Its rider sat astride a wooden frame supported by two in-line wheels and pushed the vehicle along with his / her feet while steering the front wheel.

The line-up features a completely new body and interiors, front McPherson suspension and rear torsion bar, rack and pinion steering and an updated 5-speed gearshift.

The Dubonnet front suspension was replaced by a conventional coil-and-wishbone layout and the steering was correspondingly rearranged.

** Improvements to cooling in exhaust side at cylinder heads, steering rack, power steering pump, soundproofing, front cooling flaps deleted, new style shift knob with integrated leather booth in manual gearbox cars, etc.

Equipped with manual steering, manual windows and door locks, sunroof delete, radio delete, AC delete, cruise delete, passenger side door mirror delete, wider 15x7 phone dial alloys for the rear while retaining 15x6 in front, and the M030 package which included stiffer springs and Koni shocks.

The transmission again compensates by sending torque to the front wheels for better steering control and braking performance.

Forester L comes with a high level of standard equipment, including ABS, air conditioning, power windows, power locks, cruise control, digital temp gauge, multi-reflector halogen headlights, fog lights, roof rack, rear window defogger, trailer harness connector, reclining front bucket seats with adjustable lumbar support, tilt steering, tinted glass, AM / FM / cassette stereo with its antenna laminated in the left-rear quarter window, 24-hour roadside assistance.

The Forester XTI concept vehicle uses the 2. 5 liter intercooled turbo engine from Subaru WRX STI, 6-speed manual transmission, 18 x 8-inch S204 forged alloy wheels with Yokohama Advan Neova 255 / 40R18 performance tires, adjustable coil-over suspension, Brembo brakes with 4-piston front calipers, 2-piston rear calipers, Super Sport ABS and Electronic Brake-force Distribution ( EBD ), leather and Alcantara sport seats, a special instrument cluster, front dash and center console and leather-wrapped steering wheel.

Sea turtles fly through the water, using the up-and-down motion of the front flippers to generate thrust ; the back feet are not used for propulsion, but may be used as rudders for steering.

The front of the " hull " was provided with a plastic window, but in practice it was found that water splashing onto it made this useless, and the driver instead had to take steering directions from the vehicle commander.

It originates from two crestas ( skeleton sleds ) being attached together with a board and a steering mechanism being attached to the front cresta.

In modern bobsleighs, the steering system consists of two metal rings that actuate a pulley system located in the forward cowling that turns the front runners.

Further improvements followed: the engine moved to the front on the Type 48 and was soon under a hood ( bonnet ) at the front of the car, instead of hidden underneath ; the steering wheel was adopted on the Type 36 ; and they began to look more like the modern car.

1972 Super Beetles had an 11 % larger rear window ( taller ), larger front brakes, four rows of vents ( versus two rows previously ) on the engine deck lid, tail lights incorporating reverse lights, a four-spoke energy-absorbing steering wheel and steering column, and an engine compartment socket for a proprietary VW Diagnosis system.

Other parts that can be salvaged from a donor VW for use in a Dune Buggy include the front axle and suspension, frame, pedal assembly, shock absorbers, seats, battery, fuel tank ( 1961 or later ), steering column, brakes, instruments and switches, windshield wiper, horn and emergency flasher unit.

If the second course were chosen, the boat would be controlled by the avant standing in front with a long paddle and the gouvernail standing in the back with a nine-foot steering paddle.

* rack and pinion steering mounted inside the front suspension cross-tube, well behind the front wheels, away from a frontal impact

A larger than conventional steering castor angle, ensures that the front wheels are closer to vertical than the rears, when cornering hard with a lot of body roll.

The " Buddy Bike " is designed to allow a child to sit on the front saddle with an adult on the rear saddle and steering with extra long handlebars.

It has two drivers with separate steering wheels for front and rear wheels.

The left front wheel landed 100 feet away.

Police laboratory technicians said the explosive device, containing either TNT or nitroglycerine, was apparently placed under the left front wheel.

In the early 1860s, Frenchmen Pierre Michaux and Pierre Lallement took bicycle design in a new direction by adding a mechanical crank drive with pedals on an enlarged front wheel ( the velocipede ).

The dwarf ordinary addressed some of these faults by reducing the front wheel diameter and setting the seat further back.

Having to both pedal and steer via the front wheel remained a problem.

