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Well I'd have to buy an S40 for it, for one thing. The kit's another $2k+ on top of that, plus paint - I doubt the leftover stock parts have much resale value. The result looks like a pretty cute and fun round-town scoot but of highly limited utility (even for a hardtail bobber):   Maybe if I come upon a super-cheap donor bike.
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Pope Mobile posted:Odds are you're a dentist, so that work should be fairly cheap. I wonder if he did that all without a second rear brake on the handlebar.
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SaNChEzZ posted:one of our interns has a rebel! (Him on the left, in his riding gear, gunna try to change that) I saw a similarly styled one on my local craigslist: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/3526118583.html   Edit: except it's a 450
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Jan 9, 2013 09:05
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drat KIDS  StreetFighterZZZZZZ ride of the century 2012 highlights video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWd5_02Km_M
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I saw a similarly styled one on my local craigslist: Okay I know I'm harping on this a lot but that really is a loving death trap - one loose shirt tail and you're hosed.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Okay I know I'm harping on this a lot but that really is a loving death trap - one loose shirt tail and you're hosed. Bikes like that get ridden about once a year and get posted on the internet the other 365 days
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I shall call it...mini-me. Honda's new monkey bike, the MSX125 (Mini Street Extreme!)
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Jan 9, 2013 16:57
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AS NOT SEEN IN AMERICA!! gently caress you Honda I would so rock one of those 
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4/20 NEVER FORGET posted:drat KIDS That's insane and everything I hate about seeing that poo poo on the road. Gives riders a terrible rep with those that share the road with us. This goes on near St. Louis? Guys were wondering why Illinois felt the need to put out that 18 page law this year with high penalties for stunting on public roads... I'd guess this ride has a lot to do with it. That said I liked the rolling burnouts the best, especially the 1-hander, and I liked that they remixed the police band into the music. Jim Silly-Balls posted:AS NOT SEEN IN AMERICA!! Honda likes to keep their baby bikes out of the states. The CB500 and 599 are rare here, I don't think they ever sold them and the few that list are imported by other means. I'd ride the hell out of either of them if I could find one 
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:AS NOT SEEN IN AMERICA!! A 9 hp 125cc single? Maybe if you're going minimoto racing, but otherwise, it would get smoked by most 1300 dollar Chinese scooters.
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ThatCguy posted:A 9 hp 125cc single? Maybe if you're going minimoto racing, but otherwise, it would get smoked by most 1300 dollar Chinese scooters. Ride around your $1300 chinese scooter all you want, that little honda looks like a blast.
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ThatCguy posted:A 9 hp 125cc single? Maybe if you're going minimoto racing, but otherwise, it would get smoked by most 1300 dollar Chinese scooters. I doubt that very much. But even if so then only until the lovely Chinese scooter breaks. I'd ride the hell out of that MSX125 but of course it'll never come to the USA
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:I doubt that very much. But even if so then only until the lovely Chinese scooter breaks. 225 lbs and 9 hp, it's a pit bike. We've got those in the US already. Might as well just buy a Sachs Madass and be done with it.
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Jan 9, 2013 21:13
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Yeah, guys, stop trying to think something looks fun to ride.
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ThatCguy posted:225 lbs and 9 hp, it's a pit bike. We've got those in the US already. Might as well just buy a Sachs Madass and be done with it. THE FUN DECIDER HAS SPOKEN. RESPECT HIS WORD!
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Jan 9, 2013 21:51
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Gearhead video... Stumbled across this and it makes my head spin a bit. http://youtu.be/-bny77SEefQ Duke Engines 5 cylinder engine that seems to actually rotate the cylinders Gatling gun style. I hope it ends up in a KTM so we can get a Duke powered by Duke line of bikes.
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Jan 9, 2013 21:58
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Hello there, you sexy (not sexist!) thing Where's the ZTL?!
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^^^^ Nice HarCati ^^^^Halo_4am posted:Gearhead video... Stumbled across this and it makes my head spin a bit. That's pretty neat. Dunno how practical it is in the long run, but cool.
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ThatCguy posted:225 lbs and 9 hp, it's a pit bike. We've got those in the US already. Might as well just buy a Sachs Madass and be done with it. Welp guys some bike already has similar power and weight numbers better not ever make anything else like it!
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clutchpuck posted:Hello there, you sexy (not sexist!) thing I don't think there's one bit of XB on there, also what about the oil tank and battery...
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Halo_4am posted:Gearhead video... Stumbled across this and it makes my head spin a bit. I like it just for the configuration, but I'm not sure that in the end it's any different from a Wankel. Supposedly smoother, lighter, and supports higher compression ratios, but requires lots of sliding seals and you need to grind the "head" to change the valving. I wonder what it sounds like?
