Perry King's Gurney Alligator - 2012 Quail Motorcycle Gathering
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Ten years ago F1 racing legend, Dan Gurney, donated the first Gurney Alligator for permanent display at the Peterson Automotive Museum. Perry King was in attendance at the event and one of Gurney's first paying customers. Troy Siahaan talks with King about the different model Alligators on display at the Quail event.
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amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm a sports bike man but id love one of these! Throw them back into production i say!
i'd love to see one of these in motion!
I'm thinking this kind of bike is a good layout for a new generation of streamlined, high performance electric motorcycles.
Agreed!!!
foh with that eletric bullshit
I love the history and the story behind it all.
KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
frickenWaaaltaaah TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Awesome bike interesting story behind it as well. Mr King's voice sounds kinda like Stan Lee.
Yep! Sounds like Stan Lee when he was younger.
The bike from Akira. FortNine done a video on why this riding position is actually the better riding position.
Maybe you should show the bike more than the man?
Perry King lives in the Sierra Nevada Foothills and rides his Alligator. Says its his most reliable bike. Unfortunately I got a lemon that was built without the Woodruff Key in the motor. It blew up, was rebuild by Dan's shop and failed again. I gave up on it. It's still probably back in Anaheim at Dan's shop. This bike is the Ultimate Lane Splitter. It's narrow and will fit between anything
Why haven’t any more bikes in this style been made?
It's certainly a better performance design with the low center of gravity, but the only detriment is the loss of visual height that you get on a bike, and also being lower, it's more difficult for cars to see.
Well if you are 6’3 or 4 its prefect for that but with a little adjustment it could work.
Brilliant.
Agreed!
How come the major motorcycle companies don't make a "foot forward" (recumbent) bike like this ?
Because they have made a living out of recycling the same ideas over and over again. Not trying to shit on modern bike manufacturers or modern bikes, but the big companies are a slave to their own public image or "BRAND" also trying to get new ideas on the road in this day and age is a nightmare from the perspective of 'safety' or more accurately 'safety regulations'.
The fact that you say you "have to" lay it down in a tricky situation sites you are not an experienced rider and therefore your comment is mostly irrelevant
Right - laying it down is just another way of saying , it fell over. The gyroscope effect prevents a rider form doing that on purpose, it's all for taking shit.
Yeah but there's no cigarette lighter...wtf?
It's not a person it's an alligator
In case of an accident you are part of the wreck instantly. In a normal bike you fly off. Not on this thing.
Maybe they could give this some sort of crumple zone and or protective roll cage. Then you could even incorporate a seatbelt? I dunno.
I would love to try one of these. I image the design will allow someone to go pretty fast in a comfortable seated position. However, for serious sportbike riders, sitting higher is an advantage. When the bike leans over, the rider's weight will be inside the turn, so being higher means more weight toward the inside and thus higher cornering speed. Also, because the riders can move around easily, they can achieve a very low CG during turns by hanging off, move forward during acceleration, and back during braking. Also, the recumbent sitting position would be awful if you ever find yourself on a non-paved road.
None of what you said is accurate or applies to physics. You are applying regular sport bike handling theory to a machine that is not even close to the same design. "Sitting higher" is completely and 100% inaccurate for handling. (think why they drag a knee) All the best handling is done with the weight low. They put gas tanks under the seat on a Goldwing. Why? Is that for worse handling? You can't escape physics, man. And a "non paved road"? C'mon, man. Have you heard of active suspension? Lol This isnt a hard tail. I'll leave your comments alone now. There isn't enough space on RUclips to debunk everything you stated
There's just one thing that I'd change and that's put a comfortable seat on the damn thing if it's going to be used for long distances. This bike could be a very long-distance mile-eater if it didn't turn into a torture chamber for the lower back and ass. Ass and back comfort is vital for distance. For the canyon-carvers, not so much.
Fred Yellowsnow Id say listen to the guy getting interviewed since he actually OWNS one and has actually RIDDEN (more than) one.
@@FranchiseSIX5 right, the guy literally said, that only by changing the bike, he was up front, leading the exact same pack of people on the exact same track (of course, on a different outing). well, I guess its just people that can't accept facts and need to stick to the little they know. ;)
@@fredyellowsnow7492 when the bike reaches a certain stage of production, I went to the shop and had the seat and bars adjusted for my height and reach. Very comfortable and I have a bad back. That's why I bought mine in the first place
They did this shit in the 70s
Sorry but this is a very poor design,because you sit so low just think of what happens to your foot and leg when you have to put it down in a sticky situation.
Ugly bike