Short-wheelbase or tall bicycles, when braking, can generate enough stopping force at the front wheel to flip longitudinally.

The act of purposefully using this force to lift the rear wheel and balance on the front without tipping over is a trick known as a stoppie, endo or front wheelie.

The handlebars turn the fork and the front wheel via the stem, which rotates within the headset.

To slow down, the rider applies resistance to the pedals, acting as a braking system which can be as effective as a conventional rear wheel brake, but not as effective as a front wheel brake.

Thus the back wheel of a cart will appear slightly smaller than the front wheel.

The inquiry into the accident found that the primary cause of the crash was " the very unsatisfactory condition of the permanent way ", being the poor fastening of the track, causing the track to spread and allowing the left front wheel of the locomotive to come off the rail.

After deciding that the mid-engine layout didn't allow enough room in the passenger compartment, a front engine / rear wheel drive layout was chosen.

In the case of a single-furrow plough there is only one wheel at the front and handles at the rear for the ploughman to steer and manoeuvre it.

Porsche chose a rear wheel drive layout and a rear-mounted transaxle for the design to help provide 48 / 52 front / rear weight distribution ; this slight rear weight bias aided both traction and brake balance.

A famous motorcycle, winning many races, was the Megola, which had a rotary engine inside the front wheel.

In 1987 the Favorit model was introduced, and was one of a triumvirate of compact Western-influenced front wheel drive hatchbacks from the three main Eastern Bloc manufacturers around that time, the others being VAZ's Lada Samara and Zastava's Yugo Sana.

When accelerating or driving uphill, the vehicle's weight shifts rearward, reducing front wheel traction, causing the transmission to automatically send torque to the rear wheels to compensate.

When braking or driving downhill, the vehicle's weight shifts towards the front, reducing rear wheel traction.

The position of the third rider is pivotal because final times are measured as this team member's front wheel crosses the finishing line.

They were dirty, their clothes were torn, and the girl was so exhausted that she fell when she was still twenty feet from the front door.

When the meal was ready, he told Jones to wash up, and going into the front room, woke the girl.

Out in front of our walls the grass was covered with dead and dying men, war shields, lances, blankets and wounded and dead horses.

Its front was windowless, but irregularities in the masonry might be an indication that windows, now blinded, had once looked out upon the street.

There was a light in Black's front room, but drawn curtains prevented any view of the interior.

The Palace was an elaborate establishment, built practically on stilts in front, with long flights of wooden steps running up to the porch.

I was waiting in front of it when she showed up and told me of my Uncle's indisposition.

Rob Roy was well aware of the importance of this mission, and he would walk in front of the President, looking neither to the right nor to the left.

As the field on which my tent was pitched was a favorite natural playground for the kids of the neighborhood, I had made many friends among them, taking part in their after-school games and trying desperately to translate Grimm's Fairy Tales into an understandable French as we gathered around the fire in front of the tent.

In seventeen weeks the military front was driven southward more than 100 miles.

Another classic sight that gave us considerable pleasure was the Evzone sentry, in his ballet skirt with great pompons on his shoes, who was patrolling up and down in front of the palace.

And when Alfred was forced into his bed, Tessie left the front porch of the store and sat at home, rocking in her rocker in the living room, staring out the window -- the rose still in her hair.

The equation was simple: wealth brought them happiness, and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had, let no one in on the secrets.

He didn't, but it was not really a question, and so he left the room, walked down the hall to the front of the apartment, hesitated, and then knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.

Her quarters were on the right as you walked into the building, and her small front room was clogged with heavy furniture -- a big, round, oak dining table and chairs, a buffet, with a row of unclaimed letters inserted between the mirror and its frame.

By late afternoon the train inched into the marshaling yards in the railhead at Lublin, which was filled with lines of cars poised to pour the tools of war to the Russian front.

There was a glass pane in the front door, and through this he could see into a hallway where a plump woman with red hair was arranging flowers.

Bicycle gear-sets he had once used as the basis of the design for the Camden Cycly Company plant hung on a rope in one corner, and over his desk, next to several old and dusty hats, was a clean pair of roller skates which he occasionally used up and down in front of his house.

He was standing in front of the mirror, tightening his tie.

It was late, we were playing kissing games, and Jessica and I were called on to kiss in front of the others.