Hinge Bike

Inspired by/based on a bizarre honda concept i saw on a website somewhere about exotic bike designs. I can dig it up if anyone's interested. The concept diagram shows the basic layout of the `innards` of the machine, but without any fairings, so i made that up. It hinges in the middle and the back portion- ie the engine and rear wheel stay upright, so that the rear tyre can be fat and flat, and therefore have a large contact patch- so you get traction like a drag bike _and_ it goes around corners ok. This kind of bonkers stuff appeals to my nature.


Mechanical pencil sketch coloured in Paint Shop Pro 8.