Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made

[Tom]

Maybe not "strange" but different from conventional designs.  Current maxi-scooters aka Dan Gurney's Alligator would fit in this category.  The Megola intrigues me because of the fueling with a spinning engine.     Any engineers out there to explain the fuel line connections??   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51x-zgD0i4&t=20s

[nwguy]

One user's comment about that video says the Megola used a rotary and not a radial engine. I saw one at the Munich Museum of Transportation. He is incorrect. It used a 5 cylinder radial engine. Pics I took of it below.

[FarmallA]

I'm not an engineer, but..

It's a rotary, like the engine in a Sopwith Camel and Fokker Triplane.  A radial has a stationary crankcase and the crank turns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_engine

Induction is through the hollow stationary crankshaft.  One carb.   Probably not the best throttle response.   

I think I saw one at the Gugenheim.

Steve
FarmallA

[Moparnut72]

Wikipedia says it is a radial. Reading further it sounds more like a rotary but the description is somewhat confusing. I did further research and it is definitely a rotary. I worked on radials after I retired but never a rotary.
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https://youtu.be/ZghXM9xqCPA

[sdcr]

I think this steam powered motorcycle is pretty odd.

Might catch on if gas goes up to $25. A gallon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_steam_velocipede

[Gustav]

 Being the owner of a 2013 Honda fsc 600 Silverwing, I don't consider it one bit ''strange".

[Tom]

I'm not an engineer, but..

I think I saw one at the Gugenheim.

Steve
FarmallA

Art of the Motorcycle.  IIRC was in Las Vegas after the Guggenheim in NYC.

[Tom]

Being the owner of a 2013 Honda fsc 600 Silverwing, I don't consider it one bit ''strange".

A lot fans here for that Honda bike.

[cloudbase]

GTS 1000

[Kaladin]

One user's comment about that video says the Megola used a rotary and not a radial engine. I saw one at the Munich Museum of Transportation. He is incorrect. It used a 5 cylinder radial engine. Pics I took of it below.

What a wonderful machine.  I want one!

[Tim Henry]

I always thought i would like to aquire a Bohmerland or convert a bike to mimic one  it would have been a good replacement for my old side car for hauling the family around