th a torque converter combined with a two
speed manual gearbox, giving a semi-auto. I din't think they did a 900.
http://www.realclassic.co.uk/hondamatic07022000.html
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First design possible.
The rules are here;
http://www.ttxgp.com/files/Technical%20Rules%20for%20TTXGP%20event%20v122.pdf
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Buy a cheap bicycle speedo.
Probably more accurate!
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- Original Message -
From: "Seth Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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hich although 'safe' and powerful, doesn't have
the best available energy density.
So far 31 teams have registered an interest in entering next years event
(one of those is me) and there seems to be considerable backing.
Hopefully I'm going to be working with Cedric and Arvind from
5/8"
pitch).
There is a completely wierd chain size made for racing Karts, which is the
219. Logically it would be 1/4" pitch, but instead, it's the completely
oddball pitch of 7.35mm!
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power available for
acceleration.
The tests were conducted at MIRA (motor industry research association).
Details can be found in Tony Foale's book.
Paul Compton
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--
x27;t mine, It belongs to motorcycle journalist Paul Blezzard.
They were actually a production machine, albeit they only made around 25 due
to problems with the parent company.
See http://www.quasarworld.com/
Some great FF's have been made from the VF, have a rummage around the
bikeweb si
ublished by Robert Bently Inc. The maths is
tough going, but the discussions, descriptions, and pictures are invaluable.
Paul Compton
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Everybody trying to get decent range out of an electric motorcycle should
take a look at Craig's site.
http://www.craigvetter.com/
I bought a copy of his high millage DVD recently, worth a look!
Paul Compton
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frame as the
Freccia). It does depend somewhat on how your hight is made up. I'm 5'11"
but take have quite short legs and appreciate machine with a low seat
height. Another person might end up wearing their kneecaps as earings!
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On 2:39:15 pm 11/03/2008 "Jeffrey Blamey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Man that is a killer look, even cooler than the Frechia. I don't think
> bikes that smooth come to the USA.
Here are two;
http://www.motomorphic.com/forSale/index.back
Pa
1992 Gilera CX. I should be picking it up on Thursday.
They only built about 250 and there are reputed to be only about 6 in the UK.
I did have fantasies of replacing the 30bhp 125cc stroker with a 500cc
Nuovo Saturno or 600cc Nordwest engine, but I think this will be my next EV
project.
Paul
in their right mind would run a Zinc Bromine
battery again after James Worden of Solectric nearly killed himself and
poisoned several crowd members!
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ay. His website doesn't seem to exist any more.
Another problem (which I'm going to have to deal with on my beemer) is the
shaft drive makes it hard to alter gear ratios to zero in on performance
vs. speed.
Have you seen Alan Grimmett's Ural?
http://home.freeuk.com/alan.gr
ace' motor http://www.agnimotors.com and 40
Thundersky 40Ah Iron Phosphate cells for a nominal 128 volts.
I'm not sure what controller I can use, few are suitable for a low
impeadance brushed PM motor. I don't wnat to have to build my own!
Paul Compton
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ww
s and had a talk with the marketing guy. I
might be able to cadge a rolling chassis of them at some stage.
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although
it's adjustable (by moving the magnets), you really need to have it on a
dyno to do so.
Paul Compton
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, all have more or less
smooth outer casings. The Etek was redesigned that way, since it overheats
quite easily. It's only the Perm with it's peripheral cooling slots that
really seems to have a problem.
In any case if you keep the peak motor temperature down, you shouldn't have
auses damage.
http://www.teamworkskarting.com/birmingham.html
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it in series with the fan and place it in the exit air, so you
have a temperature controlled fan.
Paul Compton
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That's a box-standard BMW K1100LT.
The term is 'Bog Standard'
I don't know, bloody colonials..
falling standards...
.young people today.
..(grumbles off into distance).
