Piaggio MP3 250
Submitted by paulblez on 01-Jun-09 9:53pmPiaggio'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.

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Narrowed
Submitted by bobwreford on 27-May-09 7:53amInspired 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.

Animated image of Duolever Suspension
Submitted by edform on 12-May-09 11:11pmThis 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.

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Wales 2009
Submitted by bobwreford on 26-Apr-09 7:20pmYes 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.

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Look, baby! You're famous!
Submitted by mephit on 20-Apr-09 11:53pmUp 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.
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