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Very interesting. I have to admit...I have never seen anything like that before. 
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It must stink getting a flat on the front tire. Imagine changing that on the side of the road.
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Interesting design... Would be interested to see one with the motor on the rear wheel instead.
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 Hmmmmm. I'll betcha this dude sittin' on this motorcycle here sure must've had "fun" tryin' to make turns with all that unsprung weight on the front wheel(not to mention the gyroscopic effect all that unsprung weight must've had goin' on at the time too) as he was motorin' down the road, huh?! (yep...maybe yet another idea probably best left parked in one of the "cul-de-sacs of progress", alright!) 
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I wonder how they clutched that. Looks art deco before that was in. Way ugly to me.
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Interesting design... Would be interested to see one with the motor on the rear wheel instead.
I wonder why the choose the front wheel instead of the rear wheel? It would seem to me that it would handle better and you wouldn't need the huge front fender. 
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I like the overall look of it, it would probably be pretty neat with a single thumper in the frame with a shaft drive to the back wheel, and be able to keep the same design. Definitely not parking lot friendly as is though.
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I can remember seeing pictures of radial engine motorcycles in the encyclopedia while in jr-high way back when. I think V-Twins may have their origins in radial engine technology. But thats just a thought not necessarily based on fact.
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I can remember seeing pictures of radial engine motorcycles in the encyclopedia while in jr-high way back when. I think V-Twins may have their origins in radial engine technology. But thats just a thought not necessarily based on fact.
I have read that the Harley V-twins were derived from radial engine design.
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So, in that case, the Harley guys are thumpin' around on two cylinder radials!
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OR...maybe even a THREE cylinder! As in Jim Fueling's W3 he made a few of before he died a few years ago. He'd show these babies off at some of the west coast M/C shows, and when he'd fire 'em up, they made noises I'd never quite heard before. http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/prototype-spy-concept/W3-Feuling.htm
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wish I could hear it run with some good exhaust on it.
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OR...maybe even a THREE cylinder! As in Jim Fueling's W3 he made a few of before he died a few years ago. He'd show these babies off at some of the west coast M/C shows, and when he'd fire 'em up, they made noises I'd never quite heard before.
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/prototype-spy-concept/W3-Feuling.htm
I bet that bad boy gets hot.
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