Author Topic: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen (Read 1814 times)

canuck750 · « **on:** July 23, 2018, 09:36:16 PM »

It looks like part of an amusement park ride that broke free from its main frame.

Would be great for parades or taking kids for a ride around town.

yogidozer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PM »

QUICK, back to the bat cave!

Tusayan · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2018, 10:07:36 PM »

I believe Jim Bede was behind the Pulse and like a lot of his ideas, the idea was better than the execution.

https://www.autocycles.org/index.html

https://www.autocycles.org/flyingpulse.html

The roughly similar Swiss Ecomobile was a technically successful vehicle and pretty fast. They sold more than you'd think given the supercar price.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5EtFJ6k_hY

jdgretz · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2018, 11:33:32 PM »

Similar to the Mono-Tracer - BMW powered.

x-prize2.jpg by John, on Flickr

x-prize5.jpg by John, on Flickr

x-prize6.jpg by John, on Flickr

Yes, that's my Norge you see in the background (Guzzi content)

jdg

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2018, 11:33:32 PM »

Tusayan · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2018, 11:40:32 PM »

The MonoTracer is a development of the original Ecomobile, same Swiss company behind both. The first one was built in 1985 with a BMW K100 driveline.

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2018, 11:41:45 PM »

I love a no reserve auction... YOU NEED THAT!

chuck peterson · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2018, 05:32:37 AM »

I need that on the front lawn to drive the neighborhood crazy....excellent! Maybe hang it from something so it dangles in the breeze..

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2018, 09:16:15 AM »

Yep, Jim Bede. He had several at the Rockford fly in. .uhh..45 or 50 years ago.

ken farr · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2018, 11:48:03 PM »

Yep, Jim Bede. He had several at the Rockford fly in. .uhh..45 or 50 years ago.

Jim Bede, well, he was an individual.
Bless his heart.

kjf

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