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  • foxtrapper

    April 8, 2009 12:30 p.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

    Some folk are just plain, special.

    http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item...

  • Grtechguy

    April 8, 2009 1:37 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    hey, he owns a "BIZNESS"

  • andrave

    April 8, 2009 2:23 p.m. andrave New Reader

    is this a joke? I want it to be.

  • Tom Heath

    April 8, 2009 2:48 p.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

    ANY WAY THAT THE STORY ON THE SUPERTRIKE AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND BY THE WAY YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

    I'm the special one? This simply reeks of win.

  • Bobzilla

    April 8, 2009 3:17 p.m. Bobzilla Reader

    It reeks... that much I'll give you.

  • MadScientistMatt

    April 9, 2009 11:02 a.m. MadScientistMatt HalfDork

    Gives the term "motorcycle trailer" a new meaning.

  • alex

    April 9, 2009 11:02 a.m. alex Reader

    ...wow. Just...wow.

    I thought I'd seen most potential permutations of two-wheeled stupidity, but I guess they're always building a better idiot.

    The kicker for me is that he used a Virago, possibly the shttiest bike I've ever had the displeasure of working on. (No offense to any owners intended. I think most of the bikes I've worked on were pretty shtty in their own special way.)

  • Opus

    April 10, 2009 8:30 a.m. Opus HalfDork

    racinginc215 wrote:

    This is how a trike is done. Clickey

    and how does it turn?

  • fastEddie

    April 10, 2009 11:02 a.m. fastEddie Dork

    Separate brakes for left and right wheel?!

    Skid steer trike FTW!

  • alex

    April 10, 2009 1:21 p.m. alex Reader

    Opus wrote:

    racinginc215 wrote:

    This is how a trike is done. Clickey

    and how does it turn?

    Think of it as getting your upper body workout done on the way to the gym.

  • alex

    April 10, 2009 2:43 p.m. alex Reader

    Sorry, all I saw was a tattooed German dude sneering like Billy Idol.

    Does it need 18" wide rear tires to put down the power from the same 100" S&S motor everybody else uses? Or are they for show?

    I like Russel all right, but his bikes look like cartoon drawing of motorcycles to me. They're better than the rest of the TV show bikes, but they're still TV show bikes.

    And any bike with that much rake is gonna be a bitch to turn. Simple physics.

    Anyway, it wasn't built to turn. It was built for a shirtless tattooed German guy to sit on it and sneer. Seems to do okay at that.

  • 2002maniac

    April 11, 2009 2:17 a.m. 2002maniac New Reader

    hahaha! I checked his feedback and was shocked to find out that people are actually buying his plans!

  • suprf1y

    April 14, 2009 4:19 p.m. suprf1y Reader

    Yes, but...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110376307327&...

  • foxtrapper

    April 15, 2009 5:17 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

    suprf1y wrote:

    Yes, but...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110376307327&...

    Just a modern version of the old beetle trike of long ago.

  • fastEddie

    April 15, 2009 7:02 a.m. fastEddie Dork

    Aren't you supposed to use the back half of the car though??

  • pinchvalve

    April 15, 2009 8:57 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

    suprf1y wrote:

    Yes, but...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110376307327&...

    I just threw up in my mouth a bit.

  • CrackMonkey

    April 15, 2009 9:05 a.m. CrackMonkey Reader

    fastEddie wrote:

    Aren't you supposed to use the back half of the car though??

    There's no engine in the back of a Geo?

 
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