Don't remember the Topper, remember the Cushman Eagle and the Lambretta, but Topper is a blank.
Challenge: Make Motorcycles More Popular in the US
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Interesting...picture, and still not a glimmer of recognition. I was assigned overseas for half the 60's, perhaps it came and went during that period.
To give the poor a transport option between needing public transit and a car.
Less land devoted to parking, you can put multiple bikes in the spot one car would take or even keep a bike inside your home.
Basically the benefits of a bicycle with a motor.
Less land devoted to parking, you can put multiple bikes in the spot one car would take or even keep a bike inside your home.
Basically the benefits of a bicycle with a motor.
In which case you don't want motorbikes. You want scooters, mopeds, that kind of thing and it is interesting how the threat has already drifted in that direction.
The death of the sidecar is illustrative. Once it was a way of making a motorbike a family vehicle. Give it some carrying capacity. But once people could afford real cars the side car has largely disappeared and motorbikes are mostly toys.
The death of the sidecar is illustrative. Once it was a way of making a motorbike a family vehicle. Give it some carrying capacity. But once people could afford real cars the side car has largely disappeared and motorbikes are mostly toys.
If the families are suing then it would likely be a civil case meaning financial not custodial penalties.
Yeah, no. Some motorcycles can certainly be loud and obnoxious, just like cars, but not all.
AMF never owned Harley Davidson on the 1st of January 1969, Harley Davidson and AMF entered into a merger.
In 1981 Harley Davidson bought there way out of the merger.
In 1981 Harley Davidson bought there way out of the merger.
marathag
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Compare with the Daimler-Chrysler Merger.
It was not a merger of Equals. How to pronounce the name? The jokesters said the Chrysler was silent
AMF told H-D to jump, they got to ask 'How high?' or in Harley's case, how many workers to fire, and how many shortcuts to take.
H-D was broke in 1969, AMF had plenty of Bowling $$$
It was not a merger of equals.
A quick googling implies that the countries with the highest motorbike usage are
Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia...
marathag
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That settles it. Those three are well known for the severity of their Winters
Ho Chi Minh City
Let's now look in Two cities along I-35
Minneapolis
Dallas,TX
Which are still death traps in the city. In the country you can stay to the side in the gravel part of the road and out of the way of cars. You can't do that in the cities.
In Asia scooters are family vehicles.
I've seen a family of five on one bike
Because of their ease of use I've seen what look to be 10 year olds driving too so I'd go that route.
No license under 50cc or something and every kid wants a scooter instead of a bicycle. When they grow up they'll prefer two wheels
We could try promoting the advantages to UNOS*?
(*The United Network for Organ Sharing)
... ER Doctors refer to Motorcycle Riders as "Donors"!
I have seen my share of potential multi-generational automotive tragedies. China is illustrative there. Once they could afford cars they dropped the bikes (and motor bikes).