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Old 04-03-2022, 05:32 PM   #4036 (permalink)
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Lots of other cars/trikes in the link below.

https://www.schultzengineering.us/ptv-rnd/research.htm

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About 300 Litestar Pulse Fully enclosed Motorcycles were built in the 1980's in Owosso, Michigan with a Cd=.193.
I saw one of these in the mid-1980's, guy had a sign on it saying questions $1.00. My co-worker asked a question then walked away and the guy tried to shake me down for the $1.00, what a jerk.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/CM0616-24...ar-auto-cycle/

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Bede’s remarkable LiteStar was based on his BD-5J jet design, with a fiberglass, wingless airplane body covering two inline passenger seats, and a 400cc Yamaha engine. The frame included a pair of rollbars, and two small outrigger wheels on stubby ‘wings,’ which only touched the ground while cornering or at rest. Thus the LiteStar only ever touched three wheels at a time, allowing it to be licensed as a motorcycle.
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