motorized uni pic

I attended the 1995 (or was it '96...don't remember) USA moto trials
World Round in Rhode Isand. Long story short, after the competition
the Gas Gas team after a few beers brought out a gas powered
unicycle...and actually rode the thing......after a few beers.... it
was hilarious!

Wish I had pics of it...

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ahaha that is funny 😄 both the rules and that bike 😄

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Wheel Rider said:

EDIT - My opinion is that it is not rideable. The seat is in the back.
Balancing would be incredibly hard even with the weight of the engine
inside the wheel.

I'm sure you wouldn't sit straight up and ride it though, unless you
had increbibly long arms.😉

I'm pretty sure it's rideable; all you need is the sense of control and
balance.

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the little brown box on the gas tank looks like a cushin that you would
lean on.
Just a thought.

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rab2009 said:

the little brown box on the gas tank looks like a cushin that you would
lean on.
Just a thought.

It even has a brown bag on the back. This must hold the parachute that
deploys to slow it down. 🙄

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Blegas78 said:

I'm pretty sure it's rideable; all you need is the sense of control and
balance.

I don't think it was built to work. Aside from the obvious
rear-weighting of the thing (even if you lay on the gas tank) I can't
see any signs of a brake system. And unless there's a very special
transmission system in use, you'd need to use the brakes more or less
constantly. I also don't see anything that looks like a transmission,
but I'm not an antique motorcycle expert either.

The cycle is beautiful though!

The Ten Commandments from above are actually used by that group, who
actually race one-wheeled "sleds". They have a single powered wheel,
but usually something dragging behind, for what amounts to a tricycle
with one wheel and two skids.

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johnfoss said:

The cycle is beautiful though!

except for the awful number on the number plate 🙂

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It's plausible that thing actually -could work-. I noticed theres a
wheel(s) inside the rim meaning that it goes forward the seat probably
tilts upwards. It is pretty awesome even if it wasn't intended to run.

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I like how the suspension isn't actually suspensioning anything. It's
connected to two rigid parts of the frame.

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it looks lie an older version of the bombardier embrio!

cool photo!

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john_childs said:

I like how the suspension isn't actually suspensioning anything. It's
connected to two rigid parts of the frame.

I don't know... it looks to me like it would be keeping the pressure of
whatever drive wheel to the inside of the rim.
I think it would be rideable...

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Victory said:

I don't know... it looks to me like it would be keeping the pressure of
whatever drive wheel to the inside of the rim.
I think it would be rideable...

yes it might well be that the engine pivots on the front mounts and
spring/damper keeps the drive wheel on the rim.

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The suspension is that big springy thing under the seat! 🙂

The "main" suspension could be said to keep the frame from "winding up"
but as it has already been explained this cycle was never intended to
work. I'd say it's main purpose is to *look like* suspension.

Wedgehog said:

I noticed theres a wheel(s) inside the rim meaning that it goes forward
the seat probably tilts upwards. It is pretty awesome even if it wasn't
intended to run.

When the wheel goes forward, everything else will go back. You'll be on
your butt in no time. Only you won't, because it doesn't work anyway.

You guys seem to be forgetting that for something like that to work, it
has to have a balancing system. Either that, or you ride the brakes
constantly, which will wear them out fast and make a stink. Plus to be
actually used it would need lots of protective bumpers because it would
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Here's a different one that I found online a while back. I have a very
similar motor to that sitting at home in our garage (or maybe it's
hidden in a shed somewhere...), now all I need is a big motorcycle
wheel.

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Spudman's motor-uni has a better chance of being rideable. The engine
weight is centered and below the axle, and the seat is centered above
the axle. The handlebars might get in the way (of front dismounts) but
I guess you have to put the throttle somewhere!

Blegas78 said:

Even though it may not be a working model, something like this could be
built and still be rideable...

Something *kind of* like this. But this one look like it's designed to
balance with no rider on it. Add a rider and you'll be way out of
whack. I think of it as the prototype Embrio.

Quoted message said:

Changing gears on this thing would seem ridiculous to me while riding,
so I highly doubt that this setup would contain anything complicated
like a five speed transmission, so the size would be relatively small.
Also, do you notice the shifting linkage in front of the left footrest?
😉

I think you're right, which means the whole transmission is probably in
there. Yikes. I'm not going past 2nd!

Quoted message said:

The right brake could easily be located near the right footrest.

No doubt. The thing that's missing is any sign of the actual brakes,
probably because the cycle is built from existing parts (except the
frame and mounts). Desigining a brake system would be a bit much for a
display machine.

Video of a 'motorized unicycle'
(http://www.unicycling.smugmug.com/gallery/2411134#129901022) in
action. This one is much easier to learn because it's a lot lighter,
and has a small wheel. But it's still a little dangerous getting used
to it. When the thing is turned on, lifting the wheel off the ground
causes it to spin wildly as it seeks to right itself. Also holding it
upright takes some practice because if you tilt it to the front or rear
it will roll in that direction until you get ahead of it...

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OK so its a mono-wheel not a proper unicycle but this is what i want
[image: http://www.diseno-art.com/images/mcLean-V8-Monowheel.jpg]
Its actually street legal!

or the second version, built for speed
[image:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/roadster.jpg]

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When i saw the thread name "Motorized Uni" i instantly thought of this.
😄 😄 http://www.tlb.org/Park-all.lowbw.mpg

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johnfoss said:

Spudman's motor-uni has a better chance of being rideable. The engine
weight is centered and below the axle, and the seat is centered above
the axle. The handlebars might get in the way (of front dismounts) but
I guess you have to put the throttle somewhere!

Agreed, and it looks much more practical to ride compared to the
"stylish" one.

johnfoss said:

Something *kind of* like this. But this one look like it's designed to
balance with no rider on it. Add a rider and you'll be way out of
whack. I think of it as the prototype Embrio.

How would it be all out of wack? Surely the whole cycle would lean
really far forward with a rider on it, but that doesn't make it
impossible to ride.

johnfoss said:

I think you're right, which means the whole transmission is probably in
there. Yikes. I'm not going past 2nd!

I wouldn't even want to try shifting! 😄

johnfoss said:

No doubt. The thing that's missing is any sign of the actual brakes,
probably because the cycle is built from existing parts (except the
frame and mounts). Desigining a brake system would be a bit much for a
display machine.

If there are practicaly designed brakes on it, I would think that they
would be located in the mechanism where power is applied to the wheel,
which appeares to be with that white round thing in the rear. I kind
of doubt that any other braking design would be very practical.

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