That's the whole point. Babbage was stopped as much by the limitations of the era's technology as by anything else. By all accounts he was an oddball, but he was also a genius and a pioneer.
Note: I am now, and I have ever been, a card-carrying member of the American Motorcyclist Association.
I would pay DAMN good money to ride one of these. Yep, stuff could fail. The front tire of my BMW could have a catastrophic blowout today on the way to work as I zoom down 101 way over the speed limit. Feces happens.
The *real* problem with this baby is that I don't see a way to get the BMW 1200cc K powerplant onto it.
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That's the whole point. Babbage was stopped as much by the limitations of the era's technology as by anything else. By all accounts he was an oddball, but he was also a genius and a pioneer.
Note: I am now, and I have ever been, a card-carrying member of the American Motorcyclist Association. I would pay DAMN good money to ride one of these. Yep, stuff could fail. The front tire of my BMW could have a catastrophic blowout today on the way to work as I zoom down 101 way over the speed limit. Feces happens. The *real* problem with this baby is that I don't see a way to get the BMW 1200cc K powerplant onto it.