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interesting. my eyebrows went up when they said v4...and rolled completely back when they said pushrod :lol:
one step at a time i suppose |
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id guarantee the decision was based on cost. much cheaper to machine one cam for an engine compared to 4-8 |
Half a small block. Neat.
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Pairing pushrods (relatively low tech and cheap) with direct injection (relatively high tech and expensive) doesn't make much sense to me.:shrug:
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Victory (great bike, but a harley clone) Indian, same as victory. Confederate, built on the Vtwin platform Buell, great bike driven into the ground by harley, truley squandered potential Fischer, a decent bike nobody ever heard of Roehr, the american version of Bimoto, also nobodys ever heard of it I love the idea of owning a small boutique brand bike, but I don't think I will ever, just too many variables. I seriously considered a buell instead of the KLR, but even that, the most successful non cruiser american bike company has failed us. |
If they're smart, they'll license that engine design to others. That would even be great in a small car, an ATV, small inboard...
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Either way I hope they pull it off and make it happen... WOW would it be amazing! |
Mechanically the push-rod style motor is less simple just because there are extra parts & geometry involved vs. over-head cam designs. P/R valvetrains have more parts/sub-parts (typically lifter, pushrod, rocker-arm & all the associated bits), and more parts = more mass & friction/deflection/hot-spots/wear-points = generally less rpm/surface-speed attainable than more efficient OHC designs. But the geometry of the blocks & heads (both casting & required machining - really factors-in when considering oil-passages, I think) & cam-drive mechanism, and adjustment of valve clearance are generally simpler & more easily accomplished (or automatic, with hydraulic lifters/lash-adjusters). As for making torque - p/r don't increase the torque a motor produces, they're just generally used in large-displacement relatively low-rpm motors which tend to have more & are tuned for bottom-end torque. All that said, p/r technology still does a hell of a job in many applications, has for decades and will for many more - it's just not as well-suited to very high-rpm operation & is *relatively* 'old-fashioned' technology. Some of the best things are though!
O/H cam & shim-under-bucket is about as mechanically simple & efficient (fewest parts, least reciprocating mass/energy wasted) as you can get, but the manufacturing tech & precision required is a LOT higher to produce the parts (block & heads, mostly). Can be a real PITA to deal with clearance adjustment also, of course - what with having to pull elaborate air-boxes/hosing & throttle-bodies & shit just to *start* removing the camshafts (and usually cam chain/tensioner) + having to measure/calculate/replace shims which MUST be meticulously & correctly done. Believe me, sometimes I've *wished* I could just slide a couple tubes up & be done with a couple wrench-twists, without having to take much if anything off to get to them! :lol: |
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Thanks kerry for a much better detailed post. It was more better. I heart pr and have had it on many motors both bike, car, truck, and tractor. I love em.
I luv this whole idea and concept. I wish them the best and hope to see this in a showroom. Hopefully they make good alliances. They should start talking to erik being he's getting ready to bring a non-hd street buell back to the market. |
Never going to do anything. I don't get my panties wet when I see Ehmurican on shit though.
Dey took our jubs! |
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Overhead Cams,, gear driven primary and cassette tranny. Make it Very Different than any of the V twin Pushrod bikes, better to compair it tot he Metric Cruisers. That said I would love to see Motus put out a bike. Test Dynos are notoriously optimistic. Even so a Production V 4 with even 100 ft Lbs of torgue could make a Fun Power Cruiser. |
Question for the engineers on here,
Isn't there a reason that you want the rotating mass to go the same way as the wheels?
Ie; = - = not = | = I know that Moto Guzzi runs theirs that way but don't they have to add counter-rotating mass to make it work? Won't this cause handling issues on a "sport" tourer?:idk: |
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1) Develop a gasoline powered motorcycle. 2) Try to take deposits on it. 3) Realize deposits aren't rolling in for a Desmosedici priced piece of vaporware no one has heard of. 4) Make a shitty electric version. 5) ??????????????? 6) Profit! |
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I'm their target market. ;) If its what it claims to be, I'd consider it. The F800ST is a little anemic, the VFR has never done anything for me, and the other tourer choices are two wheeled cars. :/
If its a solid bike, WITH ABS, I'll definitely consider it. ;) (As in what idiots would even contemplate building a "sport tourer" without ABS currently?) |
RE: 90 Degree opposition crankshafts...
Yes, they do twist / lift the bike's chassis a bit. It varies by design. Having had both Boxer and K-Brick engined bikes (both having crankshafts rotating perpendicular to the rotation of the wheels), neither design is "startling" in this respect, even with violent applications of clutch & throttle. Yes, its there. Will you notice it after more than 30 minutes riding the bike? No. ;) |
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http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/kawa...sx_2011_08.jpg |
I'd speculate their decision to go with pushrod design was based on 1) cost/complexity of casting/machining, 2) Overall simpler (considering no ohc drive) & more compact motor, especially with the heads hanging out either side of the bike, ala MotoGuzzi. The heads have to be considerably taller with OHC, especially with a relatively small budget which wouldn't allow for repeated prototyping & material minimization. Way easier, esp. in a V-design, to just stick a cam in the valley right over the crank & with a simple chain or gear drive. Works just fine to, as long as you're not trying to spin it way up. Maybe a distant 3) it's 'murican.
