On Nov 25, 10:45*pm, "Dave H."
wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote...

* *http://www.wimp.com/reliantrobin/

I thought that looked unstable.

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Having been passenger in one around the winding lanes of Wales... Damn Right
they're unstable!

If building a 3-wheeler, put the single wheel *at the back*, or it'll lift
the inside rear if you touch the brakes in a bend, famous for it...

At least they're light enough to turn back over onto the wheels, assuming
the fibreglass body hasn't dissapeared in a blizzard of scraps.

The Robin is in a loophole in UK motoring law, being light enough (and
having few enough wheels) to qualify as a motorcycle, so they were popular
in the 50's - 70's with people who had a bike licence but not car licence,
and they attracted lower "road tax" fees and used very little petrol so were
a good economic prospect for the family man on a very tight budget who
otherwise would have been out in the breeze (and typically the rain, this
being England) on a bike and sidecar outfit - nobody would touch 'em
otherwise

They're also the standard butt-of-joke in motoring-related comedy, Jasper
Carrot made a career of knocking 'em

Dave H.
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(The engineer formerly known as Homeless)

"Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" -
Douglas Bader

Mr. Bean hated them too.
Karl