Using Racing Tyres on the Road
- Thread starter Rob H
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Nice Dingo, did yourself proud! Not to be picky but shouldn't the megaphone have a flat for helping the lean in a righty, and shouldn't the wind screen be a Bug screen? Nice bikes!!
Max
Max
Hi Max, the megaphone does have a flat on it, it also has the correct (for 1961) megaphone joint for expansion, non painted oil tank, and perspex screen, the mesh bug screen finished in the '50's...I forget when
I tried to replicate a 61 as close as possible, same age you see....
Here it is at the TT with yours truly wobbling round!!
One confession though, I did fit a Bob Newby belt drive...amazing how much transmission vibration disappears with one, I thought I better fess up before the originality guys come and get me
Never rode a bike with a belt final drive, but can imagine theyre nice n smooth, Eric Buell made them cope with HD torque so I guess the only problem is making um look anything bar ugly!!
I didn't see the left side, I aint no expert but these tired eyes would have noticed rubber where steel should have been Had not thought about the no paint oil tank in years, seeeee I told you you seemed like a youngen that had something to say
Had not thought about the no paint oil tank in years, seeeee I told you you seemed like a youngen that had something to sayI really don't under stand how a toothed belt that is rated for a max hp of 400 lbs torque can withstand 5000 hp, it can and does , Don Vescos TURBONATER proves that!
Maybe its about duty cycle, 10 years at 400ftlb or 10minutes at 5000hp, intriguing, and also a bit of amps/volts kinda comparison?? To quote my electrical practice tutor many summers ago 'Volts jolt, Mills kills'
hp and torque are similar, many a gearbox can put up with way over rating high rpm high horse outputs, but throw some low rpm high torque and youll find a gearbox weakness!!!!
hp and torque are similar, many a gearbox can put up with way over rating high rpm high horse outputs, but throw some low rpm high torque and youll find a gearbox weakness!!!!
The engine the driver and the transmission the driven, the faster the driven compared to the driver in a proportion curve becomes stronger in that curve number. Or something like that.