only ones.there’s considerable evidence that there was at least one other powered flight prior to theirs,in Texas,not to mention centuries of artistic and scientific references to man’s quest for flight.
As far as designs like this being somehow considered genius when in fact they are only bizarre,it takes more than this to establish that the majority of conclusions being reached on an engineering or aesthetic level can be written off as merely “rutted thinking”.That’s why it’s called “common sense”.
Again,I must state that it is ridiculous to compare a design like this with something as timeless and universal as man’s fascination with flight.
This design has significant and numerous problems that have already been noted by others.
As far as the up/down parking mechanism,there are already air-ride choppers out there that have been doing this for a while.
I would simply advise the designer to stick to streamliners in the bicycle realm.

By: Murb

Murb — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:33:57 +0000

I don’t know what anyone else may say about the looks, but personally it’s already kinda growing on me lol, I first saw it and went “dear god” but the more i look at it the more it seems cool and interesting. That being said, since it wouldn’t necesarily function it kinda defeats the purpose, maybe if it was a bit more streamlined from other angles so it would be safer and actual usability? It seems like the designer thought about like driving like long highways only and no other wind then your forward motion. But if they could make it safe and usable, hell i’d love to get it, try it at least, even if my taste is a lil weird lol. And the idea of it kinda, laying down and standing up? pretty cool, would love to see ideas on how to do that safely. Gonna go see if there is anything else out there besides just the autocad style pictures and rendered vid, maybe internal renders?

By: garron frantzen

garron frantzen — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:47:35 +0000

why doesn’t it have square wheels?
even nature abhors a straight line.
There’s so much more to aerodynamics than just a sharp leading edge and minimal frontal profile.

……no wonder SR-71’s are so slow.

By: B.Case

B.Case — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:35:53 +0000

Sorry, Robbie, but your implication that people are “afraid” of this concept just made your position weaker. Overall, the 30+ comments above are surprisingly open minded, which is a good indication that people generally understand the purpose of a “blue sky” concept rendering.

I personally don’t care for bloggers who attempt to instigate a separate debate that has no basis.

I stick with my original comment, that your comparison of the concept above to the admittedly unpopular flying contraption used in the world’s first recorded powered flight, is absolutely silly. You’ll need to find a better leg to stand on than that, friend.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:56 +0000

Do you really think that what the Wright Brothers first came up with was seen by anyone other than themselves to something “useful”.
Just because its not ‘mainstream’ doesn’t make it wrong. Its just different, why are so many people afraid of this?