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Title: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Tom on November 02, 2022, 01:16:03 PM
FYI short vid.  Moto Guzzi content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQlSER2cV8
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Kaladin on November 02, 2022, 03:14:44 PM
I had a Vespa in the late 1960s that had the twist gear shift.  I am shocked to see that they no longer do.
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Tom on November 02, 2022, 04:36:18 PM
They figured out how to use a variator plate with weights to change speeds without shifting.  Effective for smaller two wheeled vehicles.   :boozing:  Not a true automatic but the same results with no shifting for scooters.
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: EldoEVert on November 02, 2022, 05:36:16 PM
Oil level sight glass 😆😁
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Tom on November 02, 2022, 05:47:23 PM
Hence the dipstick.   :grin:
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Canuck750 on November 03, 2022, 12:50:47 AM
Seems he has never heard that BMW telelever front suspension has been around for a very long time, same concept as the Britan
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2022, 01:40:45 PM
The fan bike.....prop and engine behind the rider.  Kind of like having your own wind tunnel.  Minus the tunnel.

The rocket bike....small rockets behind the rider.

The front wheel drive engine in the wheel bike.....still can't figure how the gas could feed this type of engine while rotating unless the gas tank rotated with the engine.

 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: LaMojo on November 03, 2022, 06:49:59 PM
Sounds like the early Gnome, WWI rotary aircraft engines.
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on November 04, 2022, 07:00:43 AM
Guzzi needs to 'innovate' some self-cancelling turn signals for petes sake
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: bad Chad on November 04, 2022, 10:31:22 AM
You just need to buy a newer bike.  They have had self canceling since at least 2013.
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: Tom on November 04, 2022, 01:10:00 PM
Sounds like the early Gnome, WWI rotary aircraft engines.

https://www.guggenheim.org/publication/the-art-of-the-motorcycle

Still trying to figure out the fuel connection for the bike.  Any engineers out there?  :shocked:  Remember this is in the '20s. IIRC
Title: Re: 10 Motorcycle Innovations that never caught on
Post by: s1120 on November 05, 2022, 04:48:47 AM
Guzzi needs to 'innovate' some self-cancelling turn signals for petes sake

Right!!  My 77 RD400 had them, and they worked awesome. 02 Guzzi... nope..