1100cc 2-stroke Superbike

[Toast]

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/22april09_1100cc2stroke.htm


"What the world needed was an answer to the current literbikes, which we find anemic," Rothwell told me over the phone. "If a bike can't hoist the wheel in 4th gear off the throttle it's not a superbike." The 1100cc three-cylinder TSS1100GP should have no such problems; when completed, it should make 250 hp at the rear wheel and 160 ft.-lbs. of torque. A powervalve will keep things rideable, with a characteristic hit of power as the revs climb. The chassis will be a lightly-modded Kawasaki ZX-10R ("it's beefy enough") and Rothwell expects the wet weight to be under 340 pounds: "when you dismantle a literbike and see how heavy that four-stroke motor is, it's just sad, really." The next project? The 112-hp TSS500 engine installed in a Yamaha WR450 supermoto chassis. "There's nothing 'super' about a four-stroke supermoto," sniffed Rothwell.

Would it really work on the track?

It'd be cool to see it go head to head with the standard bike.

[AllanB]

Would it really work on the track?

Good question - I thought the MotoGP teams have spent the last few years taming the power deliveries of the 4-stroke engines to enable the bikes to hook-up as smoothly and quickly as possible out of corners. You don't win races spinning or sliding rear wheels.

I guess they'll tame the old 2-stroke hit out of the power band.

Either way I'm available for a test ride........:2thumbsup

[lostinflyz]

would it work on track. a drag strip probably. a race ttrack?? id want some motogp anti wheelie anti wheel spin tech in it.

all i can think of is "what don't kill ya only makes you stronger??"

[YellowDog]

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/22april09_1100cc2stroke.htm



Would it really work on the track?

It'd be cool to see it go head to head with the standard bike.
This is really interesting and I suspect a lot of people will be following this through to see if a Road Bike comes out of this project.

Wasn't it a project such as this that brought Bimota down.

[Whitebait]

Yep the Bimota V-due.........the fall of a empire!!!! http://www.vdue.it/

Said to be the re-birth of the 2 stroke.........must have had the umbilical cord round it's neck on the way out!!

I'm a 2 stroke racer and fan so I always dream of Dorna coming out and saying we're bringing back the REAL GP bikes the 500's!!!

I been keeping a close eye on the Two Stroke Shop they are a crowd in Oz that seem to be pretty on to it!! http://www.twostrokeshop.com/

They're building a RS250 prillia with a 500cc twin in it (Based on a RD350 engine)

Thats my kind of fun!!!:spanking:

[Shaun P]

That looks sweet!! :niceone:

[Toast]

This is really interesting and I suspect a lot of people will be following this through to see if a Road Bike comes out of this project.

Wasn't it a project such as this that brought Bimota down.

I think that the Bimota failed largely because of the direct injection technology which made the fuelling like an on/off switch...

This bike, being for now a one-off and I'd assume therefore not subject to emissions reg's, doesn't appear to be attempting to use that same tech (the article says that in future it could though).

[SS90]

Good question - I thought the MotoGP teams have spent the last few years taming the power deliveries of the 4-stroke engines to enable the bikes to hook-up as smoothly and quickly as possible out of corners. You don't win races spinning or sliding rear wheels.

I guess they'll tame the old 2-stroke hit out of the power band.

Either way I'm available for a test ride........:2thumbsup

Personally, I am VERY keen to see this bike a reality, and wish these guys all the success in the world!

Call me cynical, but I don't currently believe that there is anyone in the world that is capable of riding such a machine (not even close), like you say, so much of the "big 4" (and Ducati) development over the last few years has centered around making the current MotoGP 4 stroke engines rideable (I suggest that task would be a cake walk compared to the sort of technology that would be required to make an 1100cc two stroke "useable".

I have seen an interview with Rossi in the second year of 4 strokes, and he said even then the 2 stroke 500's where frightening compared to the new 4 strokes....Imagine an 1100cc two stroke (and the torque that thing will produce!....I'm salivating!)

It would be one hell of a bike though! AND it would be awesome if they where able to develop an engine management system to cope!