19 weird and whacky personal transportation vehicles that you'd love to ride

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We cod vehicles. We enactment vehicles successful shows. We adjacent marque alternate vehicles and assorted proscription devices due to the fact that - let's look it - vehicles are truthful awesome that limiting ourselves to the four-door assortment conscionable seems sad.

So, if you're reasoning astir buying a caller mode of transportation, don't conscionable spell with a Toyota, particularly erstwhile you could alternatively get an unusual oregon futuristic vehicle. It doesn't substance if you privation to bargain thing harmless oregon person children to tote astir oregon request thing practical, due to the fact that you lone unrecorded once.

We're joking, of course. But, hey, if you person the wealth to walk oregon simply similar to imagination big, we've rounded up immoderate weird and whacky idiosyncratic proscription examples from the past fewer years.

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The Aero-X

The two-seater Aero-X bike was designed to beryllium capable to transport 2 radical astatine 10 feet supra the crushed astatine up to 72kph.

Carbon fibre rotors instrumentality the spot of wheels, truthful the motorcycle tin instrumentality disconnected vertically without the request for guardant velocity oregon a runway, and it should beryllium arsenic casual to thrust arsenic a motorbike,  as the 356kg beast uses handlebar grips for controls.

It tin transportation up to 140kg, should beryllium capable to tally for 75 minutes earlier it's retired of fuel.

Solowheel

The Solowheel is a gyro-stabilized electrical unicycle that provides a hands-free experience. It goes up to 10 mph, weighs 24 lbs, tin transportation up to a 220-lb person, has a 1500-watt motor, and promises a scope of up to 10 miles connected a charge.

The tyre itself is 16 inches by 2.125 inches. Pricing starts astatine $1,495. An Xtreme mentation with implicit 2000-watts of powerfulness is besides present disposable for pre-order.

Orbitwheels

The aforesaid institution that does Solowheel also makes Orbitwheels. 

The thought is simple: 2 feet, 2 wheels…and you’re off. It's described arsenic a transverse betwixt a skateboard and a brace of inline skates, and the wheels' ample radii let you to thrust connected a assortment of antithetic surfaces.

If you don't person wealth for the Solowheel, see the Orbitwheels, arsenic they lone outgo $99.95 for a pair. 

Outrider USA

Cycling to enactment is precise green, but tin mean breaking a sweat.

There are electrical bikes retired determination but fewer that could bushed a sports car to the office.

The Outrider USA makes 1 specified vehicle: the modified Outrider USA 422 Alpha. It weighs conscionable 45kg and tin scope a satellite grounds velocity of implicit 85mph. Pedalling tin supplement battery-powered drive, but erstwhile astatine precocious speeds, the artillery takes over. 

Jyrobike

Jyrobike is simply a bicycle aimed astatine kids that should mean they tin ditch the request for stabilisers adjacent if they've ne'er ridden a motorcycle before.

The bike, which is fitted with an intelligent gyroscope successful the beforehand wheel, tricks the motorcycle into believing it is going overmuch faster than it really is.

Because of that, it is much unchangeable than it should be, and that means that kids learning to rhythm don't autumn over. Charging is via a modular micro USB socket and aft it has been plugged successful for 2 hours you get 3 hours of thrust time; much than capable foodstuff to entertain astir 5 - 8-year-olds.

Yike Bike

Yike Bike is astir apt called that because, erstwhile you find yourself hurtling down the roadworthy connected the backmost of one, you are apt to accidental "Yikes!" successful a precise Scooby-Doo voice. 

That's due to the fact that the Yike Bike is thing you volition person ne'er ridden before, a modern-day Penny-Farthing that sees you beryllium connected a azygous instrumentality with your arms connected handlebars down you. When you're done, it each folds distant to the size of a Brompton bike. It's besides electrical truthful you don't person to pedal, and the main instrumentality to maestro present is balance. 

EN-V

General Motors started working connected this personalised all-electric conveyance a fewer years ago.

EN-V, a conception car scope that was fully working, looks similar thing dreamed up for a live-action mentation of The Jetsons.

The conception details drive-over kinetic recharge points, automated parking stations (which prehend your car from the streets and deposit them stacked successful a row) and specified intelligent collision detection that it volition beryllium feasible to negate the request for a steering instrumentality astatine each (à la I Robot).

There were besides plans, wacky oregon not, to person heads up video conferencing and societal networking functionality connected the widescreen arsenic you travel.

A-Bike

A-Bike is a telescopic folding bicycle from Sinclair. It is electrical is, of course, and was funded and promoted with a Kickstarter campaign.

Sinclair archetypal introduced the folding motorcycle successful 2006, but this caller mentation comes with a detachable 24V artillery and tin springiness you up to 25km of range. 

Toyota i-Road

The Toyota i-Road electrical vehicle conception was archetypal shown to the nationalist astatine the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, past Toyota unleashed it arsenic portion of an experimentation successful Tokyo.

The i-Road tin plug into a modular 100-volt Japanese electrical outlet. It's a tiny car powered by a brace of electrical motors that supply conscionable 5 horsepower, portion the onboard artillery battalion holds capable foodstuff for astir 30 miles of range.

It stands retired for its quality to thin into corners. All the operator needs to bash is crook the steering wheel, and sensors set the vehicle’s space to compensate. It tin besides self-stabilise portion stationary.

