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05-04-2004, 01:47pm
Done before and this guy is on his third try too.
The public won't buy it because it looks wierd, but apparently it is technically superior. It's good that Aprillia are on board, but read in between the lines. They are committing peanuts, no real investment. If this guy (not an engineer) solves the gliches in previous hub centred machines then they'll exercise their first refusal clause for giving him an abundance of Aprillia parts for free.
Yamaha got rid of theirs quickly due to poor sales. The only way to get the public buying this thing, is to prove it's technically superiority. That means doing well in races.
Remember the guy who said he reinvented the wheel, (more like the axle, it had no centre). Looked great, but couldn't prove it's superiority over conventional design. It couldn't even prove it was just as good.
If these things are better, then there'd be on the space shuttle, or F1 cars etc...
That said, I hope he does it. Makes sense on paper and he's clearly a bike fan. Reason enough why a big manufacturer SHOULD have done what he is doing. Money grabbers.
The public won't buy it because it looks wierd, but apparently it is technically superior. It's good that Aprillia are on board, but read in between the lines. They are committing peanuts, no real investment. If this guy (not an engineer) solves the gliches in previous hub centred machines then they'll exercise their first refusal clause for giving him an abundance of Aprillia parts for free.
Yamaha got rid of theirs quickly due to poor sales. The only way to get the public buying this thing, is to prove it's technically superiority. That means doing well in races.
Remember the guy who said he reinvented the wheel, (more like the axle, it had no centre). Looked great, but couldn't prove it's superiority over conventional design. It couldn't even prove it was just as good.
If these things are better, then there'd be on the space shuttle, or F1 cars etc...
That said, I hope he does it. Makes sense on paper and he's clearly a bike fan. Reason enough why a big manufacturer SHOULD have done what he is doing. Money grabbers.