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ONE WHEELED MOTORCYCLE?!?!, WAT THE FREAK!
Tribal J_Rome
post Nov 13 2005, 12:17 AM
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wut wut in the butt?
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dang, i was just googling random concept stuff lookiing for a certain motorcycle i don't know the name of and instead of finding it i stumbled upon this.

Embrio One-Wheel Concept

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This hydrogen fuel cell powered, gyroscopically balanced, one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle provides an extraordinary vision of the kind of personal transport we could be using 20 years from now......

The riding position will be similar to a motorcycle with a complex series of sensors and gyroscopes balancing passengers on the single wheel. The rider activates a trigger on the left handlebar to accelerate and turns are made by shifting body-weight rather than actually steering.
When the EMBRIO concept is at rest in "stand-by configuration", the front wheels deploy to the ground like landing gear on a plane to increase longitudinal stability. The landing gear retracts when the vehicle speed reaches 20 km/h but even without the landing gear, the EMBRIO would be stable when motionless because of the gyroscope.

The EMBRIO concept's main power source is a hydrogen fuel cell and additional advanced technologies including a high-performance braking system, active suspension, night vision, a digitally encoded key and robotic assistance would be incorporated into the design.....
 
 
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Tribal J_Rome
post Nov 13 2005, 12:53 AM
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i don't think so, it says even if it's motionless it doesn't need the front wheels to stay up cuz of the gyroscope so i'm guessing it's the same for when it's moving
 

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