This ain't no motocycle but it does have handlebars

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Keyoke · #11 Unread post by **Keyoke** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:08 am

I sure wouldn't mind a go - just to see what it's like!!

FattyJ · #12 Unread post by **FattyJ** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:57 am

i don't know...that's pretty weird looking... I would like to TRY and ride it once tho

BuzZz · #13 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:21 pm

It would have to be governed for both accelleration and braking. Do either activity too fast, and your going to rotate around that wheel and plant your head into the ground. Accelleration restriction I could take, braking at a fixed, moderate rate would be less comfortable.

ronboskz650sr · Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:53 am

All I can say is, you'd better not run it until the battery (fuel cell) dies. No retractable wheel, no sensors, no gyros...are the brakes electric, too? I hope I make it to 2025 to see if it makes it.

vulcanman500 · Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:52 am

is this an attempt to make unicycles cool? IT looks neat cause its alll furistic and stuff. But like Buzz said...its gonna need whellie bars an brake bars to be able to stop and go with any real speed.

Actually now that I think of it what kinda contact patch willl that produce?. IF you lock up that one wheel there's pretty much no hope for recovery. With no feel to the gas or brakes it seems like this is a side walk cruiser only.

Aggroton · #16 Unread post by **Aggroton** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:15 am

if it works on the same system as those freaky space things you see cops in airports and weird movie stars on...which im pretty sure it does...the stop and start with ease...i got to ride one at a a trade show...it will do 30mph and stop on a dime. and the mechanism they use in them does not allow it to tip over.

old-n-slow · Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:39 am

The article wrote:It weighs only 360 pounds. Although Bombardier says the gyroscopes are enough to balance the Embrio, the vehicle is also kept longitudinally stable by a smaller wheel that operates like an airplane's landing gear. It touches the ground when the vehicle is stopped or just starting. Once the Embrio is in motion, the landing gear will retract when the vehicle reaches about 12 mph. During braking, the gear redeploys when the vehicle slows to 12 mph.

Maybe it needs an airbag to prevent a face plant during panic stops?

Telesque · #18 Unread post by **Telesque** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:22 pm

Aggroton wrote:if it works on the same system as those freaky space things you see cops in airports...

Whaaaa?

Airport security runs around on Segways now, or somethin'?

FattyJ · #19 Unread post by **FattyJ** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:57 am

Aggroton wrote:if it works on the same system as those freaky space things you see cops in airports and weird movie stars on...which im pretty sure it does...the stop and start with ease...i got to ride one at a a trade show...it will do 30mph and stop on a dime. and the mechanism they use in them does not allow it to tip over.

So does that mean no stoppies???

Aggroton · #20 Unread post by **Aggroton** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:22 am

Telesque wrote:
Aggroton wrote:if it works on the same system as those freaky space things you see cops in airports...
Whaaaa?

Airport security runs around on Segways now, or somethin'?

yeah i was at bwi(baltimore washington airport) picking up my brother...

so i m facing the luggage claim watching for his bag and i here a loud whirring behind me...at first i thought it was an ac unit or something turning on then it kept gettting louder...so i turned around just quick enough to see a cop flying by on a segway...he must have been doing at least 20mph...and no flashing siren either...