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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: canuck750 on July 23, 2018, 09:36:16 PM

Title: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: canuck750 on July 23, 2018, 09:36:16 PM: Ok so its not really a motorcycle, just powered by a motorcycle and it does have stabilizer wheels.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Other-Makes-Pulse/192606994077?hash=item2cd8457e9d:g:8h8AAOSwzVhbVkBD&vxp=mtr

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg217/canuck750/CRASH/Jet%20cycle_zpsaqazril9.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/canuck750/media/CRASH/Jet%20cycle_zpsaqazril9.jpg.html)

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

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg217/canuck750/CRASH/Jet%20cycle%202_zpsvm1dahav.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/canuck750/media/CRASH/Jet%20cycle%202_zpsvm1dahav.jpg.html)

Would be great for parades or taking kids for a ride around town.
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: yogidozer on July 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PM: QUICK, back to the bat cave! :shocked:
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: Tusayan 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

(https://thumb.ibb.co/cSpP3o/image.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cSpP3o)
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: jdgretz on July 23, 2018, 11:33:32 PM: Similar to the Mono-Tracer - BMW powered.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4152/5049124607_7c9b0ec08c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8Gb5Qx)x-prize2.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/8Gb5Qx) by John (https://www.flickr.com/photos/33173691@N03/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4109/5049745776_e7406c152c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8Gegum)x-prize5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/8Gegum) by John (https://www.flickr.com/photos/33173691@N03/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4083/5049746062_05a301d7f9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8Gegzh)x-prize6.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/8Gegzh) by John (https://www.flickr.com/photos/33173691@N03/), on Flickr

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

jdg
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: Tusayan 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.
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: fotoguzzi on July 23, 2018, 11:41:45 PM: I love a no reserve auction... YOU NEED THAT!
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: chuck peterson 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.. :boozing:
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: Chuck in Indiana 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. :shocked:
Title: Re: This has to be the strangest 'motorcycle' I have ever seen
Post by: ken farr on July 24, 2018, 11:48:03 PM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana 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. :shocked:

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

kjf