Holzmotorrad (wooden motorcycle)

[Nicholas Carey]

Talk about your hardtails!

From BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/17/wooden_motorcycle.html) and the MakeZine blog (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/04/wood_motorcycle.html) comes news of a wooden motorcycle.

http://www.makezine.com/blog/wood_bike.jpg (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/04/wood_motorcycle.html)

http://ratbike.org/albums/germany_2005/not_olledaums_woodenbike.sized.jpg (http://ratbike.org/)

[Ross M]

A softer kind of hardtail? :)

Thanks for posting the Pics, Nicholas.

Ross

[skuthorp]

Add a check for termites to the servicing manual!
Incidentally, the first 'Hobbyhorse' bicycles were wood as was Cugnot's 3 wheel steam horsless carriage, more like a tractor though.

[Sailor]

forks look like what? 3x3 ish pretty mean looking bike though

[Stiletto]

I dont think much of the front brake.

[Michael s/v Sannyasin]

hahahahaha!

Thanks Nicholas :-)

[martin schulz]

Well I can't let this pass by without referring to the Werner-bike:

The drawing:

http://www.werner-broesel.de/satter.jpg


And the real thing:

http://www.werner-broesel.de/satteg.jpg

http://www.werner-broesel.de/sattei.jpg

And the engine:

http://www.werner-broesel.de/satten.jpg