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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

But can it do a wheelie

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1975 S3 project bike
1974 H1 project bike
1972 Yamaha R5
1974 Yamaha RD350

weird and iron shoes required

Ehhhhhhhh, it just doesn't turn my crank.

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Lisa

"I tried to restrain myself, but I escaped."

I've seen that vid before. I am intrigued by the mono-wheel design but this guy is obsessed with V-8 power. Plus you need aircraft active controls to handle stability and braking.

What kind of fool rides an experimental vehicle that has no brakes without wearing full leathers, helmet, boots, gloves, cup, etc????

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Rotortech
Indianapolis
1974 S3

McClean has been hurt on that stupid thing.
I fail to see the purpose......other than him just having some fun.

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

How in the world you would handle any real braking on that thing is beyond me. There's nothing for the wheel to push back against except for the weight of the engine and yourself.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

ideal for 500lb riders and your legs would be 2"inches shorter after a while.

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600

That thing has a smaller V8 in it, either a 1961 thru 1963 all aluminum Buick 215 cu/in, OR, Rover all aluminum V8, a clone of the Buick engine, from 215 cu/in, to 4.6 liters. I do a lot of these engines to make upwards of 375 horsepower, and they still ending up weighing between 320 to 340 lbs total. Original all aluminum 215 Buick engines made between 155 and 200 horsepower stock, depending on comp ratio, cam, and carb setups.

I always have said about a 500 triple when they were the only triples we had, "A 60 horsepower, out of control unicycle.........is absolutely FUN to ride".

There have been a few other designs like this single wheel one over the decades, some good, some really bad. This one seems to be one of the fun ones.