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Title: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: chuck peterson on November 03, 2016, 09:03:18 AM

https://newhaven.craigslist.org/mcy/5858762187.html

Never seen this before...good for a ride to Harley night at the burger joint? Oh yeah, baby, love it...peace, love, headbands.

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Lannis on November 03, 2016, 09:24:48 AM

Same concept as the "Ariel 3", the shopping-cart-masquerading-as-motorcycle that put the final nail in the coffin of the BSA conglomerate.

Good thing Honda was a bigger stronger company or this thing would have put them under too ....

Lannis

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: oldbike54 on November 03, 2016, 09:30:42 AM

 Yeah , we got paid to haul two of those things away a few years back . Got one of them running with a carb cleaning and a spark plug , very unexciting , even for a tiddler grocery getter . $1600.00 seems, er , really optimistic .

 Dusty
 

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Shorty on November 03, 2016, 09:48:05 AM

Good candidate for one of those Aero-Small Blocks  :wink:

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 03, 2016, 01:40:13 PM

For an older person in a trailer park.  :thumb:   Looks like it leans except for the 2 rear wheels.  :cool:

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: oldbike54 on November 03, 2016, 02:35:03 PM

Quote from: Arizona Wayne on November 03, 2016, 01:40:13 PM

For an older person in a trailer park.  :thumb:   Looks like it leans except for the 2 rear wheels.  :cool:

 Yep , they articulate in front of the rear wheels/engine package , kind of strange to ride  :rolleyes:

 Dusty

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Bud on November 03, 2016, 07:37:20 PM

I can't believe someone actually rode that thing 9000 mi.!

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: sidecarnutz on November 03, 2016, 09:50:59 PM

Quote from: Bud on November 03, 2016, 07:37:20 PM

I can't believe someone actually rode that thing 9000 mi.!

That's what I was thinking too!

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Motu on November 04, 2016, 05:23:54 AM

They do one with a full body, complete with windcreen wiper. The stripped down ones are fun to ride - there is a lot of traction with 2 wheels in the rear, you've got to be really pushing it with 50cc to find the limit.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/GyroUP-MRDroofed.jpg/246px-GyroUP-MRDroofed.jpg)

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: yogidozer on November 04, 2016, 05:38:47 AM

Nice Chuck, consider it a Convert training tool.  :laugh:

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: oldbike54 on November 04, 2016, 08:15:38 AM

Quote from: Motu on November 04, 2016, 05:23:54 AM

They do one with a full body, complete with windcreen wiper. The stripped down ones are fun to ride - there is a lot of traction with 2 wheels in the rear, you've got to be really pushing it with 50cc to find the limit.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/GyroUP-MRDroofed.jpg/246px-GyroUP-MRDroofed.jpg)

 That is a different rig , it doesn't articulate .

 Dusty

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Motu on November 04, 2016, 06:54:26 PM

Ariculate as in trailer, or tilt? They tilt the  front, and there is a lock to hold them up when you get off.  I ridden both the stripped down version, and the full body version.

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 05, 2016, 12:50:22 AM

Quote from: Motu on November 04, 2016, 06:54:26 PM

Ariculate as in trailer, or tilt? They tilt the  front, and there is a lock to hold them up when you get off.  I ridden both the stripped down version, and the full body version.

Now you're describing a Piaggio MP3 in reverse with a lot more power.  :azn:

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: Tom on November 05, 2016, 04:22:33 PM

Underpowered Tuk Tuk with a smaller engine.

https://www.pinterest.com/philtallant/tuk-tuks-from-tuk-tuk-transport-in-usa/

Title: Re: 86 Honda Gyro....? Who knew?
Post by: cwiseman on November 05, 2016, 05:21:41 PM

I've rode one that had been tuned in with a nice expansion chamber on it, defiantly diffrent!