Comments on: Cruiser and Racer Motorcycle

By: hoyt

hoyt — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:01:19 +0000

this bike will still not handle in corners the way it should with that rear tire.

As far as I know, an all-around bike designed to handle well will have to use a 200 (maximum) rear tire.

Even confederate confesses the hellcat’s handling is negatively impacted with its 240 rear.

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:46:38 +0000

You guys may be right about the way it looks like a toy with the proportions out of whack, but I thought the proportions were off the first time I saw the Victory Vison 800, too. That one supposedly works.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:22:45 +0000

upon reflection, I’ll go with borkonnen here, and run with his statement…

any chance that this guy’s using a picture of some hasboro type motorcycle toy in his promo? or at least for insperation for the design?

the more I look, the more things seem out of whack – those mirrors are bigger than the headlight or instrument cluster, and nearly as big as the rear sprocket…

By: Borkonnen

Borkonnen — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:35:17 +0000

With it’s fat front tire, peculiar gas tank and engine cover it’s shaped like a chinese plastic toy motorcycle. There is no way it can be compared with Roland Sand’s “No Regrets” custom racer.

I agree though that the long forks are an obsolete design pest among custom builders and it’s good things are begining to change.

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:23:14 +0000

you can’t see the engine because there isn’t an engine. this thing is the rich geeks version of schoolboy doodles. I like how this future engine has a torque figure, but no rpm # at which it hits…maybe it’s a 50cc running 1047.3Bar boost? or a 8100cc that redlines at 168rpm…

it looks like most numbers have been pulled from thin air, too – a 22 inch billet rear running dual discs on a 435lb bike? good thing there’s no engine yet, cause otherwise that weight figure will be a pipe dream!

chain pull will play havoc with the rear, too – unless the pivot is much lower than it appears…and I don’t see how they plan on cooling the engine, or even fitting it in there (my quick math shows about 30 inches between the front and rear tires)