1/7/2003: "Tomahawk" concept motorcycle - Page 2

Uryoces · 01-07-2003, 04:01 PM

http://www.bosshosscycle.com/ the Boss Hoss-Chev V8

http://marineturbine.com/home/default.htm Helicopter Turbine in a motorcycle.

These bikes have nothing to do with attracting mates and everything to do with bungy jumping, sky diving, and snowboarding. I want Kaneda's bike from Akira.

“Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated.”
--Jean Baudrillard , French semiologist. [extra credit: find hiim in "the Matrix"]

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And - More buses and the oil we import used to make carbon fiber bodies for lightweight cars running turbo 4 cylinders, fuel cells, and/or batteries. Imagine cars the size of Cadillacs handling like porches, running 4 cylinder engines.

slang · 01-07-2003, 04:29 PM

Nice links Ury. I LOVE the turbine bike (although the Boss Hogg 502 makes about twice as much HP)

Uryoces · 01-07-2003, 04:47 PM

The cool thing about the turbine is that it makes torque all along it's RPM range. The faster is revs, the more torque it makes.

BrianR · 01-07-2003, 04:56 PM

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Originally posted by Elspode

...Might as well have put a Saturn V motor on a Radio Flyer...

Hmmmmmm!

This could WORK! Better than my current project of trying to fit this old JATO thingie on my Pinto...

Brian

wolf · 01-07-2003, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elspode
Might as well have put a Saturn V motor on a Radio Flyer...

I'd be up for that.

Torrere · 01-07-2003, 07:59 PM

This would be awesome for basejumping! Hit top speed, soar off a cliff, and open your parachute. Drop the bike into the ocean and parachute down. =)

wolf · 01-07-2003, 08:57 PM

Seems like a waste of a perfectly good, overpriced, supercharged bike.

jaguar · 01-07-2003, 11:56 PM

At around half a million thats a fucking expensive base jump.
How would a 2-tire bike handle i wonder. What happens to leather biking gear when it hits the road at 400kmh.....

i do love bikes though, safety be damned. Soon as i'm off my moterbike Ls i'm aiming for a Ducati Monster Dark .

slang · 01-08-2003, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaguar
What happens to leather biking gear when it hits the road at 400kmh.....

Back in the day, I was hell on 2 wheels. I had a sportbike, a VF1000R. I had it up to 135 on a regular basis. At that speed, the wind is painful when you're on the bike, let alone hitting the pavement.

Sometime around 1986 Randy Mamola, a superbike racer, hit the pavement and slid down the track at 160 MPH. Once he finally stopped moving, he got up, shook himself off, and walked off the track to a standing O from the crowd. I dont think a set of leathers exists that will handle 400 mph though.

I sure wouldnt want to try it even at 100.

wolf · 01-08-2003, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Uryoces
Imagine cars the size of Cadillacs handling like porches

Cars the size of Cadillacs DO handle like porches. Actually many of them have the handling characteristics of an entire damn four-bedroom house.

quzah · 01-08-2003, 01:20 AM

Look at that picture. Where on earth does he think he's going to ride that thing? In a vaccume? There's no wind shield. He hits a bee at 400pmh and it's going to drill a hole in his fucking skull. No mud flaps what so ever. His front tire flicks up a pebble and it'll be like getting shot.

I think they should mount a camera on the front of it, pointing at his face...

...so we can watch an "Indiana Jones:Raders of the Lost Ark" re-enactment as the flesh peels from his bones...

"Happy little trees..."

Quzah.

Degrees · 01-08-2003, 07:41 AM

By the bugs in his teeth! :-D

So at 400 MPH, do I lose a tooth on impact?

The machine looks totally unworkable - how does one steer? By leaning that monster? Or do the two front wheels turn, like an automobile?

I like motorcycles*, but I wouldn't ride that one.

*During 1980 - 1995, I did not have a car for most of that time, riding a motorcycle instead. (Although I did have a car for three of those years.)

