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by peatmoss 2232 days ago
My initial reaction to seeing one of those was, “hmm, that looks freaky and weird.” I also suspect that it’ll be doomed to commercial failure.

That said, these things seem brilliant the more I reason through it. I’d guess that nearly all the same sensations of riding a motorcycle are there with the Nikken... all of the things that make riding a motorcycle fun like punchy acceleration, open air, and leaning in corners. At the same time, doubling up the front end in this way has to be a huge boon to traction. I suspect the suspension travel on these things allows for more lean angle than I’d be comfortable with outside of a track.