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To: martin_fierro

Jesse James made a trike using a diesel engine from a semi. Initially, he had planned to make a motorcycle but realized that weight of the engine would have made a two-wheeled motorcycle too heavy to return to vertical if it ever tipped. I remember him cackling about the whole project and proclaiming “this is just pointless.” That didn’t stop him though and the resulting vehicle was pretty cool.


15 posted on 07/16/2009 7:27:52 PM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: CommerceComet

Saw a trike at the Oakland Roadster Show many, many, moons ago.

It was a jet engine with an extended front end. Kinda had this feeling that it really didn’t work. But, what an imaginary ride!


17 posted on 07/16/2009 7:39:54 PM PDT by wizr ( Freedom ain't free, and common sense ain't common, it's a gift, from God.)
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