Paul Compton
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ww
ondon to Brighton run and a 40 mph
top speed isn't going to impress many people around the Anglsea race
circuit, but it will be good to have another EV since I sold my Scirocco.
Paul Compton
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The add says the bodywork is pretty poor. You'll spend a lot of money and/or
time sorting that out.
Paul Compton
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- Original Message -
From: "Mike" <[EMA
Axial fans can shift a fair amount of air, but not against back pressure. If
your ducting, or path throgh the motor puts much resistance in the way of
the air, then you won't get the airflow you expect. A radial (centrifugal or
'squirrel cage') fan will work much better.
10 laps. Nice bike, but off roaders are not my style.
All in all a great weekend. Not the best turnout, but we had 10 machines
from bicycles to cars on track and everybody enjoyed themselves.
Paul Compton
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I love that flip open cover. Is that stock or did you make that?
The bodywork is all standard. That's the advantage of converting a water
cooled stinkwheel (two stroke). You've got fuel, water, and oil tanks
sitting under a dummy tank cover.
Paul Compton
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1.jpg
http://www.compton.vispa.com/Pictures/freccia2.jpg
http://www.compton.vispa.com/Pictures/freccia3.jpg
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lf of Cosworth!
Tony shares some of my concerns about the curved track design and says the
devil's in the details.
There's a picture of Tony on my Scirocco website. It's the last one in the
Lynch Streamliner section.
Paul Compton
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The curved track idea has been tried before. Sometimes with fatal results if
dirt causes the track to stick. If the clearances are too wide, you may
experience chatter under various loads.
You look to have quite a lot of inertia around the steering axis, do you
have a steering damper?
Pa
ly
missleading.
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- Original Message -
From: "Chris Tromley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ElectricMotorcycles"
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:13 PM
S
, so the bottom battery is now also on its side. An
Optima casing as the same width as height, excluding the terminals, so I
didn't have to do much to the frame. I just shortened it a bit, which makes
the bodywork fit better.
Paul Compton
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regen and
dynamic braking. You use a giant shunt regulator accross the entire battery
pack.
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- Original Message -
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ctrix 'invented' the
idea).
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:44 PM
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ures up on the site.
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(which I
drove on the runway at Alameada; boring car!), a Mazda powered IMSA
racer..
Paul Compton
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- Original Message -
From: "lyle sloan" <[EMAIL PR
Well, I recognise the first one. The builder send me a picture a couple of
weeks back.
I'll not drop his name if he hasn't broken cover, but I made a safe and
progressive throttle linkage for his 383 Chevy engined 914 and he drove the
#13 914 EV at the last Phoenix EV circuit rac
quite a few
hours, or by using a brush stone.
When the brushes are run in, you can adjust the timing. The simplest way
when you have two motors electrically and/or mechanically in parallel is to
adjust them to run at the same rpm.
Paul Compton
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motors if the bearings and most of the threads
hadn't been converted to metric., since the factory would have has to buy
special tooling. Years ago Prestolite motors in the US used metric bearings
internally since they knew that metric bearings are less than half the cost
of impe
d and timed the run(s). These records were all
set in the semi-streamlined class, where the rider must be visible from the
sides and top, with the exception of the riders hands.
You can get to 140mph with just 20bhp and full streamlining, if you get your
aerodynamics right.
Paul Co
t's likely to be unstable in a straight line, even without a side wind.
Perhaps someone shoud take pity on them and send them a copy of Tony Foale's
book (www.tonyfoale.com) which is pretty much the only serious book on
motorcycle design.
Paul Compton
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ts
giving more torque/amp and less rpm/volt and banded for 6000rpm. Output was
calculated at around 20hp on 96volt.
Paul Compton
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My EV motorcycle just went live.
It's very much a work in progress, as is the bike.
Pleas take a look and let me know what you think.
http://www.evguru.co.uk
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ar
pulley with a Nylon tyre would work very well and I believe Asmo in Sweden
use them on their race Karts.
Paul Compton
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