Comments on: Wakan 500 Superlight by Oberdan Bezzi

By: laverda

laverda — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:31:13 +0000

Tin Man 2
I always wondered if I waited long enough if Harley would offer some real technological breakthrough and I guess they finally did: Electronic Fuel Injestion and Hydralic lifters. Wow! I don’t think anybody else has that. Maybe now they won’t be so slow.

By: Erick

Erick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:23:07 +0000

yeah, it looks like the measurement is off if it using the existing wakan body with existing RE engine. but why not? maybe we can scale down the body a bit and put a beet of muscle on the engine.
I personally a fan of the original wakan design, would like to build one as soon as i have a v engine on my hand.
one more thing, why is everyone is into single cylinder? i’m so sick of it, in fact i would trade all four that i have for a nice v engine whether its HD or Motto Guzzi. But it’s just me on the other side of the world.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:49:55 +0000

Geez… photoshop is just an elaborate sketch. I like seeing designer’s scribbles and often those aren’t dimensionally accurate and are more aspirational.

That said, I think it makes more sense to make a single out of the S&S motor: custom bottom end and a third party transmission.

By: smithmotorwheel

smithmotorwheel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:58:39 +0000

I just tried essentially the same thing as AlwaysOnTwo, (not with Autodesk 3D?, though), and it looks like a pretty good fit to me.

I may be biased since I’m an industrial design engineer, but I think the naysayers are missing the point of Mr. Bezzi’s work. I believe he wanted to see what an attractive single would look like in the Wakan frame. Now, if a person would just happen to have all the parts lying around to build this, then I could maybe see the argument for making it ‘real’ instead of creating something electronically first. Otherwise, this is how you find out if it’s even worth attempting to engineer a swap like this.

I’m a decent mechanic, and a passable welder and machinist. So, I spend a fair amount of time in the shop. But, I wouldn’t dream of beginning a fabrication project without at least having a rudimentary sketch of what I’m going to build first. It saves parts and time.

I enjoy the CAD renderings and PhotoShop creations on The Kneeslider and don’t want to see them end. For people that don’t agree, try to think of them as “measuring twice and cutting once” on a much higher level.

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:28:04 +0000

@AlwaysOnTwo: So, the short version would be, “his measurements are off, it won’t work.” Correct?

“Autodesk 3D (yeah, I know how to use this stuff)”
If you would like to show us your Autodesk 3D work where you made the size comparison, let me know. Thanks.

I never would have guessed Photoshop could distort reality.