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To: Red Badger

Funky. Perfect adjective.

Potential killer. There is a reason why three-wheeler vehicles never became especially popular anywhere in the world, except as a very low-end entry vehicle.

Less stable than 4-wheeled vehicles, and with some rather evil handling characteristics. Unable to lean into a corner like a motorcycle, or some high-tech three-wheeled vehicles that lean along with the steer, they tend to top-heaviness, and are limited to slower speeds under all conditions. There may be times when this is not a disadvantage, but the obvious advantage of reduced cost of engineering and manufacture are totally defeated by the problems both in steering and braking.

Two front wheel and single rear wheel, with the payload carried on the FRONT axle?


21 posted on 05/13/2008 7:02:48 AM PDT by alloysteel (Is John McCain headed into the Perfect Storm? You bet he is.)
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To: alloysteel

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/superbike/yamaha-tesseract-hybrid-motorcycle-for-superheroesbadassesusno-307966.php

22 posted on 05/13/2008 7:15:56 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: alloysteel

I had a chrysler in 52, what a piece of junk never buy another chrysler as long as I live. We have all heard this about some other product. BUT do you think Chrysler has improved over the years ??? Has technology improved over the years ???
The USA version of the Tuk Tuk is unlike any other. It is designed for road stability.


61 posted on 05/29/2008 6:13:30 AM PDT by tuktukme
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