Yamaha wearable motorcycle concept will likely remain just that
By Darren Murph 
posted May 23rd 2008 11:28AM
posted May 23rd 2008 11:28AM
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Gnarly -- it's like the wheelers from "Return to Oz".
I thought the same thing.
How about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centurions_(TV_series)
Jake Rockwell, rugged land operations specialist!
So, none of you geeks bothered to ask how this thing was powered?
Anyone want to be the one strapped to a gas tank that goes 0 to 60 in 3 seconds. Just imagine if you get clipped..............................
BLAHK!
@ StreetStealth
I was thinking the same thing
I loved the Centurions when i was a kid
i was just watching their an old clip of their show
P.s. this prototype has military use..... and Ironman
How many of you seen one of these?
http://spyder.brp.com/en/
Warning: Full On Flash Based Site Overload for those surf only computers.
actually the "36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators" are so that when you lean forward thus controlling the acceleration of the bike one of the reasons why the two smaller wheels are in the front and the largest in the back offering the lowest wind resistance at the top speeds (leaning forward means accelerating or going faster) you don't need too much safety because if you just stand up you come to a stop some people didn't read it carefully and notice that it said that it PARKS vertically not drives vertically the really bad side to the design is that your neck would hurt you'd practically have to be looking up at about a 30 to 75 degree angle the entire time you were moving plus the capacitor probably becomes useless after only a few hundred charges and on top of that most people would crap themselves or vomit violently if they looked straight and see the ground that close to their nuts
whoops i mean when you lean forward you don't fall down
AWESOME, I want one..
I don't think most people would look good in the spandex. I seen some asses that looked like damn wet pillows.
That's not a bad analogy, wet pillows.
At first glance, I thought it was an R/C vehicle
Looks more like a tricycle to me.
a tricycle that can do 75mph!!
The Aptera hybrid-y super-lightweight car is also classified as a motorcycle.
0 to 60 in 3 seconds? Sweet Jebus I want one.
60 to 0 in 1 second. Warning! Incompatible with life!
And when the wearer prepares to go into flight mode, the frame folds backward into a flying wing.
The jetpack and safety parachute is located in the back.
Mk II will add a Landwarrior combat frame.
Mk III will look like Ironman.
Does anyone remember Axel/Axle from the game Twisted Metal? LoL
The iPhone can't do 0-60 in 3 seconds... Fanboy offtopic looser.
That wa susposed to go to "mnogsd"... Why did it go here???
Do you remember that when Axel (Axle?) got damaged badly enough, one of his arms gets taken down to a stump?
TavisJohn: because you fail at posting /oblig
Now for some funny: http://thecraptastics.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/fail.jpg
It will remain a "wearable motorcycle concept"? I should hope so -- that's what is it right now. I wouldn't expect it to become a banana, or an ironing board.
Sometimes you guys really suck at English.
No, it'll remain a CONCEPT, and not make it into production. If you're going to try and take the piss out, at least use your brain first.
Yap failure.
Exactly... just as you will remain a d1ck.
This is really cool looking imo, and probably no more dangerous to use than present-day motorcycles. I would definitely consider buying one, depending on what its fuel is and how intuitive its controls are. Assuming Yamaha doesn't include it, I will have to create a helmet with a virtual HUD so I can pretend I'm Iron Man while driving on the interstate. Yes, I am a huge geek... Deal with it
well... it would certainly make a much more interesting splatter design on the front bumper of vehicles than current motorcycles.
Unfortunately, this thing looks crazy topheavy compared to present-day motorcycles, and would therefore likely not be capable of the same turns present-day motorcycles are capable of in order to avoid a crash.
Also has anyone ever stuck their hand out a window at 65? Now imagine that same force, applied to the entire front of your body. And for propulsion, it will be using "36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators", so it seems like it would be doing some sort of roller-blade sort of movement..... to achieve 60mph....... in 3 seconds! (That's faster than a McLaren F1, Enzo Ferrari, Lamborghini Murcielago, etc... !!!!! There's no way in hell this thing would be wearable AND capable of that. He's just trying to "uber-hype" it (that's after "super over-hyped"!), and at least it seems he has achieved that.
Anyway, for all those reasons, I would much rather have a conventional bike. They're faster, safer, and you don't have to wear spandex to ride them!
@db40
"36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators" - these are just for the structure. Not sure what they do though.
It's actually propelled by regular electric engines in the wheels and ultracapacitors
It reminds me of those scary wheeler things from Return to Oz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0RFE3QGAU
If you're joking: LOL!
If you're not joking: Kill yourself... please....
i see what u did there
http://thecraptastics.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/fail.jpg
0 to 60 in 3 seconds.....? Sweet mercy...
I thought Mr Garrison had this whole thing figured out already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entity_%28South_Park%29
It looks like if it accelerated that fast, it would just fall down backwards, unless it's front wheels drive.
The guy who thought this thing up is named "Bumsuk."
Dang.
