What could possibly go wrong?

[Greybeard]

Pyotr Shilovsky's two-wheeled car on the streets of London. 1914 year

[muskrat]

G'day GB.
I'll tell you what.
Passenger jumping out the right hand side and the stand is on the left! Amongst 100 other things.
Cheers

[Colsbeeza]

I have read that it had a massive flywheel (gyroscope) to keep it vertical. It was eventually buried underground.
Col

[Greybeard]

I have read that it had a massive flywheel (gyroscope) to keep it vertical. It was eventually buried underground.
Col

The whole vehicle or just the gyroscope?

[Greybeard]

That vehicle must have cost a heck of a lot of money to design and make; who thought this was a good idea?

[berger]

GB who thought it was a good idea ? the same person who designed the fiat  1.3 engine'd vauxhall combo

[Greybeard]

GB who thought it was a good idea ? the same person who designed the fiat  1.3 engine'd vauxhall combo

He must have been a right C U Next Tuesday 😏

You don't seem to have twigged: A right hand drive version of a French vehicule is designed to f*ck up Brits. They hate us!

[berger]

GB correct the clutch master cylinder change on the french version of the 1.3 model is a half hour job. on mine it is a day or more job!!

[Colsbeeza]

Here's the story - the whole vehicle GB.
http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/gyrocars/schilovs.htm
and also
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/01/25/that-time-wolseley-buried-a-russian-counts-two-wheeled-gyro-car-because-it-ran-out-of-storage-space
Col

[Greybeard]

Wow Col, that makes fascinating reading 👍 thanks.