Comments on: Vicente Design EFI SR400 Board Tracker http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rafe03 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/#comment-296372 rafe03 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:39:13 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=10480#comment-296372 Lets take these images out to the shop & get the MIG warmed up. We got bikes to build. PeteP, bring some of those engines over & any spare parts. I'll get the frame jig put together tonight. Square, chalk, tape measure, some MDF, a bit of muffler tubing & we can have a buck together by Sunday night. Have 2 of them finished & ready to go for a Spring Ride! Everyone knows that "virtual" bikes don't even need round wheels; they will never touch asphalt anyway. Images are fine but its out in the shop where bikes are actually made. Until its steel & rubber & motor, it's just a sign of imagination & intentions. Jean François Vicente has built a bike or 2 & will probably build several that look a lot like these images. Just have a look at his website to see what he has already done! Can any of you complainers ride over on your own garage-built bikes to show him up? Lighten up! This is supposed to be FUN! -- rafe03 Lets take these images out to the shop & get the MIG warmed up. We got bikes to build. PeteP, bring some of those engines over & any spare parts. I’ll get the frame jig put together tonight. Square, chalk, tape measure, some MDF, a bit of muffler tubing & we can have a buck together by Sunday night. Have 2 of them finished & ready to go for a Spring Ride!

Everyone knows that “virtual” bikes don’t even need round wheels; they will never touch asphalt anyway. Images are fine but its out in the shop where bikes are actually made. Until its steel & rubber & motor, it’s just a sign of imagination & intentions.

Jean François Vicente has built a bike or 2 & will probably build several that look a lot like these images. Just have a look at his website to see what he has already done! Can any of you complainers ride over on your own garage-built bikes to show him up?

Lighten up! This is supposed to be FUN! — rafe03

]]> By: J-Dawg http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/#comment-272415 J-Dawg Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:14:54 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=10480#comment-272415 I have owned a '78 SR500E since new. I have owned many bikes in the last thirty years and still love and ride my SR any day I choose ! It has never failed start once in over 30yrs. and is always a pleasure to ride in a purist sort of ride. I always appreciate any interest shown in this model M/C and encourage customs from B/T's to super-stretches. I wish Yammer would reissue this bike here so I could be assured of a parts future. (I've only had a need for very few) I know sooner than later I will need a major component. Hey like maybe EFI. Now that would be cool! I have owned a ’78 SR500E since new. I have owned many bikes in the last thirty years and still love and ride my SR any day I choose ! It has never failed start once in over 30yrs. and is always a pleasure to ride in a purist sort of ride. I always appreciate any interest shown in this model M/C and encourage customs from B/T’s to super-stretches. I wish Yammer would reissue this bike here so I could be assured of a parts future. (I’ve only had a need for very few) I know sooner than later I will need a major component. Hey like maybe EFI. Now that would be cool!

]]> By: SteveD http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/#comment-272397 SteveD Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:24:34 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=10480#comment-272397 Given the current economics of the MC industry, it makes sense to air out a concept before investing the time to build it. For a small maker, that could be the edge that keeps you in business. I like the looks of this one, but not sure about the ergos. At least it has rearsets. I also like the small bike approach. There aren't enough quality small bikes out there. (Note I didn't say "none"; I'd just like more of a choice.) My wife loves her Suzuki Savage in terms of size and easy "ridability", but we would like to be able to purchase a better quality version. Given the current economics of the MC industry, it makes sense to air out a concept before investing the time to build it. For a small maker, that could be the edge that keeps you in business. I like the looks of this one, but not sure about the ergos. At least it has rearsets.

I also like the small bike approach. There aren’t enough quality small bikes out there. (Note I didn’t say “none”; I’d just like more of a choice.) My wife loves her Suzuki Savage in terms of size and easy “ridability”, but we would like to be able to purchase a better quality version.

]]> By: B*A*M*F http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/#comment-272364 B*A*M*F Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:52:06 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=10480#comment-272364 As for old tech not being the soul of a hot rod. Hot rodders have historically taken what they have access to and combined it with homemade bits and such to create something faster, more potent, and otherwise better. Using a widely available engine seems to me the embodiment of that spirit. As for old tech not being the soul of a hot rod. Hot rodders have historically taken what they have access to and combined it with homemade bits and such to create something faster, more potent, and otherwise better. Using a widely available engine seems to me the embodiment of that spirit.

]]> By: B*A*M*F http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/03/08/vicente-design-efi-sr400-board-tracker/#comment-272363 B*A*M*F Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:50:09 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=10480#comment-272363 I think this is fantastic. It looks amazing. I'm a product designer professionally and I would love to be able to illustrate like this fellow. It's nice work. I find the naysayers pretty fascinating. Gotta love the "it'll never work" crowd. Sometimes they are right, and other times they are so caught up in the way things have always been done that they don't see any other way something could be done. Titanium is pretty strong, and no thickness of the material for the tank/frame was given. Nor was a method of attachment to the swing arm or engine. It could be some wonder concept we've never seen. It could also just be a super illustration along the lines of a Hot Wheels car. I think this is fantastic. It looks amazing.

I’m a product designer professionally and I would love to be able to illustrate like this fellow. It’s nice work.

I find the naysayers pretty fascinating. Gotta love the “it’ll never work” crowd. Sometimes they are right, and other times they are so caught up in the way things have always been done that they don’t see any other way something could be done. Titanium is pretty strong, and no thickness of the material for the tank/frame was given. Nor was a method of attachment to the swing arm or engine. It could be some wonder concept we’ve never seen. It could also just be a super illustration along the lines of a Hot Wheels car.

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