I just had to post it again - damn, I wish they sold those here!







The Derbi DH 2.0, is a mountain bike sized motorcycle with a small engine and very light weight. It has fuel in frame like a Buell, an automatic transmission, a 100cc air cooled 4 stroke engine, underseat exhaust, inverted fork, air monoshock out back and a dry weight of 88 pounds! That’s a lot closer to mountain bike weight than motorcycle. The DH in the name refers to downhill mountain biking. (They explain even the brand name Derbi originates from DERived from BIcycle. I didn’t know that!) And if I read things correctly, the engine can even be quickly dismounted for a fast downhill with less weight.

This is a pretty high tech little machine which also shows the guys who built Project M85 Freeride might be on to something. Cool.

 

These have been around for a couple of years now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhiMm...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfRfH...eature=related

 

I like the pedals! Plus the gas mileage must be great!

 

I would snap that frame in half.

 

just in half??

 

that be something for a young'n to start riding on the trails for the experiance

 

THey need working pedals so it can be used as a moped, which would be totally street legal around here with no registration, insurance..
But yeah, totally sweet azzz. You'd think they'd be good for trials?

 

It's a motorcycle. If some of them are 100cc's as reported in this thread then they will need to be tagged and registered as motorcycles where I live. They will also be considered ORV's and again would not be street legal due to the engine size with no horn, turn signals, etc... They will be treated as off road bikes and shunned from public lands like the rest of us are. Looks like fun though.

Mike

 

i had a derbi motor in a little miniroadracing motorcycle called a metrakit. it was a total p.o.s.

 

The pedals are attached to the frame. Someone please tell me that they have a function other than being bicycle like foot pegs.

Mike