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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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.