I guess if life deals you a name like that, you go out and make completely, awesomely badass wearable motorcycle suits that go 0-60 in 3 seconds. I mean, what else CAN you do?
Bumsuk was the class instructor. Loniak is the designer.
It states that in the 2nd sentence.
Does it have any sort of built in bio-recycling system for when I shit myself?
um....junebug to the ballsack...need i say more?
I LOLed at that...
If I'm going to look like Doc Ock I want to be able to throw things.
technically, isnt this a trike?
Dan, I was hoping for something more along the lines of the Veritech Cyclone...
er, that should have been Dang, not Dan... stupid no edit feature.
Dan or dang, neither is really the word 'damn' you were looking for.
LOL, now we have lexicon police, to go with our grammar nazis...
cool, unlike segway.
that is useless. it needs to be only one wheel that I can just hope on and go 75 mph.
hope on? lol
I bet those stones tossed back from a semi would sting like the dickens... ;)
Haha imagine old people riding these around... I so could see mr burns in this... 0-60 in 3 seconds man, they'd have no excuse for slowness then...
FUGLY!
Just like in the Road Runner cartoons, when coyote blasts through a billboard on the side of the road and leaves a coyote-shaped cutout, so there would be Yamaha wearable motorcycle concept shaped cutouts in billboards along the roadside everywhere...
And on the back of tractor trailers too...
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Yo, Jbird your are killing me over here!!! LOL
Quote:"um...junebug to the ballsack...need I say more?"
I think whoever thought of thi watched an episode of DuckTales and saw Gizmoduck one to many times!
motorcycle or a 3-wheeler....how do you manoeuver it anyways?
0-60 in 3 seconds.... that's an average acceleration of 8.6 m/s/s. It'll almost feel like a free fall. I bet that'll cause a lot of soiled spandex.
People are f-ing Stupid. This is the dumbest one yet.
Does it come with the body cast or is that extra?
D840 are you stupid or just can't read??
"Also has anyone ever stuck their hand out a window at 65? Now imagine that same force, applied to the entire front of your body. And for propulsion, it will be using "36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators", so it seems like it would be doing some sort of roller-blade sort of movement..... to achieve 60mph....... in 3 seconds! (That's faster than a McLaren F1, Enzo Ferrari, Lamborghini Murcielago, etc... !!!!! There's no way in hell this thing would be wearable AND capable of that. He's just trying to "uber-hype" it (that's after "super over-hyped"!), and at least it seems he has achieved that."
It is an electric motorcycle. it is CONTROLLED by 36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators.
Come on man. If you are going to bash on something that you don't understand at least READ the article first.
Power Extreme!
The really cool thing is when you are zipping down the freeway in one of these and get nailed with a giant moth. On the plus side, if you go through a swarm of insects, you could come out looking like a piece of modern art.
The "wearable air bag" is driving it.
But how did they get the Stig to drive it? Then again that man does love to go fast.
Looks like one of those things from Code Geas.
oh did I just reveal that i was a geek?
The term "road rash" would be given new meaning if you went down on this at 65mph and the "blind" spot in another vehicles mirror would be blinder to this. Looks like fun though!!! Someone mentioned older drivers. I'm 65 and a woman. Bring it on!!!
original story at www.greencardesign.co.uk
so it doesn't stretch out forward at speed? That would be amazing. The same way that the concept from toyota did, only this way you are facing down and forward and when you slow down it brings you into that upright position. That's what it should do, if it doesn't already.
it does stretch forward, and backwards to make it like a couch, depending on user desires.
oh, hello there, we here at muppet labs are always thinking up new ways to do things and methods to get your everyday life back on track. this new vehicle design is supposed to take your boring back and forth drive to wherever and turn it into a hair raising adventure you'll never forget. imagine taking high powered electric motors and high energy discharge batteries and releasing you down the street like a bottle rocket at the touch of a button.
ok beeker, push the button. me me no no no, ok, me me here goes. click
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>high electric motor whine, and screaming...
my brother designed this bike for a yamaha sponsored design class at artcenter. his credentials are not those of a 21 year old kid but 5 years jet engine and aviation electronics, USMC vet, 8 years senior valve assembler for a multimillion dollar valve company, cofounder of our own high precision cnc machine shop,3 years, motorcycle warhead 20 years, top artcenter student 3.5 years. this design kicked the others students designs as*es, like a school yard bully out for milk money. its not just a design, its engineered, the frame exists as a 3d model, the motors and batteries are off shelf tech, the air muscles are made by a swiss company, the bike leans forward into the motion of accelerating like diving into waves after running down the beach.
if you aren't salivating over the thought of jumping off onto the wild black yonder, then you are already dead,
make sure you look both ways before crossing the street, because something out there just might come along and try to eat you.
Alot of you are stating things that hold true to all motorcycle riders, ie...bugs, rocks, road rash. It doesn;t just apply to this new technology. Wind force on the body would be the same also unless you got one of those shielded with a fairing bikes.
The only down side I can agree with is the post about neck strain.
Sounds like a lot of posters aren't riders and don't have a clue about riding motorcycles.