Its nice having a wizard in a basement not too far from where you live. I sure miss only living two blocks from him. Dan's the best!
Dan Smith's Latest Project
- Thread starter Robert Watson
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This is the most interesting lump of metal. No nuts, 15 ton press on assembly and spun past 5500 RPM with less stress than that which was applied to the owner!
The Busy Wizard.
It would be nice to spend some time with Dan,
Very clever Man,
Like Brian Chapman , It would be nice if he could share thoughts with us,
On the Forum, On his projects.
Cheers Bill.
Very clever Man,
Like Brian Chapman , It would be nice if he could share thoughts with us,
On the Forum, On his projects.
Cheers Bill.
Started out very lean and the map was very Jagged.
Make a run, adjust the fueling, check and repeat. The 1000 A twin engine requires a lot more fuel that the SV650 Suzuki. all across the range. Eventually giving a pretty nice curve.....
Very interesting idea: A-Twin in a featherbed. Wld love to see more. Does it have the same frame geometry
as the Dommi?
as the Dommi?
Not sure what the frame was originally from. John McDougall had a 500 Triumph twin engine in it and raced it that way back in the day. I don't believe Dan modified the frame and the forks were adapted to go in the stock steering head. He did make a new swing arm. There is a picture in next month's MPH.
Same trail and fork length as Domy. The trans is in stock position with the engine squeezed in, leaving enough room for the exhaust pipe to clear the front down tube. Primary chain is the same length as my A +twin.The frame is stock with the exception of a small cutaway on the top right rail to clear front intake rocker cover. The bike is very smooth up to 67 mph when a vibration starts. I balanced each 1/2 of the 270 deg. crank at 67%. Looks like it'll come apart some day to raise the balance factor. Neat riding bike at this point. I need more miles on it but our good riding weather in nearing an end for this year.