Piaggio MP3 Yourban LT

There are 2 versions of the MP3 Yourban available, the 125cc and the 300cc, known arsenic the LT. As this is classed arsenic a centrifugal tricycle, you don’t request a motorcycle licence to thrust it - your modular driving licence volition person you covered. 

Achieving designation arsenic a centrifugal tricycle has led immoderate of the design, for illustration the rear protruding indicator lights and the ft brake, but otherwise, your regular scooter controls work: twist and go, afloat automatic, with brake levers.  

Riding the Yourban LT is precise easy, airy feathering of the brakes and creaseless throttle enactment volition get you going gently, but the 300cc motor means determination is powerfulness connected pat erstwhile you request to devour up those miles. 

Hanebrink

We’re looking astatine the sexiest electrical bike we’ve seen truthful far.

The Hanebrink X3 exemplary has 2 20 x 8-inch wheels beforehand and backmost giving a monolithic aboveground country to skip crossed soil and snow, and a 750-watt centrifugal that volition spot it bash 20mph - and that’s earlier you commencement pedalling.

The low, centre-mounted centrifugal means the value isn’t stuck connected the beforehand oregon backmost instrumentality and ensures equilibrium and stableness successful turns. The motorcycle features 14-speed Shimano gearing and a rear rack and a modular li-ion battery.

The framework is aluminium, with a c fibre spot station and handlebars. We privation one, and we cognize you bash too.

Lexus Hoverboard

Luxury car shaper Lexus has created a real-life, rideable hoverboard. The task is portion of an ongoing run astatine Lexus that's meant to showcase creativity and innovation wrong the Lexus brand. 

The board, called the Lexus Hoverboard, features beardown magnets successful bid to enactment in-air arsenic good arsenic liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors and imperishable magnets to enactment a rider (which explains the mist coming from the board).

It besides features a spindle-grille signifier and is comprised of materials that see earthy bamboo. The Lexus hoverboard has been successful improvement for implicit 18 months by teams successful some Germany and London and should statesman investigating successful Barcelona implicit the coming weeks. It tin presently interval astir an inch disconnected the ground.

Ryno

The Ryno “microcycle” is simply a spot of a futuristic proscription vehicle. 

RYNO’s maximum velocity is 10mph, which is astir adjacent to a 6-minute mile. Depending connected payload, a azygous complaint tin enactment up to 15 miles/16km of travel, and a modular partition outlet tin complaint the batteries. 

Impossible

Impossible is simply a bully looking bike that ingeniously folds down into a lawsuit that doubles arsenic the saddle.

Despite its size, the Impossible motorcycle is capable to enactment weights of up to 85kg (in the archetypal physique astatine least) and tin question astatine 12.5mph for 45 minutes, oregon astir 15.6 miles astatine "normal speed" acknowledgment to its 10 2,900mAh batteries.

It uses a brushless DC centrifugal designed and built specifically for this motorcycle that results successful a pedal-free experience. Unfolding the motorcycle for usage is simply a four-stage process: Unlock, Combine twisting retired the saddle station and handlebars, Pull up to height,

Put and Lock arsenic the saddle is added and the framework locks successful place. 

Boosted

Boosted gives you the feeling of snowboarding, surfing, and wakeboarding, but it has electrical motors, almighty brakes, and wireless control. 

The azygous $999 mentation tin spell 8 miles connected a afloat charge, and velocity is constricted to 18-22 mph. It has a 1,000-watt motor, weighs 13.5lbs, and comes with modular grip tape. More almighty versions are besides disposable for much money, of course.

Furore Formula Kit Car

It's a replica twin-seater racing car, but for the road. It costs astir £10,000 (building it from a kit) oregon astir £19,000 acceptable to thrust away.

The kit car volition walk the IVA trial successful UK and tin beryllium registered with DVLA. It's been built utilizing the modular Toyota 1.6 Twin Cam 4AGE engine, but a motorcycle motor is recommended, arsenic it brings with it a 6-speed sequential gearbox.

There are besides motor cradles disposable for the ZZR1100 & ZZR1400 Kawasaki engines. With the modular Toyota engine, you'll get astir 120 to 130 mph, portion the ZZR1400 motor gets astir 160 mph.

Replica 1966 Batmobile

Fiberglass Freaks makes replica Batmobiles officially licensed by DC Comics. 

With the LX, you'll get a 525hp crate engine, 4L70E GM Transmission, 3.70 Currie Rear End, and Air Ride Suspension.

The car has the iconic achromatic and reddish gloss decorativeness arsenic good arsenic a heavy fibreglass assemblage with an opening hood, doors, and trunk (electric actuators unfastened the hood and trunk with the flip of a switch). 

Tron Lightcycle

The Lightcycle is based connected the vehicle from 2010's Tron: Legacy. Amazing, right?

Well, it has a 96-volt electrical centrifugal and lithium-ion artillery pack. And Parker Brothers quotes a apical velocity of "in excess of 100 mph" arsenic good arsenic a scope of 100 miles connected a azygous complaint (with 35 infinitesimal recharge times). 

Honda Ubi-cub

Looking like a stool, alternatively than a motorcycle oregon a car, the thought of the uni-cub is that you power your question successful immoderate absorption by leaning that way.

Riders, if you tin telephone them that, request lone to displacement their assemblage value to determination forwards oregon strafe near oregon close astatine a comfy alternatively than hairsbreadth raising velocity (it has a maximum velocity of conscionable 6kph.) Expected to beryllium utilized successful museums successful the aboriginal truthful you tin look astatine things portion inactive sitting down. 

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Editing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 22 July 2015.