This bike shows what ours would be capable of if they were streamlined enough.

[midnightventure]

http://www.monotracer.com/

[Crash]

Sweet!

[Eck]

Looks kinda neat as long as your moving.....but you had just better hope no one pulls up along side you when you stop where the stabilizer wheels cant come down...

even a curb might push you off to one side..

[mother]

is it the 2010 model, finally a canadian version so we can ride in the winter

[gunboat]

i like it but does it have air con, looks like it may get a little hot down here in texas

 

don c.

[Squidley]

Definitely different....but not something I would want to drive, kudo's for thinking out of the box though

[Rottdoglover]

Looks cool but I would call it a 2 wheel cage. Where's the feeling of freedom in the wind?

[PBJ]

More like flying in a jet plane close to the ground. I've seen them in Europe though the are kind of expensive. I saw a price of about 13 to 17 thousand. Someone tried that in th eUS but the outriggers stayed out and only lifted up off the ground like small wings.

[mtman]

Looks cool but I would call it a 2 wheel cage. Where's the feeling of freedom in the wind?

 

Speaking of wind, wouldn't take much to blow you off the road....

[Rottdoglover]

Speaking of wind, wouldn't take much to blow you off the road....

 

Yeah, but look at all that roll cage protection you would have (and need)

[greg_in_london]

A guy called Danny Defazio (Difazio?) designed and promoted these throughout the '80s and into the '90s here. They never quite took off, but had their own subculture with a reputation for absolutely amazing handling outside of towns. Very trick. They were called 'feet first' motorcycles and may have influenced the Japanese large scooters which although not fully enclosed, have the rider semi-reclining in a bubble of air formed by the fairing.

They always tempted professional riders as motorway travelling should become so much easier, especially in poor weather, but I think people were concerned about stopping in heavy traffic... (Most models kept the possibility of putting a foot down, albeit awkwardly.