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Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: turtle on March 30, 2005, 11:44:55

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: turtle on March 30, 2005, 11:44:55

Forget Monster Trucks what about this Monster Bike  :D

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: Colin 009 on March 30, 2005, 22:07:51

Can't see him getting very far down the A40 into London :lol:

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: hobbit on March 30, 2005, 22:11:35

Quote from: "Commander 009"

Can't see him getting very far down the A40 into London :lol:

Go anywhere he wants in that virtually :shock:

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: beast5680 on March 30, 2005, 22:18:15

be no more nipping in and out of the traffic just straight over the top :lol:

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: robbie on March 30, 2005, 22:33:54

Ok then..... why is it a bike..... it has 4 wheels, and so does my Disco, Suzuki, Yaris etc etc......

What makes it a bike???? and not a car????

<sits back and waits......>

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: beast5680 on March 30, 2005, 22:36:06

handlebars? why is a quad bike not a car?

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: robbie on March 30, 2005, 22:47:19

yeeh OK then, cos it has handle bars!!!  :oops:

So if I converted my disco to have handle bars, I could get away with cheaper tax and is insurance??

There must be something else  :?

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: Manicminer on March 31, 2005, 19:57:40

Twin wheels - No axle = Bike

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: muddyweb on March 31, 2005, 20:50:02

Technically, Bike = 2 wheels

bi- "two" + Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel"


 8)

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: robbie on March 31, 2005, 22:17:19

yeeh I do agree, 2 wheels and handle bars =  bicycle, but the one above has 4 wheels, 4 tyres, so is it a bike or a car?? and surely the wheels must have an axle to run on, otherwise how does it turn!!

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: gords on March 31, 2005, 23:01:45

Quote from: "robbie"

and surely the wheels must have an axle to run on, otherwise how does it turn!!

very, very, very carefully I should think :shock:

Can you imagine trying to pick that up after dropping it on a corner :D

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: robbie on April 01, 2005, 05:12:25

I meant 'how does the wheel turn round', not the bike, if it didnt have an axle as M Thomas said

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Twin wheels - No axle = Bike

It must have axles for the wheels to turn round..... maybe not the same axle as a car, granted, but nevertheless an axle

So come on then, why is it a bike and not a car, cos it has 4 wheels on it, not 2.....

I am not convinced, if you hadnt guessed   :wink:

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: Manicminer on April 01, 2005, 20:41:39

It has a spindle and bearings not an axle.
The wheels are twin ie fixed together as on the back end of a lorry. You have 2 to look at but they count as one(they rotate together at the same rate and not able to turn independently ).
Having it that wide stops it from falling over. :wink:

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: robbie on April 01, 2005, 22:00:47

still not convinced....

Title: Monster Bike.
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 02, 2005, 12:41:19

Falling over is another key element of the motorbike surely? it relies of the rider's balance, not the fattness of the wheels.

Is it a car...is it a bike.....no it's a joke.  only in America.