Crazy Burning Man Vision Trike Update.

[dneuman]

Hello All,
   I'm back, just broke the vision out of storage and I'm ready to revive it for another year.  You might remember me asking a bunch of questions last year at about this time...  I don't think I ever shared with you guys the new look of the Vision based art vehicle.
http://madmadscientist.com/galleries/bman2k5/steve05/

And wouldn't you know it right after we got up there the fricken RR stopped working....so I'll be reading over the FAQ on that one. I also need to rebuild the front brakes and the front fork seals are shot....don't know what I'm going to do about that.

Daniel Neuman
Oakland CA

       

[Lucky]

i'll say it again, that's one of the coolest things i have ever seen... you have to post a Video or get that in in a movie. (Mad Max - Beyond all sanity) lol

[d0n]

is that really driveable?   ??? Safely, at reasonable speeds?  ???

[dneuman]

Well actually you might get your wish.  It looks like a crew from spike TV is going to do a documentary of our group this year so you might see us on TV.

Daniel Neuman
Oakland CA

i'll say it again, that's one of the coolest things i have ever seen... you have to post a Video or get that in in a movie. (Mad Max - Beyond all sanity) lol

[dneuman]

In a word, NO in two words Hell No!!!!  ;)
It was made for a very specific purpose and that was tooling around at 5mph on a giant open flat salt lake bed.
Daniel Neuman
Oakland CA

is that really driveable?   ??? Safely, at reasonable speeds?  ???

[d0n]

interesting... but why would anyone want to tool around at 5mph on an open salt bed?  ???

[MotorPlow]

interesting... but why would anyone want to tool around at 5mph on an open salt bed?  ???

The burning man has a lot of people asking that very same question, but every year lots of people do it and it gets bigger every year.

[dneuman]

Yea you must of missed it last year when we went thru this same thing.
Think of the trike as basically a parade float.  You aren't going to take your parade float on the freeway are you?
All I can say is that even at 5mph its still fun to tool around out there and meet people and check out stuff.

interesting... but why would anyone want to tool around at 5mph on an open salt bed?  ???

[Extent]

Wow... just wow.

The apocalyptic bob glues some widgits and ends up being lame.

This is so bat s*** insane it has to be cool!

And I agree, this thread is in desperate need of some video clips  ;D

[dneuman]

Huh,
  I can't tell if you are insulting me or complimenting me or both???

Wow... just wow.

The apocalyptic bob glues some widgits and ends up being lame.

This is so bat s*** insane it has to be cool!

And I agree, this thread is in desperate need of some video clips  ;D

[louthepou]

I love it!!!

(Those who know me are not surprised).

Lou

[Extent]

Huh,
  I can't tell if you are insulting me or complimenting me or both???

Heh, I'm referring to the Cycle World modified vision, which basically had it's tail chopped off and some chrome spikes glued on.  I think that bike is lame.  It's only lightly modified and just trying too hard to look like something it's not (I would know, my bike is exactly the same thing)

Your trike on the other hand, is a different story.  Would I rock it?  Well... no, it's not really my thing, but that dosen't stop it from being totally awesome.  You can bet I'ld be all over that thing trying to figure out how you made it work.  The trike is so over the top that it dosen't matter if you like it or not, it's still totally cool.  That's my opinion at least, nothing but mad props from me :thumbs up:

[d0n]

I've been reading alot about the burning man. Before your post I'd never heard of it.

Wow, it sounds like an incredible week. I wanna try it sometime.

I don't understand why they choose to have it in the 100+ degree heat of the desert though.  ???

[dneuman]

The story goes, that they wanted to make it far away and hard to get to, in some pretty rough conditions to cut down on the amount of people coming.  You have to really WANT to come to make the trip and deal with the heat. Heck, last year there was over 30,000 people there.  Could you imagine how many folks would of shown up if it would of been held somewhere nice and easy to get to?

I've been reading alot about the burning man. Before your post I'd never heard of it.

Wow, it sounds like an incredible week. I wanna try it sometime.

I don't understand why they choose to have it in the 100+ degree heat of the desert though.  ???

[d0n]

Could you imagine how many folks would of shown up if it would of been held somewhere nice and easy to get to?

yeah, like me!  ;D

it's 93 here now and I don't wanna even go outside! So muggy... I'm pretty content indoors with the a/c blowing in my face and drinking screwdrivers.  ;D ;)