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How about reading the article...
The motorcycle has next to nothing to do with Honda, first of all. The article even states that it's an independent project done by some guy who gets unofficial help from a Honda engineer, and that Honda is not interested in pursuing the idea at this time.
The actual vehicle is 3-wheeled in design, not 2. The rider leans forward and the vehicle flattens itself out and increases speed - it gets to a point where the rider is essentially only a couple of inches off the ground and moving at 60 miles (or kilometers, I forget) an hour. Here's an ASCII: Upright, stationary: __ / || / | | O 00 At speed: __ O---====---00 The only thing the guy is pulling from the Segway is the system of leaning to translate into speed. This would not transform into a Segway, by the way. It's simply a funny-looking, flat-terrained 3-wheeled motorcycle. |
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