Lotus Motorcycles

[BSmack]

Do they come with their own caskets and burial plots?

[Goober McTuber]

They are pretty damn ugly. Probably every bit as dependable as a Lotus automobile.

[smackaholic]

They actually look quite aerodynamic. Trouble is, you have to put a rider on one. Then the aerodynamics go to shit.

[Goober McTuber]

They actually look quite aerodynamic.

So does the average turd.

[Wolfman]

Do they come with their own caskets and burial plots?

The area down here is sprinkled with little memorial sites for such fatalities. Seems like there is one every week or so. First one in Lee County one year was down the road from us. Dude was doing a wheelie through and traffic light controlled intersection AT NIGHT. Some guy turning left on green at the same time---BAM, adios 23 year old stunt guy. Someone took a header off the Midpoint Bridge last month. They said he was doing 150. Nice. Even if he was wearing a helmet he was toast. Great place for riders down here year round. Guess the carnage comes with it.

[Dinsdale]

do they not have a rear brake? I see no disc on the rear wheel or lever.

Right there on the right hub is a small disk. The drive (looks like a belt, maybe a chain) is on the left (far side of the pic).

[Diego in Seattle]

Might be fun to tool around town for a short ride, but meh beyond that.

Let me know how fun that bike is after being on it for about an hour (much less an all-day ride).

[smackaholic]

do they not have a rear brake? I see no disc on the rear wheel or lever.

Right there on the right hub is a small disk. The drive (looks like a belt, maybe a chain) is on the left (far side of the pic).

from this angle the disc and even the lever is visible



In the original photos you cant see the rear brake lever, just the exhaust there where it should be. They are using Vtwins so they're going to shake and vibrate like crazy, especially with aluminum frames and all the carbon parts. Looks like a fun enough vehicle to kill yourself on though

I think it actually looks cool as hell from this view. Check out the '30s car grill look of the radiator grill. This is the first time anyone has made a bike radiattor look cool.

[smackaholic]

Do they come with their own caskets and burial plots?

The area down here is sprinkled with little memorial sites for such fatalities. Seems like there is one every week or so. First one in Lee County one year was down the road from us. Dude was doing a wheelie through and traffic light controlled intersection AT NIGHT. Some guy turning left on green at the same time---BAM, adios 23 year old stunt guy. Someone took a header off the Midpoint Bridge last month. They said he was doing 150. Nice. Even if he was wearing a helmet he was toast. Great place for riders down here year round. Guess the carnage comes with it.

Anyone that rides a bike in SWFLA is an iodot.

Sure, the weather is nice, but, 89% of the cages are piloted by either lost tourists staring at their gpd screens or 89 year old locals who should have turned their licenses in some time during the clinton administration. 23 year old stuntah dude is prolly the exception. I suspect the majority of bike fatalities are dude sitting at a light getting steamrolled by gertrude in her lesabre.

[smackaholic]

what type of front suspension does it have?

can't imagine handling would be all that with the serious amount of rake it has.

[smackaholic]

yeah, some folks should stick to guitar playing.