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Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike

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Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike

Production information

Manufacturer

Z-Gomot Ternbuell Guppat Corporation^[1]

Model

Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike^[2]

Type

Wheeled/Walker^[2]

Cost

15,000credits^[3]

Technical specifications

Length

3.5 meters^[1]

Height/depth

2.5 meters (wheel diameter)^[1]
3.9 meters (with legs extended)^[1]

Maximum speed

330 km/h while rolling^[1]
10 km/h while on legs^[1]

Sensor systems

None^[4]

Armament

Nd-53 double laser cannon (1)^[1]

Crew

Pilot/gunner (1)^[1]

Passengers

1^[3]

Cargo capacity

10 kg^[3]

Consumables

Fuel: 500 km^[1]

Usage

Availability

Licensed^[3]

Role(s)

Cavalry
Motorized infantry

Affiliation

Confederacy of Independent Systems^[5]

TheTsmeu-6 Personal Wheel Bike was aSeparatist ground craft resembling a giant wheel, with four clawed legs hanging from the sides.

Characteristics[]

Originally created as all-terrain military reconnaissance vehicle and later adopted by civilians for racing, the Tsmeu-6 Personal Wheel Bike could roll on the ground at great speed, crushing enemysoldiers in its path. The legs were engaged whenever the craft needed to climb steep cliffs, especially useful on the sinkhole-filledplanet ofUtapau.^[5]

History[]

Grievous's Tsmeu-6 in walking configuration

At least three-wheel bikes were stored in thetenth level ofUtapau by the Separatist forces.General Grievous modified his bike by replacing the passenger seat with anNd-53 double laser cannon. He used his bike while being pursued byJedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi—who had been sent on a specific mission to either capture or kill the General—on avaractyl namedBoga. After a long chase through several tunnels, Obi-Wan got close and jumped onto Grievous's wheel bike. This made Grievous lose control and the wheel bike went into a spin. Both Kenobi and the General were thrown off, and the wheel bike rampaged over the edge of a platform, falling to its destruction.^[6]

The youngminer Jann Tosh used a48 Roller wheel bike, which was a later model of this vehicle that was created near the end of theClone Wars.^[7]

Behind the scenes[]

The real-life counterpart to the wheel bike is theMonowheel.

For Episode III, the wheel bike started off as a variety of fearsome vehicular concepts befitting the nasty droid general, such as included tank-like chariots. One idea was that the vehicle itself was an intelligent droid, mirroring Obi-Wan's faithful Boga as a "living" mount for General Grievous.^[8]