I had some more thoughts about the Chameleon, and not good thoughts. Since its tilt is limited mechanically, it will high side a the rear if cornering...
... I find that on a slow bicycle in slow-and-stationary traffic, being able to see further ahead is useful. Those are also the sort of conditions where being...
... Hi Gary, welcome aboard, Before you plunge in to 'half a tilter' do have a look at some of Phillip's pictures for parallelogram front-end full tilters,...
... the ... In this sentence, the only comparison was to a trike. You had to consider the points as a whole, not isolated from one another. ... hanging my ... ...
hello Arthur ... if ... It seems to me that the minimum with of nontilting HPV trikes is usually dictated by the need for cornering stability, not by the need...
Hi Phillip, Although it looks neat and artistic to have the background, you can just move closer untill the display on your digi-cam has only your drawing in...
... 1) Determine the max width between the two rear wheel contact points. 2) Determine the absolute maximum angle of tilt (let's call it "A- max"). You don't...
snip ... This is about the weight of a conventional full suspension trike, isn't it? Seems an achievable weight goal, as long as there aren't too many ...
... snip ... Since you suggest it... Rake is unnecessary even on a motorcycle or a bicycle. Unless you want tele forks, and even then it can be dispensed with...
... I know you won't believe me , but the picture WAS taken by a "passing swagman".... I haven't got a digital camera.... he then got the pictures put to disk...
Melcore..... I have a dream... Theres this "James Dean" type riding a Harley through a small Spanish villiage. Throttles cut back to idle .... you know how...
Hi bobobo! Who said that poetry has nothing to do with imaginative engineerin?. Good metaphors my friend!. Only that I would change a iitle bit the end of the...
I have just added one photo after removing one of my silly tilters- For the moment it has nothing to do wit Tilters, But Who knows? . The Three Wheel toy I...
Hi Melcore.... what worries me [I'm a born worrier]... is the "marriage" of two potentially conflicting options. "Freedom" is often said to be the "ability to...
- Off Topic.... but my home is an amphibious 4wd vehicle[ non tilt]... so I am interested in this... you could make the wheel "deploy to shimmy". What it is...
Tilters: We here at ZOETEC have been developing a leaning HPV trike system also that is a virtual bike with bi-pedal balance augmentation. It has old and new...
... Indeed. Complex beast isn't it? and the weight? ugh, imagine pedalling that around any distance. For inspiration in ways of bringing new products to market...
... Oooh, that's cunning. I'd seen the main page before, but I don't think the questions page explained how you just use a standard back wheel with the...
1] A wheel on a trail will swim in water... if the steer axis is oscillated. A castoring wheel on a trailing arm will swim better and also swim along the...
Better description might help. Photos 3 and 4 (looking aft) show curved levers inboard of the hand grips. Call these Q levers due to their <?> shape. They...
... .If you want to copy the lean machine get the patent no from Mitchs list in the files... go to a patent database[espacenet your guide to the patents]......
Does anyone know if there is any tilt control for the following or is it just a power assisted free leaner? http://www.kathalys.com/mitka/voertuig.htm Best...
... to find eg. US Patents, will give you their database...or UK Patents will give you the UK database.... I found the UK system gave the drawings where the...
... is it ... Hi Wayne, Good question. I used Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and translated the page from Dutch to English, but it was short on ...
... Thank you, Alex, about the explanation of what is that picture (SAMBA steering). I'd thought in the Honda Hermes. I would like to ask if anybody in the...
Does anyone have any idea how the tilt control system works for this vehicle? Is it running in prototype form? I have built a couple of tilting HPV delta where...