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Tri-cycles for grownups? Maybe
Business Week ^
| 27 February 2006
| Mira Serrill-Robins
Posted on 02/26/2006 10:49:16 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: freepatriot32
No way. That's hilarious.
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posted on
02/26/2006 11:57:48 PM PST
by
Choose Ye This Day
(Read any book you want on child discipline and you'll find they're all in favor of bud-nipping.)
To: Lorianne
The only way to get around the 4 wheel rules and regulations. Many will be light enough to get 100mpg.
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posted on
02/27/2006 12:24:28 AM PST
by
John Jamieson
(Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
To: Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Now all they need to do is fix all the potholes in the road.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:14:37 AM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Oztrich Boy
I was thinking of the Morgan also.
At one time I owned a Morgan +4, very nice sports car based on the engine and tranny of a TR-2.
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:14:51 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: Lorianne
cute, zippy. . .yes. But wondering what niche or just how big. . .certainly not any road that a three-wheeler meets an l8-wheeler; and usually, that's just outside town; and sometimes inside. . .
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:20:18 AM PST
by
cricket
(Truth - the first enemy of a Liberal. . .)
they need to make sure they put a "Hemi" engine in it. and but "HEMI" badges all over it.
who cares if it handles like a shopping cart with a busted wheel...
Its a "hemi"
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posted on
02/27/2006 1:33:28 AM PST
by
KneelBeforeZod
(Someday a real rain will come and wipe this scum off the streets.)
To: Lorianne
cute pic. bet it ain't so hot in the rain, tho.
all kidding asied, the three-wheeler has been around for decades. hasn't taken off yet, why would it do so now?
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:04:25 AM PST
by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: Blue Jays
"From my perspective I see minimal increases in safety, virtually no increase in cargo capacity, absolutely increased operating expense, and who is going to qualified to work on these things?" You neglect to mention the probable drastic increase in fuel economy. As to who will work on them--they ARE powered by internal combustion and have wheels--so any decent auto mechanic will be qualified to "work on these things".
Looks like a perfect vehicle for the daily commute.
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To: Blue Jays
From my perspective I see minimal increases in safety, virtually no increase in cargo capacity, absolutely increased operating expense, and who is going to qualified to work on these things?This might be a very small market, but I think older baby boomers who are experiencing the aches and pains of age might LOVE these things. You don't have to swing your leg over, so your hip joints aren't affected.
There's another market, too. I'd love a motorcycle, but I've had a lot of foot reconstruction that would make mounting and dismounting a painful process. This critter seems like a great alternative. It would go well with my Re-Trike!
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:15:04 AM PST
by
Kieri
(Midwestern Snark Claw and Feather Club Member)
To: Don W
If these become popular, the above will become the next indespensible tool for EMS and other emergency crews.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:19:42 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: KneelBeforeZod
![](http://www.gatriumph.com/images/2005%20Micro%20Car/Copy%20of%20Isetta%20Drag.jpg)
Someone say Hemi?
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:27:42 AM PST
by
usmcobra
(I always sing Karaoke the way it is meant to be sung, drunk, badly, and in Japanese)
To: Lorianne
Still just a three wheel motorcycle. No matter what you put on the wheels.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:45:59 AM PST
by
G-Man 1
To: 230FMJ; 506trooper; 68 grunt; AdamSelene235; angry elephant; archy; Askel5; baddog1; baltodog; ...
Three-wheeled vehicles of one kind or another ... were familiar sights in European countries as recently as 20 years ago
Yeah, well so were Man-Purses.
To: Lorianne
Just for the hell of it, someone should invent a five-wheeled car. That'd show 'em.
To: martin_fierro
Yeah, well so were Man-Purses. Which are quite common today- in the form of laptop bags. If you were to dump out half of them, they'd probably be full of purse-type crap and no laptop. :-)
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:51:17 AM PST
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: Don W
new kind of hybrid Sorry, but 3 wheelers are hardly a NEW KIND of anything.... just because this reporter has lived in a cave doesn't mean he should get away with that sort of nonsense.
To: martin_fierro
Corbin Motors Sparrow, production died in 2003
![](http://www.corbin.com/accessories/sparrow2005.jpg)
To: JoeSixPack1
Yeah, I saw a bunch of those down at the Hollister factory.
Yahoo! was using them for tooling around town at one time.
They had a transverse-mounted V-twin in the front.
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