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Re: Snotcycle - spacecraft built on a one-piece motorcycle
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Date: 
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:55:07 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Kevin Duffy wrote:
     This is a spacecraft I built using an idea I had when I was a kid that I
was never able to complete.  It uses only the top 2 studs on the rear of a
one-piece motorcycle and the taillight stud for an anchor.  When I was younger
it seemed like a really great idea, but the stud offsets required to make an odd
numbered studs-wide vehicle were beyond my abilities at the time.

     http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117344


Kevin,

Welcome back out of the dark ages!

This reminds me somewhat of a GoldWing or Pacific Coast, in motorcycle terms.
Making odd wide vehicles is hard, it's tough to get the symmetry right.

It does look a little clunky and square though, maybe the plates reduce the
visual interest too much.

Thanks,

George



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  Re: Snotcycle / Fusion Drive prototype vehicle
 
(...) George, Thanks for the advice and the welcome. The plates on the side were an afterthought basically because I couldn't come up with anything cool looking enough. Seeing all the models posted here on lugnet and browsing brickshelf has been (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.space)

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  Snotcycle - spacecraft built on a one-piece motorcycle
 
This is a spacecraft I built using an idea I had when I was a kid that I was never able to complete. It uses only the top 2 studs on the rear of a one-piece motorcycle and the taillight stud for an anchor. When I was younger it seemed like a really (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town) ! 

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