This Crazy Russian Motorcycle Can Do Pretty Much Anything

[madokie]

http://jalopnik.com/this-crazy-russian-motorcycle-can-do-pretty-much-anythi-1554654820

You know, I never really thought I needed a motorcycle until I saw this. Now I'm not really sure what kind of miserable half-life I've been living without it. Seriously, just watch what this thing can do. Plus, it's AWD. That's just two Ws, but still.

The front wheel is driven by a chain, as is the rear, as you can see when it's disassembled. The tires are massive floatation devices that act like paddlewheels and the whole bike seems to weigh about as much as a bag of toddlers, based on the way the rider manhandles it around.

The title of the video seems to translate to "SUV Suitcase" and it becomes pretty clear why that is, since the whole damn thing collapses into a pair of duffel bags that can fit into the back of a VAZ Oka, a tiny car about the size of a Ford Festiva or maybe a Toyota/Scion iQ.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a motor vehicle of any kind quite so flexible and capable of driving indoors, in water, up stairs, and probably over rich, plush white carpet.

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[DCBob]

1. amazingly light weight.

[lillypaddle]

2. Reminds me of that commercial

Where the Sparkle fairy asks a woman, "do you really need a paper towel that can support a bowling ball?"

Not sure why, but it does.

[sendero]

3. Very cool...

.... I wonder if this is a commercially available product.

[Oakenshield]

4. Pretty neat little ride.

[erodriguez]

5. that guy is an Ogre. i'm sure a lot of us couldn't lift it like he does in the video.

But very very cool.

[belcffub]

6. kind of reminds me of a rokon...

Rokon

Right up until the end where he took it apart it looked like a copy of a rokon... not sure if you can take the rokon apart like that... always wanted one to use at our country property...

[greiner3]

7. Think of the military uses;

Advance placement in terrain that would normally take days would now take hours.

It would necessarily be fuel efficient because of the lower weight, one cycle would be able to carry a parts inventory for breakdowns, etc...

On the bad side, these cycles could/would be used by yahoos to be able to access pristine wilderness areas and really f em up here and elsewhere in the world.

But, on this latter point, the cycle would also be able to access remote villages that cars would might not be able to, allowing for easier restocking of food, medical and water supplies.

Good and bad with nearly every new technology.

[catnhatnh]

8. Looks like a Rokon knock-off

They build them up here in Rochester, NH.
http://www.rokon.com/

[CanSocDem]

9. Brilliant application of the available technology.

Practical, efficient and accessible to the 99%. The type of technology that seems lost on American manufacturers.

If it isn't big and shiny, with feigned exclusivity it won't sell in the USA.


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