Cycle Pics: Hatsune Mikuni

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BoBtheImpaler: Oct 11, 2002; Dinosaur Gum

Hey there, one-off rotary-powered racebike!

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Details: 588cc twin rotor Wankel, fuel injected. Electric water pump ducted fan air-cooling for rotors, fly by wire throttle. 170bhp @ 11.500rpm, twin spar aluminium frame by Spondon, Ohlins fork and Ohlins long-stroke single sided rear shock, AP racing radial calipers, Dymag 16,5 inch wheels, carbon fibre body work and 130kg dry weight.

# ? Nov 9, 2006 02:03

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# ? Apr 30, 2024 04:30

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

high rpm, low weight, fewer moving parts, i'd say rotaries would be great for bikes. awesome.

# ? Nov 9, 2006 02:56

HNasty: Jul 17, 2005; Video games are for children. Dr. Who, Sherlock and Community need to be canceled. Firefly sucked.

Everything you like is bad, everything I like is good and cool. I've had sex. I've stuck my big rod into a babe and it was good. There's proof I've had sex, where's yours ?

http://www.nortonmotors.co.uk/Rotary%20Racing.htm

John Player Rotary Nortons schocking the poo poo out of everyone back in the day. Also the black and gold Players Special paintjob was killer.

# ? Nov 9, 2006 03:17

cmorrow001: Feb 22, 2003; apparently I shouldn't ask about pirating Windows

I"m thinking about trading my gixxer 600 for this:

http://tinyurl.com/y7a2yr

I'm trying to work a deal with the guy right now. I'll probably do it for the right price. What do you guys think?

# ? Nov 9, 2006 05:31

iroc_dis: May 11, 2006

Do I win an award for strangest bikes in a group ride?

1988 BMW R100RS, 2005 BMW R1200GS, I have zero idea what the hell the other yellow BMW is, then a 2006 Triumph Daytona 675, 2006 Ducati Sportclassic Sport1000 that has about every accessory possible including Termis, a Triumph Tiger, and my 2000 CBR.

The Daytona was still in the break-in period, he said it was the last brand new yellow 2006 675 sold in the US. I wish I had a better camera for the Sport1000. It was by far the sexiest bike there. Its what I want for when I get older I decided.

# ? Nov 12, 2006 22:08

Portable591: Oct 3, 2002; Kagari Mafia Ringleader and ray tracing EXPERT

The yellow BMW is an F650GS. I don't really see any strange bikes there, though.

# ? Nov 12, 2006 22:17

iroc_dis: May 11, 2006

Portable591 posted:

The yellow BMW is an F650GS. I don't really see any strange bikes there, though.

I normally ride only with Japanese sportbikes, not by choice, just that my friends happen to have them. This is a new group, more of an older crowd I guess. I was the youngest by 10+ years.

This is the second time I've ever seen a Duc up close and probably the same for a Triumph.

# ? Nov 12, 2006 22:33

orinth: Apr 15, 2003; NFC WEST IS THE BEST

Yeah, one of my good friends that I ride with has a red 675 and yes it is a sexy bike. It's pretty narrow too.

# ? Nov 12, 2006 22:35

Portable591: Oct 3, 2002; Kagari Mafia Ringleader and ray tracing EXPERT

iroc_dis posted:

I normally ride only with Japanese sportbikes, not by choice, just that my friends happen to have them. This is a new group, more of an older crowd I guess. I was the youngest by 10+ years.

When I see a group of bikes like that, it gives me hope that one day we might see a full range of bikes available here in the states. :unsmith:

# ? Nov 12, 2006 22:56

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

cmorrow001 posted:

I"m thinking about trading my gixxer 600 for this:

http://tinyurl.com/y7a2yr

I'm trying to work a deal with the guy right now. I'll probably do it for the right price. What do you guys think?

Do it!

# ? Nov 12, 2006 23:14

orinth: Apr 15, 2003; NFC WEST IS THE BEST

yeah this made me laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdyMSYxLyo&NR

# ? Nov 13, 2006 07:34

KidDynamite: Feb 11, 2005

Wow. I wonder how much damage he did to those fairings.

# ? Nov 13, 2006 07:53

iroc_dis: May 11, 2006

orinth posted:

yeah this made me laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdyMSYxLyo&NR

Ooops, that did not turn out the way he planned.

# ? Nov 13, 2006 14:23

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

Ok, I know I have requested this before, and I feel like an rear end doing it again, but I have lost these pics AGAIN!

Can someone post the series of the old CB750 all decked out with modern suspension, brakes, wheels, etc? Its orange, I believe, and its hot as poo poo.

TIA GOONZ

# ? Nov 14, 2006 16:02

Away Message: Apr 8, 2003

HELLO GOON

# ? Nov 14, 2006 17:12

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

Away Message posted:

HELLO GOON

Oh God I love you. I wont lose them this time, I promise.

# ? Nov 14, 2006 19:17

Sound Mr. Brown: Feb 21, 2005; The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.

