CABIN CRUISER; FLYING WITHOUT WINGS.(News)
AutoWeek, April, 2006
Byline: ERIC TEGLER Say you live in an ecologically correct country cabin and need a ride. What would be apropos? A cabin motorcycle of course. Swiss builder Peraves has just the thing, the aptly named Eco Mobile. The name might sound a little weedy, but enthusiasts need not fret-it was originally called the Rocket.
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Cabin motorcycles, your basic motorcycle enclosed in a hull of sorts, have been around since the 1920s. Though never a major vehicular segment, they drew interest in postwar Eastern Europe where pioneers like Czech aeronautical engineer Jan Anderle sought to develop ...
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