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Sagebrush posted:I wonder what it sounds like? They have a couple videos of one running and it sounds pretty normal actually. I predict it will be undone by the huge amount of moving, sealing surfaces involved. Its apex seals all over again
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Jan 9, 2013 22:47
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Running vid to show very low vibration and how it sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpPBiReaZk At least I think that's their 5 cyl... could be one of their earlier models they don't make it terribly clear.
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Hm, kind of boring. Every time I see a new engine design I expect it to at least sound awesome and science fictiony, like this maybe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAafPSWzpOw&t=60s
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Wouldn't that act like a big gyro? It may have less moving parts than a conventional engine but much greater rotational mass since you are spinning the pistons, cylinders, and crank around it's axis. The only part that is stationary is the "head" and outer case.Sagebrush posted:Hm, kind of boring. Every time I see a new engine design I expect it to at least sound awesome and science fictiony, like this maybe:
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obso posted:a spun up 2-stroke diesel? Thermodynamically, that's actually a pretty good description of a gas turbine.
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obso posted:Wouldn't that act like a big gyro? It may have less moving parts than a conventional engine but much greater rotational mass since you are spinning the pistons, cylinders, and crank around it's axis. The only part that is stationary is the "head" and outer case. What you talking like gyroscopic precession?
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Halo_4am posted:Running vid to show very low vibration and how it sounds. You can do that on any straight-six or (decent) v engine though, or any other reciprocating engine with primary balance. Doubt it would work well in a bike anyway - it looks bulky and with a weird output shaft placement, and that much rotating mass will play hell with the handling. It's a really clever solution to things that aren't problems while still not solving the fundamental problem of reciprocating engines (accelerating and decelerating all that metal every revolution) and adding problems of it's own (how much sheer stress will be on those conrods and weird crank thing be under?) This design, however, has no reciprocating parts, almost no moving parts, and doesn't even need lubrication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb2Cl03E3t4
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Sounds like the devil's flatulence.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:This design, however, has no reciprocating parts, almost no moving parts, and doesn't even need lubrication: Oh, something like this, you mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8P5PprLy9w (Also, I don't really get why he put a big HARLEY DAVIDSON on the tank when that thing looks like it's about 95% custom. It's powered by a jet engine, for gently caress's sake. Another marketing win I guess)
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Z3n posted:Sounds like the devil's flatulence. Well it is a Harley! 
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High Protein posted:I don't think there's one bit of XB on there, also what about the oil tank and battery... If it's not a tuber front end, where's the XB setup? 
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That is very clearly an official HD seat on that thing. "Man it pulls like a sunuvabitch!" had me in tears.Sagebrush posted:Oh, something like this, you mean? This is pretty wild... it's hard for me to imagine an all electric engine making significant noise at all. As far as future sounds, take any Japanese v-twin around long enough and you'll hear sounds very similar to the old Jetson car sounds. I love that about them and wish I could amplify that for exhaust. Halo_4am fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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This was in the AI terrible car stuff thread, but the A* logo caught my eye (apologies if someone already re-posted it). Just the helmet dealer moving all his mannequin heads to the new location, ayup.
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Halo_4am posted:That is very clearly an official HD seat on that thing. "Man it pulls like a sunuvabitch!" had me in tears. If I remember correctly from other videos it's more the gearbox making noise than the motor. Combine that noise with the sound of air getting pushed out of the way and the bike sounds like a jet fighter to me. edit: another e bike from the e bike thread http://vimeo.com/25670963 nsaP fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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front wing flexing posted:I love Virago brats Love the look of them but suppose they must handle terribly using rear tires as front tires?
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Oh be still my beating heart.  A Benelli 900 Sei for sale in Norway.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQNop32E-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJjGM5r40sc  I don't care if the relationship will be abusive, destroy me with passione!
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Snowdens Secret posted:Well I'd have to buy an S40 for it, for one thing. The kit's another $2k+ on top of that, plus paint - I doubt the leftover stock parts have much resale value. The result looks like a pretty cute and fun round-town scoot but of highly limited utility (even for a hardtail bobber): You don't need a new S40 or a 2k kit. The paint is really nice though so that would probably cost money. But savages a very cheap, easy to work on and easy to bob. I bought and bobbed a savage for 1k and it would've looked like a 5k bob if I got it painted properly. Edit: Scratch that, I just noticed the hardtail. That's a lot of work and increases cost. However, hardtails look amazing but gently caress riding them more than a mile.
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Ola posted:Oh be still my beating heart. This is way easier http://youtu.be/NYAR0E5zfrk?t=45s
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