2 Wheel drive bikes

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Tintin

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BMW R1200GS Adventure
This is old - ish, I know, but I think it's a very interesting concept....

Checkout https://www.ohlins.com/Checkpoint-Ohlins/2WD---The-Complete-Story/How-it-all-started/

Ohlins and Yamaha's take on 2 wheel drive bikes.

I think it'll happen, eventually....

A different take on it, maybe someone can fill in the blanks:
At the 1000 bike classic show in Germis this year, saw an ex-Eskom 185 cc "Tractor" bike. This thing is 2 wheel drive, but mechanical as opposed to Ohlins hydraulic. The Eskom bike has sprockets with the diameter of 40 Gallon oil drums !!! (sprockets front and rear). The tyres would look at home on a  Massey Fergason !!!!

I don't recall the name of the thing, but it looked very hard.
 
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