Anyone know of a motorcycle with a roll cage and seat belts?

Question

Listen, before the smartass responses waste my time and give you a false impression of your own wit, I'm looking for an equivalent to the BMW C1 that I can legally purchase and register here in the U.S. (Our wonderful Fed. Gov. won't allow BMW C1 legal importation status). I don't want a car, I want a bike with seatbelts and a rollcage like a BMW C1. My house is on an island in the Puget Sound and it can take almost an hour to get on the ferry during workdays to get both on and off the island. However, motorcycles are allowed on without waiting. Since it rains alot in the Seattle area, I'd like a little more protection than the average bike because I'll be riding it throghout the year. Finally, if you must be a smartass, at least make it worth the read.

Answer 1

Something cool you probably don't realize is that in the US you can LEGALLY regsiter any quad as a motorcycle. This is the route I think you want to take, Buy a Quad slap on some streetfriendly tires and GO. BTW the C1 is an EXTREMELY unsafe Sissy Scooter the LAST thing I'd want for safety on a motorcycle is to be strapped to it, You are safer with a good helmet because if the bike goes down you want to become seperated from it and most likely will have a safer wreck. When motorcycles go down they will slide and most often end up flipping side over side if they do roll. Go study a couple of bike wrecks and ask yourself, do I REALLY want to be strapped to that thing?? or do I want to be the dude sliding a couple hundred feet on my back and escape with some road rash.

Answer 2

Motorcycle Roll Bar

Answer 3

there is a 3 wheeler currently being introduced in some parts of europe, but they are not street legal for the states. they lean and corner like the average street bike, but the driver is totally enclosed. note that this is 3 wheels, not 2. even if u could get 1 here, be prepared to shell out a huge hunk of coin for 1; anywhere from mid 50k to almost 60 grand. this price would make a harley ultra glide look cheap.
i ride bikes, and have been caught in the rain a few times. if ya cant afford the dressers, just roll down to the harley shop and pick up a rainsuit for 100 bucks. washington state is also what we riders call a 'lid state'; helmets are manditory.
from experience, a bike with a windsheild will deflect about 80% of the rain from the chest area at speed; generally, over 45. face sheilds on the half and full face helmets will protect the face from the stinging rain. since full dressers, like ultra glide or goldwing's, have an area that totally blocks airblast around the legs, at speed, u'd basically stay dry....until ya need to stop.

u definately wouldnt want anything strapped on any 2 wheeler. that bike will be sliding for a much greater distance than u will. rain wont cause ya to melt, but just like for 4 wheelers, wet roads are slick; but a wet road will be alot less forgiving to a biker than a cager.

Answer 4

Valid question!

There are some Bikes on the market that have got full enclosure and come fitted with seat belts and all the other cons you see in cars. These are usually more of a custom line thing and not always production line.

Because of that they are not cheap either.

Unfortunately they are almost only availble in Europe as well.

BMW to my knowledge does not make an enclosed bike but a company called QUASAR
that built some very nice bikes using BMW powerplants.

I also found this article which outlines how to make your own cage if you are handy enough http://www.btinternet.com/~jhpart/bkencl3.htm
Hope that helps.

Answer 5

I have not seen a motorcycle with a cage in the US, but there are a number of hybrid three wheelers being developed right now. The one I have been associated with (I am a cage fabricator) has the option of a full cage with a full body on its 250cc frame. This "bike" leans as it turns, giving it more traction and cornering ability. I know it is not a 2 wheel motorcycle, but in reality, it is as much fun with better fuel mileage. After I got done with the prototype cage, it looked similar to a Smart car.

Answer 6

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Anyone know of a motorcycle with a roll cage and seat belts?
Listen, before the smartass responses waste my time and give you a false impression of your own wit, I'm looking for an equivalent to the BMW C1 that I can legally purchase and register here in the U.S. (Our wonderful Fed. Gov. won't allow BMW C1 legal importation status). I don't want...

Answer 7

I have never seen what you are referring to. If you can't find it in the States, you can't ride it in the States. Don't they sell decent rain suits there? They do everywhere else. Put some saddle bags on your motorcycle to store your suit in good weather and you will always be prepared. You can enjoy yourself, have the benefit of getting on the ferry first, and not look like a geek. I know I have always said "who cares what you look like", but even that is too much for me not to comment on. If you really must, try looking up the different trike conversions/manufacturers. They are classed as motorcycles in many places, so you should be able to be first on.

P.S. Kieth C a quad is not a street legal vehicle. Not here, probably not there.

Answer 8

Yea, I would like one to. But it would have to have a cup holder, DVD player with surround sound, navigation system, heated seats and a sun roof. It must come with at least $100 in Starbucks gift certificates all so. Damn Yuppies...

Ha, Yuppie boy emailed me. Apparently my response wasn't funny. I guess Yuppies can't take a joke...

And by the way, if you emailed "bikernoj" your are a super Yuppie cause that sheet was funny...

Answer 9

saw one on tv some rapper owned it, it has both seatbelts and a roll cage its really fast but its a three wheeler its called a T-Rex Campagna look it up i dont have a link but i think it qualifys as a motorcycle check it out its awesome...hope this helps you

Answer 10

I started reading your post, and somewhere in the middle it turned into WAAAAAH! WAAAAAH! WAAAAAAH!

Perhaps you have other demands?:

"I don't want a wife, I want an athletic, blonde MENSA supermodel with a culinary degree to live with me!"

"I don't want to sleep, I want to lie supine in a comfortable place and lose consciousness for 6 to 8 hours to refresh my body."

"I don't want to dodge lesbians and be rained on while going across Puget Sound to get Starbuck's, but I choose to live in freakin' Seattle!"

You ride a bike in Seattle, you get wet. You don't want to be wet, drive a car. Perhaps you could affix a lexan bubble to one of those fancy Segway doodads and feel right at home on the "fairy" boat!