Uryoces · 01-08-2003, 12:11 PM

They're neat, didn't say they were practical! A nice Duc would be ... nice. Yes.

arz · 01-08-2003, 05:50 PM

Triumph owner here. I saw this yesterday and am curious as to how this thing steers with four tires. They must be independently pivoted in order to counter-steer, yes?

And 400 mph is ridiculous - you can't hang on without a fairing and a windscreen much past 225 or so.

Torrere · 01-08-2003, 08:22 PM

It's a concept motorcycle. You're not supposed to actually start the engine, much less rev up to it's intended speed. All this thing is meant to do is stand in show rooms and look ugly.

01-07-2003, 04:29 PM	#17
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01-07-2003, 08:57 PM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Seems like a waste of a perfectly good, overpriced, supercharged bike. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-07-2003, 11:56 PM	#23
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	At around half a million thats a fucking expensive base jump. How would a 2-tire bike handle i wonder. What happens to leather biking gear when it hits the road at 400kmh..... i do love bikes though, safety be damned. Soon as i'm off my moterbike Ls i'm aiming for a Ducati Monster Dark . __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 01-08-2003 at 12:00 AM.

01-08-2003, 07:41 AM	#27
Degrees Resident Denizen Join Date: May 2001 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 62	How do you tell a happy motorcycler? By the bugs in his teeth! :-D So at 400 MPH, do I lose a tooth on impact? The machine looks totally unworkable - how does one steer? By leaning that monster? Or do the two front wheels turn, like an automobile? I like motorcycles, but I wouldn't ride that one. During 1980 - 1995, I did not have a car for most of that time, riding a motorcycle instead. (Although I did have a car for three of those years.)

01-07-2003, 04:01 PM	#16
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	http://www.bosshosscycle.com/ the Boss Hoss-Chev V8 http://marineturbine.com/home/default.htm Helicopter Turbine in a motorcycle. These bikes have nothing to do with attracting mates and everything to do with bungy jumping, sky diving, and snowboarding. I want Kaneda's bike from Akira. “Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated.” --Jean Baudrillard , French semiologist. [extra credit: find hiim in "the Matrix"] --- And - More buses and the oil we import used to make carbon fiber bodies for lightweight cars running turbo 4 cylinders, fuel cells, and/or batteries. Imagine cars the size of Cadillacs handling like porches, running 4 cylinder engines.

01-07-2003, 04:47 PM	#18
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	The cool thing about the turbine is that it makes torque all along it's RPM range. The faster is revs, the more torque it makes.

01-07-2003, 07:59 PM	#21
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	This would be awesome for basejumping! Hit top speed, soar off a cliff, and open your parachute. Drop the bike into the ocean and parachute down. =)

01-08-2003, 01:20 AM	#26
quzah Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 375	Look at that picture. Where on earth does he think he's going to ride that thing? In a vaccume? There's no wind shield. He hits a bee at 400pmh and it's going to drill a hole in his fucking skull. No mud flaps what so ever. His front tire flicks up a pebble and it'll be like getting shot. I think they should mount a camera on the front of it, pointing at his face... ...so we can watch an "Indiana Jones:Raders of the Lost Ark" re-enactment as the flesh peels from his bones... "Happy little trees..." Quzah.

01-08-2003, 12:11 PM	#28
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	They're neat, didn't say they were practical! A nice Duc would be ... nice. Yes.

01-08-2003, 05:50 PM	#29
arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	Triumph owner here. I saw this yesterday and am curious as to how this thing steers with four tires. They must be independently pivoted in order to counter-steer, yes? And 400 mph is ridiculous - you can't hang on without a fairing and a windscreen much past 225 or so.

01-08-2003, 08:22 PM	#30
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	It's a concept motorcycle. You're not supposed to actually start the engine, much less rev up to it's intended speed. All this thing is meant to do is stand in show rooms and look ugly.

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