Uno Motorcycle

• bean
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:12 am

  That thing probably goes all of 5mph with only one gear.

• Tom
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:33 am

  Where did it say it only had one gear? I would think it would have an automatic transmission built in there somewhere.

  Also, I wonder how far it can go on a single charge, and how long does it take to charge? I wouldn’t mind one of these for commuting on nice days.

• KayJayWhy
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:52 am

  I wonder if Dean Kamen would have ended up with something like this if he had listened to Steve Jobs and brought in a professional designer to work on the look of the Segway.

• Jimbo
  April 28th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

  I thought the funny part was “Canadian engineering”. LOL

• bean
  April 28th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

  Tom -

  The controls consist of leaning forward and backward, therefore there is no manual shifting. If you’ve ever seen a motorcycle with a (rudimentary) auto transmission, they are obscenely huge. This thing as half the size of the smallest sportbike I’ve ever seen, so it does not have space for an automatic tranny.

  It’s basically a Segue styled to look like a unicycle.

• oldie
  April 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

  This is an old idea, although Bombardier never made a prototype that I know of.

  Bombardier Embrio: http://www.gearbits.com/archives/000336.html

• Nat
  April 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  A less versatile segway.
  Totally useless.

• CheeseDuck
  April 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  Uh. Yeah.

• Dean Venture
  April 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

  it could have a continuously variable transmission. as rpms increase, roller weights/pullies expand through centrifugal force and cause the gear ratio to change. since the setup uses a belt with no fixed ratio, it is considered a single speed tranny. Not sure if it applies to this vehicle, but it’s very common on 50cc mopeds and scooters.

• Jaxx
  April 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

  It’s direct-drive electric, no need for a transmission. Probably tops out around 30-35mph (capped for safety reasons I’d suspect). Unlike a segway though, you look cool riding it and would be much more aerodynamic.

• Alannah
  April 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

  This looks a little too much like a Segway with some body mods and add ons.

• Becky
  April 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

  i’ll bet popping a wheelie is impossible . . .

• K!P
  April 29th, 2008 at 4:29 am

  what’s the benifit over an normal bike? it stil has two wheels, only in a less stable configuration.

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