Quiz 29

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

I need the model name and year. Both of them!!! Oh yes, and what powers them!!!

[big J]

Was this built by Franco Sbarro around 2001?

[GuzzTim]

The model's name is Tiffany. I'm guessing 1980's vintage. I suspect she's powered by men with large bank accounts.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

No and no.

[big J]

Narrow bore Itcchifanni powered by solid fuel thruster?

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Nope.

It is very recent, from the last 6 monthes!

[callison]

It's powered by fuela and she's powered by moolah! Too little money and it will all DeRez - just like in "Tron".

[Guest Nogbad]

At a guess, if its the last 6 months, with the increase in faith in the new religion of Climate Change, its probably powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Since models don't actually eat anything, but only drink 8 liters of Evian a day, the answer is that both the bike and model run on WATER!

[TX REDNECK (R.I.P.)]

Is Honda behind this ?

 

It looks like it wont be long until we have cyborg brains as well, or at least until the smart ones among us get their brains borgified.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Was this built by Franco Sbarro around 2001?

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I have made an error by not acknowledging this point. The designer is Franco Sbarro. There are two gentleman from adjoining countries designing similar bikes with the same name and I had my data mixed. Very sorry!

However it has been six weeks and no one has found the model and year of the bike or the ..er.. model!

Here is another photo as well as a photo of an earlier model by the same name.

[Guzzirider]

Is Honda behind this ?

 

 

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Tex- can you change your GIF so those breasts just fall out of that yellow bra?

 

No more teasing please!

[DeBenGuzzi]

I have made an error by not acknowledging this point. The designer is Franco Sbarro. There are two gentleman from adjoining countries designing similar bikes with the same name and I had my data mixed. Very sorry!

However it has been six weeks and no one has found the model and year of the bike or the ..er.. model!

Here is another photo as well as a photo of an earlier model by the same name.

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that one was just Uber hard jim, I must have looked for a few hours myself who knows how much others looked. I think you get a point for stumping us.

[Admin Jaap]

Jim, tell me who gets the point(s)

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

I'll wait one more day and then I'll give the answers. I still don't know who could get a point for this one.

[belfastguzzi]

I'll wait one more day and then I'll give the answers. I still don't know who could get a point for this one.

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In that case:

 

it is the 'Autonomous Motor Unit'.

 

OZ is the company working on this.

It was shown at the Geneva Motor Show.

 

The AMU's mechanicals are sited in the rear wheel. The idea seems to be to create more space in the vehicle by putting the engine inside a monster wheel! This stuff is invented for Sbarro by the O·Z design staff. Sbarro and O·Z are proposing three prototypes on three different road configurations (super sports, motorcycle and three-wheeled vehicle).

 

 

"The motor, a 160 CV four-cylinder motorcycle engine with five valves, water radiator, two fans, the four-in-one exhaust tube, gas tank, suspension with an excursion of 12 cm, is contained in a single wheel. We can envision weights and performance: the prototype doesn't weigh over 200 kg, I think, and on the road, it can travel at the speed of the motorcycle from which the engine comes." Adriano Gasparin, chief of the O·Z Styling Centre, illustrates the Italian share of the project: "a 23" flange, mounted on a 720 mm disk, to reach a diameter of 28", as requested by Sbarro, makes up the technological framework of the wheel, with a special tyre produced by Rupp in collaboration with Michelin, to cover the width of the motor and its components.

 

This is an interesting take on the Citroen Berlingo, which is already a handy wee van: