[malky]

When I was 17 a Norton Commando was huge, they seem to have shrunk as I got older.

[Richard230]

Here are three videos regarding some interesting and unusual old bikes.

A 1915 Militaire.  Check out the front wheel steering design and the training wheels during the last half of the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MBrEaSbpY

This 1897 Leon Bollee trike has a fun "hot tube" ignition system and a nice heavy flywheel to keep things going:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l681_yu7Yvs

Finally we have a one-off Art Deco front-wheel drive German motorcycle from the mid-1930: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4ffSiEUdI

[malky]

Am I missing something??

[ToesNose]

I found the NHTSA backwards bike under Joan Claybrook!  LOL

[malky]

I found the NHTSA backwards bike under Joan Claybrook!  LOL

I really like to read the report as to how this was deemed to be a step in the right direction of motorcycling safety. 

[heloego]

Sweet Jesus!
Although technically she accomplished her goal.
Unrideable bike = 100% safe. 
She apparently didn't ride.
[edit] Come to think of it, why iasn't a pic of her included in these oddities? 

[Ice]

I found the NHTSA backwards bike under Joan Claybrook!  LOL

 This needs to be in a museum for all the world to see.

 I wonder where is it now ?

[malky]

Something for your heavy-duty requirements.

[tooseevee]

I hope those two try-cycle concept models from Japan are just a little engineering experiment and not where the manufacturers believe the market is going......

                Just Google three wheeled motorcycles if you haven't already. There are a lot of them out there.

[High On Octane]

Did someone say "3 wheels"?   

And, this is technically motorcycle related...... That's a Bullet seat on that trike.   

[malky]

The first two can be ridden "on a car license" in the U.K. my theory is if you want the wind in your hair but don't want a proper motorcycle buy a Mazda MX5. You'll have a better chance of getting rid of it when the novelty wears off.
The third one has a use.

[ToesNose]

Come to think of it, why iasn't a pic of her included in these oddities? 

Hey HeloEgo here she is in 1979 along with some sort of auto atrocity she must have been associated with.

[ace.cafe]

Royal Enfield Dreamliner 350 from the 1950s.

[Ice]

More Dreamliner

[Ice]

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