Flight of Fancy

FLIGHT OF FANCY

Apparently, not all of us feel that motorcycles already are the perfect mode of transportation. Take Garrick Zack, for example, a 31-year-old industrial designer. His experimental vehicle, called the Pheuled Type 1 (www.phueled.net), is meant to be “something new.” Says Zack, “I wanted to take the positive aspects of a motorcycle—narrow footprint and fuel efficiency—and cross it with the positive aspects of a car—safety and functionality.”

The vehicle is designed to lean on its four wheels via chassis/wheel pivots, provide some degree of “crush zone” and is powered by a 1990 Yamaha 600cc Four. The real trick, though, is that he intends to build another just like it, joining the two side-by-side with a linkage. Travel for two would then be car-like, Zack envisions, but if traffic got bad, you’d simply pull over and detach, each independently powered machine squeezing between lanes to rejoin its mate in the future. For now, you’ll have to be happy with your current motorcycle-there are no production plans.

Mark Hoyer