You may recall back in October we were talking about a Yamaha powered by a Ball Rotary or Kugel motor. It was the brainchild of Arnold’s team over at Peraves.ch.
Well, while sorting through my Holiday cards, I found this one from Arnold that said “Best wishes for Holidays + 2007!”
Details were scant, but from the looks of it, by “2007″ Arnold was referring to his plans to manufacture this familiar covered scooter design and then follow up by stuffing the Kugel motor in there for 2008.
I’d like to see how things pan out for the Peraves team and I’d especially like to see what the Kugel motor is capable of. We’ll keep you posted, in case Arnold sends a Birthday card.
30. December 2006 at 12:32 am
Huh…that thing looks cool, but weird. I don’t see how it would work, being covered all like that. Seems to me that you would end up all the time like the second photo, on the ground. How would you keep it level if you cant put your feet down on red lights. I don’t see openings on the side.
30. December 2006 at 12:50 am
The version on its side like a beached fish appears to have pop-out stabilizing wheels. Why they didn’t deploy in that situation is an interesting question.
Why someone would put that crash photo on his otherwise optimistic christmas card is another interesting question.