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Graham has been at it again today with his water powered rocket 
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The Fiat Tagliero Building is a Futurist-style service station in Asmara, Eritrea. It was completed in 1938, and designed by the Italian engineer, Giuseppe Pettazzi.
In 1993, Émile Leray, a French electrician, broke down in the middle of the African desert while driving an old Citroën 2CV out of Morocco to join a military site.
His car was seriously damaged after hitting a rock. Unable to repair on site, and too risky to walk in this hostile environment. So he came up with this crazy but genius idea to turn his wrecked car into... On a motorcycle!
With the tools he had with him and recycling car parts, he built a functional motorcycle in 12 days, using the supplies (water and food) he had in the trunk.
Shortened the chassis, fitted two wheels, moved the engine to the center... and it worked!
Thus he managed to leave the desert and join civilization, but was welcomed... by a fine from the Moroccan police for driving a vehicle that did not match the official documents!
His improvised motorcycle still exists today, preserved as a symbol of ingenuity and adventure in the heart of the desert.
His car was seriously damaged after hitting a rock. Unable to repair on site, and too risky to walk in this hostile environment. So he came up with this crazy but genius idea to turn his wrecked car into... On a motorcycle!
With the tools he had with him and recycling car parts, he built a functional motorcycle in 12 days, using the supplies (water and food) he had in the trunk.
Shortened the chassis, fitted two wheels, moved the engine to the center... and it worked!
Thus he managed to leave the desert and join civilization, but was welcomed... by a fine from the Moroccan police for driving a vehicle that did not match the official documents!
His improvised motorcycle still exists today, preserved as a symbol of ingenuity and adventure in the heart of the desert.
And that ladies and gentlemen was the forerunner of the Tesi
Thank goodness the aesthetics improved to become the forums most aesthetically pleasing motorcycle
Probably
No, that's exclusively French, and Diavel owners other than the Green Man Quiz TeamDo all Tesi owners wear ladies panties..?
May 8, 1953. Mushroom cloud from an atomic blast, seen from the pool at Hotel Last Frontier.
The television show Myth Busters recreated this legend but they were unable to make it work. This is not me challenging the legend just letting everyone know they did attempt to recreate the bike from the same car. I believe if your life and survival is on the line, people can do amazing things. Also, in all fairness, how many of the folks that are bashing the looks of the Bimota have seen it in person? I disliked the 999 when I first saw the photos but when I saw it i. the show room, I returned the next day with cash in hand and rode it home. Many people have bashed our beloved Ducs saying the 1098 was indecernable from an R1 and the like. Dont stop speaking your mind, I was just wondering
The bimota is an intriguing concept and I hope one day to ride one.
I don't think the ribbing about this particular machine is anything but just that. It is just British banter which other cultures find difficult to understand.
Absolutely right, Hugo.
Nevertheless, Ol' Chubbie's Tesi is like a poke in the eye with a pointed stick.
I'm still trying to figure out how it steers. Perhaps it doesn't...
I was attempting a bit of humor in my post, as I have said before, dont change a thing I enjoy the forum as it is
The steering is very precise but you need to be pretty strong to lift up the back end.
Actually, seriously, @Exige how does it steer? You've only posted pics of the off-side of the bike.
What does the other side look like?
Can you post a vid of the nearside or from the front showing the steering linkage working while the bars are being turned?
You want oneActually, seriously, @Exige how does it steer? You've only posted pics of the off-side of the bike.
What does the other side look like?
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Can you post a vid of the nearside or from the front showing the steering linkage working while the bars are being turned?
Silly. It's a technician at Bimota's secret research and testing facility putting the Tesi test mule through its paces, as you well know.Is that you practising in readiness for the Diavel's handling