35 TRACKED MOTORCYCLES & CYCLES

Tuscan from American Tuscan was produced at Salt Lake City, Utah in 1967. Its 20 hp engine could up 45° slopes said the designers. Skis could be fitted at front. This nice Tuscan, commissioned by US Forest Service for the rangers remained a prototype. http://www.automotto.com/entry/tuscan-a-trail-bike-that-never-scorched-trails/

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscan

Tuscan Prototype, 1965, on eBay

Albert Lismayer handmade snow-cat seen on the excellent site : http://www.

pistenraupe.de/

Eigenbau.html

Motorbike AD Boivin Explorer in conversion kit, mod 2000. AD Boivin Design Inc., Lévis, Québec. http://www.adboivin.com/

home_adboivin.aspx

Tracked motorcycle of Edward Gerashchenko, 2008. http://vechnayamolodost.ru/

pages/investiciiivenchur/

belnakisb.html

Tracked Motorbike home made for hunting, rescue, geology. http://blog.hobby-live.ru/blog/auto/13.html http://snegohod-tuning.ru/istoriya-snegoxoda.html

Tracked motorcycle 'The Ant', homemade, from Russia. For snow 25 cm depth, payload : the driver + 30 kg + 80 kg on a trailer, mass 110 kg. Font tire sidewall are bolted on the rim and filled with foam. Rear track is 2 nylon bands bolted on steel cables. Grouser are U steel sheets. http://www.avto

motoklyb.ru/Samodelnyi-gusenichnyi-motocikl.htm

	Self-made two tracks 100 cc scooter 2006, from Russia.
	Self-made 2WD motorcycle Civar, 18 hp, from Russia.

Civar tracked motorcycle of Gregory Humenny, 110 kg, 35-40 km/h. http://lunohodov.net/

forum/viewtopic.php?t=6564 http://snegohod-tuning.ru/istoriya-snegoxoda.html

Motochenilles Mercier. Pict J M M at Rétromobile, Paris, 2007 02.

and the book : 'L'Automobile sous l'Uniforme' by François Vauvillier, published by Massin, Paris, 1992.

Mercier Motochenilles Type 3, 1939. This prototype belongs to Mario Salvatore, Aix-les-Bains, France. Pict J M M at Rétromobile, Paris, 2007 02.

Front track motorcycle, 1937, built at Bois-Colombes, France, by Mercier, from Swiss. Well considered by French Army, 11 hp engine was a little weak although it could run up slopes of 42%. http://bikerspublic.com/profile.php?u=Muravei613&mode=gallery

Hyanide and Baal design concepts all-terrain motorcycles were part of the Michelin Challenge Design 2006 of North American International Auto Show in Detroit. These tracked motorcycles, based on a bendable track and steered both hands and feet were conceived by two German designers, Tilmann Schlootz and Oliver Keller. Nice project, real damage prototype not be built ! http://www.gizmag.com/go/5638/picture/23578/

Alpenscooter is a kind of snowmobile of Pozza Company from early 80s used by Mountain Troops of Italian Army. Ski replaces front wheel in snow.

http://www.hoteladamello.it

/marcopera/alpenscooter/

OEC (Osborn Engineering Co., Gasport, Hants, GB). Tracked Motorcycle Prototype, 1928. Pict from 'Wheels & Tracks' N° 74, 2001.

Tracked motor cycle in line 3x2, 3 seats, Victoria-Werke AG of Nuremberg, in the 30s. Pict from Wheels & Tracks N° 74, 2001.

	RASC Triumph based tracked motor cycle, 1927, From GB, is in a museum. Pict of book of Bart H. Vanderveen ‘Half-Tracks’, Warne, 1970.
	Tracked Motorcycle 41642 http://www.cn.all.biz/buy/goods/?category=2505
	Tracked motorcycle of a site of games : http://www.igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=19893&PHPSESSID=c18ff1&width=1366. It is believed steering is by curved track as Hyanide.

Snow-chopper

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Tracked conversion of Toyota about the 80s. Pict from 'Livre Mondial des Inventions' d of Valérie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing, Fixot, 1993.

BMW tracked motorcycle of 1936 'Sneekrad' or snowmobile.

http://thekneeslider.com/

archives/2009/12/17/1936-bmw-schneekrad/

1936 BMW Schneekrad-Snowmobile. They ask how to steer. Track was it bendable ? Pict of Kurt Wormer http://www.rxx.co.il/TextPage

_EN.aspx?ID=7400888

Lehaître tracked motorcycle, 1938. Pict from book 'Le Livre des Inventions' of Valérie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing, Robert Laffond, 1999.

Tracked Motorcycle, 1938, of J Lehaitre, Paris. Speed 25 m.p.h. Steering was accomplished by handlebars which controlled a sideways motion of the drive belt. From Modern Mechanix, Feb 1938.

http://justacarguy.

blogspot.com/search/label/caterpillar%20trac

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and the review : 'L'Automobiliste' N° 47, Oct-Nov-Dec 1977, article 'Les motochenilles' of C. H. Tavard and Y. M. Bornecque.

Moto-chenille Lehaître in 1938 whose 2 little additional wheels were not easy in off-road conditions. Steering was a problem.

See the book : 'L'Automobile sous l'Uniforme' by François Vauvillier, published by Massin, Paris, 1992.

Moto-chenille Courtot in 1935 had 2 tracks and rear wheels were ride control. Off-road capabilities were not better than a classic motorcycle and consumption was 12 times higher. See the book : 'L'Automobile sous l'Uniforme' by François Vauvillier, published by Massin, Paris, 1992.

Tracked Roadless Motorcycle based on a Douglas machine. Suspension by cables, about mid-20s. Pict from the book of Stuart Gibbard, Roadless, the Story of Roadless Traction from Tracks to Tractors, Farming Press, 1996.

	Tracked cycle of Patrick Carn. Pict from book 'Le Livre des Inventions' of Valérie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing, Robert Laffond, 1999.
	Tracked cycle of Patrick Carn. Pict from book 'Le Livre des Inventions' of Valérie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing, Robert Laffond, 1999.

Ktrak Tracked Cycle.jpg

Ktrak tracked cycle, 2007, of course better downslope than upslope.
http://bodyguardsonline.com/yekstrim/665-gusenichnyj-velosiped-dlya-zimnego-yekstrima-zimoj.html

It is always manufactured : www.ktrak.es

Tracked Motor Bike, 1982

Tracked snow bike, 1982. The trial motor bike Fantic 200 was equipped with a snow kit. Speed 40 km:h.

Two-tracks Motorcycycle Project

Two Tracks driven motorcycle project, early 2000 from Hannu and Koivuniemi, Finland. It does not seem that a practical model was built.