Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Steve Twist's transforming Norton
This is via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com
not much info out there about Steve, just that this took him 8 months to complete
Monday, 4 January 2010
One wheel machine from Burning Man '02... where is it now?
Above Jake Lyall's RIOT wheel at the 2003 Burning Man Festival.
This chunky 1100-pound machine is Jake Lyall's RIOT (Re-Invention Of The) wheel. Lyall's monowheel is unusual because it does not use the rider's weight to provide the reaction to the engine's thrust on the wheel. Instead the rider is outside, and the reaction is given by a lead-weighted Honda 80cc 4-stroke scooter engine suspended from a central shaft, driving through a sprocket attached to the wheel spokes. A separate 450-pound counterweight keeps the rider hovering above the ground at the front. Steering is done partly by precessing a 65-pound gyroscope to give yaw, and partly by the rider shifting his weight.
read about, and check out the cut away drawings of it http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/motorwhl5.htm
Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
Read more...Sunday, 3 January 2010
Most expensive crash on record may have just been surpassed
It's looking like 55 milllion may be what this Escalade incident will cost Tiger, the final estimate is to be determined by Elin Nordegren! Previous record holders for expensive stupidity: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/number-one-most-expensive-car-crash.html
How the Model T assembly line made so many so quickly, good original video
Thanks Mike!
Read more...Homemade Cuban motorcycle
Credit where it is due, it probably isn't possible to make a better bike given the circumstances and materials available. To read more: http://www.kk.org/streetuse/archives/2008/01/cuban_motor_bike.php Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com
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