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To: C19fan
The wheels are fixed to the base of the rim giving the motorcycle the appearance that it is 'floating' on the road.

It looks great but I can see a great deal of wear between the fixed rim and the rotating tires.

There's going to be a lot of dirt and ground-up asphalt particle build-up between the rims and tires. Lots of wear and tear.

It will require extra maintenance.

But it does look cool.

39 posted on 08/08/2018 10:24:05 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen; Red Badger; C19fan
I just realized, from a dynamic standpoint, it's ridiculous.

Look at the ground clearance, and the length of the wheelbase.

Every time you go over a bump, there's going to be significant up-and-down oscillation, From the picture, it looks like there's about a two-inch (or less) ground clearance under the driver, the driver and engine together probably mass about 600 pounds. The distance from the center of mass to the point of contact between the front wheel and the road looks like about six feet.

Fuhgeddaboudit.

47 posted on 08/08/2018 10:35:06 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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