The counter-torque is just nature of the beast & a reaction to the inertia of the crank/flywheel spinning-up. I've felt it on a boxer, and though noticable it wasn't a big deal. That's a V4 mounted relatively high vs. the very low-slung BMW design - and did you see the size of the flywheel in the video?! I bet it has a good bit of counter-torque, but that might just add to its character. Wouldn't be a big handling factor so long as you're changing rpm drastically in a curve - also side-ways V design would lessen the gyroscopic resistance to side-to-side transitions too, vs. typical transverse crank mounting. All technical BS aside - it does look pretty bad-ass, producing their own engine in-house is impressive, and kudos to them for doing *something* to produce a sporting American motorcycle. I hope they do well & we see good things come of their efforts! :rockwoot: |
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i mean we can armchair race a new engine, but if its not ment to be racing arent we just spinning our wheels??? right tig? lol:lol |
Is it likely to be a highly refined deal? No. It's half a fucking small block, kids.
It's a muscle car motor, cut in half to be a muscle bike motor. It should be entirely and uniquely American in its personality, and I dare say; goddammit I like it. |
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Ha. I was watching vids on this just a few minutes ago. I want to see the finish product.
Sounds mean as hell. |
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I don't think the use of a p/r valvetrain somehow renders pointless any refinement & new-tech wizardry in the other sub-systems. It probably made more sense for them to concentrate their R&D efforts in other areas which would net them more in reaching their performance goals, given the displacement & operating range of the motor.
I think most innovations in vehicles (and machinery in general) have come about where one unique design element stands out, proves its worth, and is refined into a new 'norm' although the other elements are the same-old-same-old. And plus-eleventy-one on how cool it would be for DFI 2-(no)smoke motors to be developed! IIRC from the little bit I read about them years ago, their at-speed emissions were good with DFI, but the at-idle requirements killed them & gives a decided advantage to 4-strokes meeting regs. |
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Pretty standard I guess, buncha armchair engineers and Monday morning MotoGP stars. I could give two shits and a fuck about trivial shit like how someone else decides to build their bikes... Does it work? Is it fun? Does it do what I want it to do and look how I want it to look? Yes? Then it's good. All the other shit is just chest pounding and circle jerking...
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Fine, from now on... Op; Look here's a new bike from XYZ company. Reply; Cool! R2; Nice! R3; Ditto! R4; Sweet! R5; This! /thread :lol: |
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It's just tiresome... God forbid a manufacturer try to do something other than push performance to the limit... The Diaval thread is just as retarded... Guys bitching about and shitting all over a bike that NOBODY has ridden. I mean, isn't that what its all about? This thread is just like the Diaval thread. What'd all these geniuses say when that bike was tested by the moto rags and handling was heralded as being quite good? Not a damn thing. I guess what they say is true, people are afraid of something different. I get just as annoyed when guys sit around and talk about how many broads they've banged, how fast they are, how many beers they can drink... :idk:
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2/3 of that is true... :lol: |
OSP, I think there's a difference between discussing shit, and declaring something to BE shit based on xyz characteristic. I hear ya though, and it's kinda like when it always makes me :rolleyes: when a new bike hits the net/rags & 90% of what you hear is "OMFG look at that hideous exhaust". :lol:
At the end of the day, how a street-bike "works" boils down to whether it stirs the soul & puts a smile on the face of the rider, not whether it looks good on a spec. sheet. |
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1/3 of those is true |
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Shit. Forgot Hyosung and ninja 250.
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;) Semi related: the android autocorrect for onssp is inseparable :lol |
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I am the slowest person on the board, Im dating a bathing suite model, and trip is truly gay
3/3 are true |
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Motus Motorcycles Unveils The MST Series American Tourer Bike
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Looks like a KTM mixed with a Honda and a Kawasaki
I can't say I don't like it... |
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direct Injected V4?
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I've honestly had more problems with FI systems. Tons of stumbling and jerking unless you get it dyno tuned. As for a sport tourer, Triumph ST for me please. |
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Sounds GREAT!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kooYoibfeA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1V7C...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFDHBlAWEA8 Really finding it hard not to fall in love with these bikes... |
I'd rather it was a crankthrottle rotary
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Sounds good, and for the companies first bike it looks pretty awesome.
The motus company actually reminds me of buell stuff back in the early 90s. |
I so want one!!!
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Sad that the price tag will be out of range.
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The sound of the thing, in the videos of it roaring around Barber, is incredible.
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And I foresee some KILLER aftermarket options...
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