Think you've got a bike that will fly?

[BoatBuoy]

This may have been posted before, but I hadn't seen it.<br /><br />

 

[JB]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

I wonder how long that radial will last without forced air equally to all cylinders.

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

THAT is neat!<br />Wonder what it sounds like? The old radials had shorty pipes on each cyl.<br />Gyroscopic effect? <br />Isn't photshopped is it?<br />I would think your arms would get quite warm over the top cylinders.

 

[kenimpzoom]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Where are the handlebars???<br /><br />Ken

 

[gonefishie]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

have you guys seen the jet bike owned by Jay Leno?

 

[scrapper]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Looks like an old airplane motor

 

[20/20]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

I don't see any frame comming up to the front forks under the engine? I'm with KenImpZoom where are the handlebars?

 

[LubeDude]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

I can see the handlebars, at least the one for the left hand, but you couldnt carry enough fuel to make it around the block?

 

[timmathis]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

I would rather have it on a biplane.<br />Tim

 

[Twidget]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Dave, arms arent what you should worry about getting warm. Like JB said, that is an air cooled engine, with uneven airflow.

 

[one more cast]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Check this motorcycle out.<br /> 48 cylinder bike

 

[sloopy]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

What does he use as a flywheel? Where is the oil tank? How does he start it?

 

[sloopy]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

That has to be photoshoped. No way it will work in the state it is in, maybe it is just a work in progress.

 

[sloopy]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/11/radial-engine-motorcycle-2/

 

[sloopy]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

jrlcycles.com/<br /><br />JOINKERS! I made two post and it looks like 5! I will just spread all the info the post so it looks intentional...

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Originally posted by JB:<br /> I wonder how long that radial will last without forced air equally to all cylinders.

This one better? <br />

<br />Not sure how he keeps the bottom cylinders fron scraping the pavement. Probably a trailer queen

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

Re: Think you've got a bike that will fly?

Or this old German one....with the radial mounted inside the front wheel. <br />

<br />C&P The crankshaft was the front axle, which remained stationary while the cylinders rotated with the wheel, an architecture called the Monosoupape design. A hand-controlled butterfly valve was located in the hollow crankshaft to regulate throttle. Power output was a meagre 14 bhp (10 kW) but was applied directly to the wheel.