Comments on: Uno Motorcycle

By: K!P

K!P — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:29:03 +0000

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

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:12:23 +0000

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

By: Alannah

Alannah — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:57:24 +0000

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

By: Jaxx

Jaxx — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:34:07 +0000

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.

By: Dean Venture

Dean Venture — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:28:33 +0000

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.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:25:40 +0000

Uh. Yeah.

By: Nat

Nat — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:35:57 +0000

A less versatile segway.
Totally useless.

By: oldie

oldie — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:24:22 +0000

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

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

By: bean

bean — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:28:15 +0000

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.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:02:00 +0000

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

By: KayJayWhy

KayJayWhy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:52:07 +0000

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.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:33:17 +0000

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.

By: bean

bean — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:12:10 +0000

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