The Geek Church

The need for transportation is something we can all relate to in everyday life. For local travel, there are cars, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles and bicycles when walking isn’t an good option. For national and international travel, there are boats, trains and airplanes. But with local travel, most forms of transportation usually require more than one wheel when used. However, now a motorized bike has been developed that only needs one.

It is called the Hornet superbike, which was created by a man named Liam Ferguson. This bike is powered by two 74 hp (55 kW), in-wheel hydrogen and fuel-cell, six-phase Neodymium-Iron electric engines. The Hornet also has two side-by-side, small wheels to keep it balanced gyroscopically when parking and can reach a top speed of 235 km/h.

So, the Hornet superbike is definitely a unique example of transportation. However, this motorized bike apparently has no cockpit, making the user’s safety a very significant issue. Thus, the concept and design for this new bike may not have been properly thought through. Seriously, how safe can you be riding at full speed on a motorized bike with no cockpit and only one wheel?

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Tags: Hornet superbike, Liam Ferguson, new transportation, one wheel

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