http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf

Now that would really **** pff the hikers

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Malc

Malc wrote:

> http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>
> Now that would really **** pff the hikers

Want very much indeed.

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Krusty

Raptor 1000 MV 750 Senna Tiger 885 Fantic Hiro 250

On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT), Malc
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf

Looks quite fun, but I'm really not sure about the sideways stance.
I'd have though a more normal stance like you'd use on a Jetski or
even a Segway would be a lot more sense.

Ace wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT), Malc
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>
> Looks quite fun, but I'm really not sure about the sideways stance.
> I'd have though a more normal stance like you'd use on a Jetski or
> even a Segway would be a lot more sense.

It looks great in that video. I expect it takes a lot of skill however.

--
Hog

On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:27:13 +0100, Champ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT), Malc
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>>
>>Now that would really **** pff the hikers
>
>My initial reaction was positive, but then I realised that I'd
>probably be going faster on a mountain bike in all the action shots.
>And considerably faster on a proper offroad motorcycle.

I thought the same. The only use case has got to be the military
because a squaddie with a bergen and a rifle can't ride a pushbike or
mx bike.
--
GSX-R1000 K8

On Thu, 19 May 2011 13:22:34 +0100, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The only use case has got to be the military
>because a squaddie with a bergen and a rifle can't ride a pushbike or
>mx bike.

<pedant mode>

I think you may be sort of wrong here. You can certainly carry a modern
carbine/bullpup weapon while riding a bike, modern slings/racks allow
positioning of the weapon in many ways.

While no-one would try to MTB with a Bergen through choice, there are
other possibilities;

http://ruedatropical.com/2009/02/swiss-army-bicycles/

http://www.yellowjersey.org/swiss.html


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/...bb43e44d6b.jpg

from

http://www.militarybikes.com/index.html

While MX as a understood by say, the Norway Brigade, is somewhat
different to that practiced by the military, particularly some of the
more exotic parts. If it's got an engine and can be employed, someone
will attempt to use it, no matter how they personally may be equipped.
</pm>
--

I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx

On May 19, 10:56*am, "Krusty" <dontwant...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> Malc wrote:
> >http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>
> > Now that would really **** pff the hikers
>
> Want very much indeed.

top speed 30mph?

you gaylord.

--
d.

darsy wrote:

> On May 19, 10:56*am, "Krusty" <dontwant...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> > Malc wrote:
> > > http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
> >
> > > Now that would really **** pff the hikers
> >
> > Want very much indeed.
>
> top speed 30mph?
>
> you gaylord.

There'll be one kicking around with a Hayabusa engine by the end of the
year.

--
Krusty

Raptor 1000 MV 750 Senna Tiger 885 Fantic Hiro 250

On May 19, 12:27*pm, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT), Malc
>
> <crickley...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>
> >Now that would really **** pff the hikers
>
> My initial reaction was positive, but then I realised that I'd
> probably be going faster on a mountain bike in all the action shots.
> And considerably faster on a proper offroad motorcycle.

I quite fancy lying down in the stretcher carrier operating it by
remote control though. Definitely the only way to ascend Snowdon.

--
Malc

On May 19, 2:58*am, Ace <b.rog...@ifrance.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT), Malc
>
> <crickley...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >http://www.firebox.com/product/3575/...=whnew&cat=wtf
>
> Looks quite fun, but I'm really not sure about the sideways stance.
> I'd have though a more normal stance like you'd use on a Jetski or
> even a Segway would be a lot more sense.

Think surfing. With a road surface that can tilt in any direction, an
oblique stance is more stable than a parallel stance.