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Piaggio MP3 250

Piaggio's MP3 tilting Three Wheeler is not an FF, but there has been quite a lot of discussion about it on the FF discussion list, so I thought we should have a few pix up on bikeweb for people to refer to. There's no doubt that the twin front wheels provide a reassuring feeling of grip and confidence on slippery surfaces and it can be heeled over to a respectable 'angle of dangle' before things start grounding. Picture of Blez at Shepherd's Bush roundabout, London, by Bernard Zieja.

Piaggio MP3 250

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Inspired by Philip Wakeham's 'Anything is possible' attitude to engineering art I woke up one morning and decided to implement Royce Creasey's aerodynamic improvement hints (see his technical paper on this site) and cut the fairing into three pieces, chopped four inches out of the middle, and reassembled it!
The narrower fairing has little impact on comfort, reduces frontal area a little, but amazingly has made the bike much less susceptible to side winds and the turbulent air behind large lorries, it is more 'indifferent' as Royce puts it.

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A scan of the original Quasar Brochure (signed too!)

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The BOGSTER.

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Geoff Duke no less! (former world motorcycle champion).

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Animated image of Duolever Suspension

This little animation shows the way that concentricity of the steering axis and the axis of the steering mechanism can only exist at one point in the suspension travel when the connecting system is a scissors linkage.

Animated image of Duolever Suspension

Wales 2009

Bravo Tango to Control, UFO captured successfully.........

Wales 2009

Wales 2009

Yes I had a smaller holiday this year due to financial constraints, so the foreign country with pretty girls who speak a different language is Wales instead of Spain you see. Well, a trackday at Anglesey Circuit near Aberffraw to be precise, formerly known as Ty Groes if you are old like me.

Wales 2009

Look, baby! You're famous!

Up there in lights on the Internet!

Naw, honey, really! You're gonna be famous! Everybody's gonna know your name!

What? 'Course they will! I mean it. I'm not just saying that 'cause of what you did in the broom closet. Six times.

Look, baby! You're famous!

Oh, not them!

We don't talk to them! They're the other table. They're not like us!

Oh, not them!
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