The Orthopedic Surgeon's Bike

[Sarris]

http://s3.postimage.org/5PJwA.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/btic5l6s/) http://s3.postimage.org/5PR00.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/btnarmo4/) http://s3.postimage.org/5QBoJ.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/buipz81w/) http://s3.postimage.org/5QSRJ.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/buuaqnic/) http://s3.postimage.org/5QXR0.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/buxltchw/) http://s3.postimage.org/5R4kr.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/bv2kfdz8/)

This bike was supposedly built by an orthopedic surgeon. I still can't find the gas tank. Click for a larger image.

[blaine]

That is a impressive looking machine.I wonder if the large bones on each side are used for fuel tanks? :??: O_o

[alantf]

I wonder if the large bones on each side are used for fuel tanks? :??: O_o

Or the "spinal column"?

[burkbuilds]

It may not need a gas tank since there's no drive chain or lighting, I'd say this is a wonderfully built piece of artwork, but probably not an actual running machine.

[Easy Rider]

It may not need a gas tank since there's no drive chain or lighting, I'd say this is a wonderfully built piece of artwork, but probably not an actual running machine.

And I suspect that it would be a mistake to ASSume that the riding posture is somehow ideal either. :)

[blaine]

It may not need a gas tank since there's no drive chain or lighting, I'd say this is a wonderfully built piece of artwork, but probably not an actual running machine.
Duh!! :) Good eye.I never noticed that it had no drive system. :??: :cool:

[mole2]

It may not need a gas tank since there's no drive chain or lighting, I'd say this is a wonderfully built piece of artwork, but probably not an actual running machine.
Duh!! :) Good eye.I never noticed that it had no drive system. :??: :cool:

Looks to me that it has a drive shaft on the left side. The tank is the pelvic area...the speedo is mounted on top of it. That's what it appers to me.


:)

[cayuse]

I don't see clutch or brake levers. See 4th photo. There's the sprocket but no chain. Could be a work in process, but I bet it's just nice art.

[dhgeyer]

Yup, looks like lawn art to me. Kinda like this one, but the "Blue Hog" was, in fact, rideable.
http://s2.postimage.org/x1Ri.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/12bo0p5w/) http://s2.postimage.org/x6QA.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/12ez3e5g/)

[Viirin]

Why is in the middle of a field? ah well, by the sounds of things it isn't going anywhere

[cayuse]

I think the blue hog needs a couple more reflectors :roll:

[blaine]

How about riding this?

[alanmcorcoran]

Yup, looks like lawn art to me. Kinda like this one, but the "Blue Hog" was, in fact, rideable.
http://s2.postimage.org/x1Ri.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/12bo0p5w/)

A one bike parade.

[alanmcorcoran]

This looks like a classic example of Projects That Seemed Cooler On Paper. It's a clever joke, but I wouldn't want to keep telling it over and over and over again. Is the girl on the bike the model for the, ahem... "body"?

[Water Warrior 2]

I don't see clutch or brake levers. See 4th photo. There's the sprocket but no chain. Could be a work in process, but I bet it's just nice art.

Probably started out as a project involving an automotive engine and tranny but became lawn art. In other pics I have seen of this bike there are dual headlights in the skull eye sockets.

[b1pig]

i'm betting that its a friction drive. check the right/rear quarter view. theres an oblongish shaped guard. i'm betting thats a cover for the friction drive wheel. i watched em build a custom bike using a friction drive. dont recall whose it was (big bear choppers or something). anyway, they used a bigbore v-twin and they were concerned whether or not the friction drive would destroy the tire or not. i'd bet its ideal with a flat profile car tire.