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Finally... - Bob Schroeck - 11-19-2005
... a motorcycle that comes close to my mental image of what Doug's bike looks like -- here.
-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03
Re: Finally... - robkelk - 11-19-2005
Reaction #1: Ooooooooohhhh, shiny...
Reaction #2: I see I'm going to have to make a slight change to the start of Blue Skies, Blue Water... because there's no way that Jean would recognize that as a motorcycle right off.
-Rob Kelk
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Re: Finally... - DHBirr - 11-19-2005
Quote:Are you sure? What with the differences we've already seen between that world and our own, bearing the Gratan's advanced-for-the-time design in mind, and considering Jean is an inventor in his own right, it seems to me he'd be able to put the concept together just as quickly as your original version depicted.
...there's no way that Jean would recognize that as a motorcycle right off.
After all, it's still obviously a two-wheeled vehicle, so all he needs is to guess/deduce that some part of that flowing structure covers an engine, and there you are. Also, wasn't there something about him building a jet aircraft of sorts at one point? So, if he's already got that design in mind, and notices the turbine, that'll help him realize: bicycle + powerful motor + ultra-streamlining = WOW.DHBirr
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Re: Finally... - Bob Schroeck - 11-19-2005
I guess I should note that, at least as early as of the beginning of DW5, that beautiful, sleek design has a simple metal rack on the rear that holds one pannier/box above the rear fender and one on either side of the rear wheel, all of which are a bit outsized to carry all of Doug's stuff. However, the rack is detachable (Doug carried the whole assembly into his room in the temple, remember).
-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03
Re: Finally... - Black Aeronaut - 11-19-2005
Uhm, I'm getting a broken link.-NeoRaven
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Re: Finally... - Bob Schroeck - 11-20-2005
(tries) Well, damn. It was working a few hours ago.
-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03
Re: Finally... - Bob Schroeck - 11-20-2005
Okay, here's an article with a smaller pic.
And here's a page on Yamaha Japan's site with a different shot.
And for something that really looks like the "missile on wheels" that I describe Doug's bike as, go to this page and scroll down to the MAXAM 3000.
And, oh what the hell, here's the copy of the image I saved from the original article that's now a dead link:
![[Image: dougbike.jpg]](http://www.eclipse.net/~rms/dougbike.jpg)
Now that looks like it belongs in MegaTokyo, doesn't it? Imagine that with Doug's "civvie" black-and-flames design, or in business dress with pearly grey everywhere...
-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03
Re: Finally... - Black Aeronaut - 11-22-2005
Whoah... Yeah, I think missile on wheels is an apt enough description...
But maybe 'super-sonic-multi-aspect-seeking-smart-cruise-missile-on-wheels' is more accurate.
-NeoRaven"I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity." -Edgar Allen Poe
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