Sunny Sunday ride, took a wrong turn and ended up with a nice view over a citrus orchard:

lol licenseplate

edit: hurr tables

Sound Mr. Brown fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Nov 15, 2006

# ? Nov 15, 2006 00:16

miklm: Dec 7, 2003; What a cunning fellow.

miklm fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Nov 15, 2006

# ? Nov 15, 2006 00:18

Pimp Cauldron: Aug 3, 2002; A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

high rpm, low weight, fewer moving parts, i'd say rotaries would be great for bikes. awesome.

The production rotary Nortons were super heavy and suffered from cooling problems, though that was a long time ago and I think it might be time to give rotary bikes another shot.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 02:10

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

rocco tuna posted:

cooling problems

yeah i think all mazda's rotaries had problems with that. all rx7s have huge fans on them that go nuts when you first start them up, to deal with it.
if only in the interests of variety, i wish there were a lot more unusual engines out there like rotaries. pistons are so 1895.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 02:35

intel_killer: Mar 8, 2006; Awwww Nuts!

Well if retro is cool, I think we should all go back to steam powered bikes

# ? Nov 15, 2006 06:23

Swingline Savvy: Aug 10, 2005

intel_killer posted:

Well if retro is cool, I think we should all go back to steam powered bikes

Like these?

# ? Nov 15, 2006 06:59

docbaily: Mar 22, 2004; Tripsarly Fraotoc

Mapless posted:

Like these?

I think you might be on to something.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 07:27

DefaultPeanut: Nov 4, 2006; What's not to like?

Here is where my 1991 CR500R stands now.

I have a lot planned for it, my YZ250F and the RD200 this winter.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 07:53

dfn_doe: Apr 12, 2005; I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW STUPID FUCKING CATCHPHRASE OVERLORDS

DefaultPeanut posted:

Here is where my 1991 CR500R stands now.

I would love to get the engine from one of these to bolt up into my nt650 frame. My bike mechanic has a track bike built like that (nt650 frame, cbr600 frontend, cr500R engine) and the only word I've ever heard him use to describe riding it is "violent".

# ? Nov 15, 2006 09:26

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

DefaultPeanut posted:

Here is where my 1991 CR500R stands now.

I have a lot planned for it, my YZ250F and the RD200 this winter.

Holy poo poo, CR500's are loving wild animals. Have fun with that thing, even if you weighed 900lbs, that bike would still peel your face off. Be careful!

# ? Nov 15, 2006 13:28

inolen: Dec 10, 2003

Haha, nice video clips orinth!

Just got my bike prettied up (just need a front fairing stay and it'll have all its fairings once again).

inolen fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Nov 15, 2006

# ? Nov 15, 2006 22:00

Portable591: Oct 3, 2002; Kagari Mafia Ringleader and ray tracing EXPERT

That's a massive rear sprocket. I thought it was a brake disc at first.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 22:08

Blackaxis: Nov 23, 2002; Irate Southerner

inolen posted:

Haha, nice video clips orinth!

Just got my bike prettied up (just need a front fairing stay and it'll have all it's fairings once again).

How does it not lose oil pressure?

# ? Nov 15, 2006 22:19

GP035: Feb 15, 2005; It's Clutch Time!

Blackaxis posted:

How does it not lose oil pressure?

Well, for one, it's not an SV so it doesn't have that front cylinder oil starvation issue. :q:

# ? Nov 15, 2006 22:41

Erotic Moose: Sep 12, 2003; Moose Captain

inolen posted:

Haha, nice video clips orinth!

Just got my bike prettied up (just need a front fairing stay and it'll have all its fairings once again).

I got a 02 F4i fairing stay that I'll sell ya for $50 shipped and a Powers 12 bar that I might sell if you are interested.

Erotic Moose fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Nov 15, 2006

# ? Nov 15, 2006 22:50

inolen: Dec 10, 2003

Blackaxis posted:

How does it not lose oil pressure?

I don't know, I've never had that problem with the f4i (although I've seen a lot of 99-02 GSX-R's and SV's blow motors due to it) :confused:

Erotic Moose posted:

I got a 02 F4i fairing stay that I'll sell ya for $50 shipped and a Powers 12 bar that I might sell if you are interested.

I have a stock fairing stay, but they are pretty weak. My friend is welding me one together right now, just waiting on him to get it shipped out..

Also, I already have a "bar" on there, it just wraps around the inside of my tail.

inolen fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Nov 15, 2006

# ? Nov 15, 2006 23:02

Erotic Moose: Sep 12, 2003; Moose Captain

Ah yeah thats what I figured, I didnt like the feel of my friends though, throws me off on scrapes.

# ? Nov 15, 2006 23:26

DefaultPeanut: Nov 4, 2006; What's not to like?

Phat_Albert posted:

Holy poo poo, CR500's are loving wild animals. Have fun with that thing, even if you weighed 900lbs, that bike would still peel your face off. Be careful!

I am only 155 lbs.

# ? Nov 16, 2006 06:01