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Thread: Oh yeah! Akira bike on Kickstarter: this is cool!

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    Oh yeah! Akira bike on Kickstarter: this is cool!

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...oject?ref=live

    well we scooter riders think its cool.

    Personally I think he is aiming way low with the choice of powerplant: I'm thinking first gen V Max, or maybe Gold wing 6 cyl.
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    It's an updated Quasar
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    He has too much time on his hands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    It's an updated Quasar
    updated???? looks like it's got a CX (cervix)500 motor, back to the future?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    updated???? looks like it's got a CX (cervix)500 motor, back to the future?
    Two wheeled steering and some of that other shit he talks about
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    What a dreamer...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    It's an updated Quasar
    or Gurney Alligator. But a good idea's a good idea, right?

    I just want it to look like the Akira bike.

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    He states that a lower bike means better braking but I'm not so sure. OK less chance of going ove the top but less weight transfer so less brakable usable contact pressure. Thinking of leaverage of bike plus rider mass therefore inertia onto front wheel, blah blah etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrentNz View Post
    What a dreamer...
    In what way?
    Quote Originally Posted by cheshirecat View Post
    He states that a lower bike means better braking but I'm not so sure. OK less chance of going ove the top but less weight transfer so less brakable usable contact pressure. Thinking of leaverage of bike plus rider mass therefore inertia onto front wheel, blah blah etc
    Less weight transfer to the front should mean you could use more rear

    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~bu...uasar_page.htm
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Someone with no engineering or mechanical backgrounds trying to raise 40grand for a project that probably wont work, and even if it did how could you say that its safe?
    he doesn't have a clue, he just thinks he does.

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    What he has produced is a trike with 2 wheels.

    May the bridges I burn light the way.

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