Yeah Jimmy, I was talking to him a while back and I think he said he still had one. Oddly I was in another Jimmy's garage a couple of months back and he had been doing engine for some poor soul. Must be something in the water.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Yeah Jimmy, I was talking to him a while back and I think he said he still had one. Oddly I was in another Jimmy's garage a couple of months back and he had been doing engine for some poor soul. Must be something in the water.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Rasta Ratskins
I am pretty sure these photos were taken by a scuba diver. He musta pulled all the kelp to one side.Originally Posted by dangerous
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Ta
Yep. I bought him a couple for his birthday once.
His goal was to have the last running MVX in the world. He must be getting close.
Una Storia Italiana
thing is... you can replace the frount two pistons... but the rear is a odd ball at twice the weight, no such thing...
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
There was a solid gungeon pin version as well. Why the hell they made it try balance like that beggars belief.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Ta
None of it makes any sense. They fire two front pots together, then the rear.
In the riders seat
Yeah I collected one for him and had it here a for a few days, had a brief attempt at getting it to go but lot interest pretty quickly, I think the cylinder were cast iron rather than alloy ? I know there was something strange about it
"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."
Anorak
To having his going? or being close to the last one running?
It was in theory kind of a reverse RS500/NS500 racer like Freddies but fredies had a balancer and still vibrated. Badly enough that they kept having to make the alloy frames stronger and heavier until thy lost most of the weight advantages of the tripple vs the 4.
here at the inside pics of the NS RS500
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/a...p?albumid=4861
it was reversed as roadbikes need airbox's.
Yes iron cylinders iron cylinder covers. VT250 gearbox but so does a CBR250 4.
It was a model only nz and Japan plus maybe a few other countries got.
Lozza talked about doing one with 3 CR80 cylinder reed cylinders
No idea if they fit but appropriate CR125 ones go straight onto NS400's.
the MVX was in practice smooth.
For the lazy just here
for the full story here
Its balance two up one down and is at a full 90's unlike the NS500 that was a conventional 120 firing but different offset on account of the wider V 118 degrees. As it had a but a wider angle for more room for the reeds.
The idea being that it has no rocking couple with this set up.
Honda loves doing odd engineering some to keep its designers fresh.
Hence the odd solutions and things that are not always the easiest solutions ie single cranks bridged ex V5 sticking to reed valves in GP odd ecentric pin in v twins like the bros, atac NR500, big bang.
The MVX is in essence a "big bang" as they fire everything in 90 degrees.
pretty sure Honda balance the V5 the same way
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Ages ago we looked at one to see if it was worth grafting onto an MB100 or 50. No it wasn't. Iron bore with an iron head bolted on and an ally cover I believe over the top of the head. Nothing special and not tolerant of a bigbore or porting, being iron. Pity as there were lots of donor barrels at the time.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Well here's a failure to really think it through
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/3975037237
I kinda like it on first pass. The pipes are a stunning, if styling based, success of the look. The paint and the fact it is actually LVV apparently is aiding the cause.
But, jeez. You just can't get past the incongruity of the front vs the rear end. They are clearly from different eras and neither matches the middle. And as a shaft drive you can't fix it. Well, not in a shed.
Call me mean, but that sort of thing is going to grate on you. If he'd started with a TR1 chain drive could have enabled say spoked wheels both ends and right way up forks. That would have made this bike much more complete and stunning. . . If disabled with a mediocre engine, it could be enough.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Oh fuck me. I've never perused the cruiser section of TM. But every one is worse than before . Like shooting fish in a barrel.
Here's about listing 6. I had to stop. How hard would people larf at you?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/3971005556
Jesus it does get worse. Next one down
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/3966201577
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Pretty much agree. The 750 is the worst engine of that range too.
Anorak
the font pipe is fine but why the f is the rear so long he could have joind it far further ahead witout the loop?
the forks he could use FZR or TZR or a few models of FJ and still used RWA forks and 320mm discs and those blue spots
But seen far worse.
I really should be working on something else.....
i love the irony of altering a Yamaha cruiser styled after Harley cruiser with Harley road racer styling especially as the harley road racer was made obsolete by little Yamaha road racers....
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Well I don't think you'll be worrying Kar Lee, but yeah that's kinda where I was going with that.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Anorak
They just have flasher graphics, bigger budgets better designers, glossier paper, more talent and probably better coffee.
Yet, in spite of their obvious flaws I like this one they did of a SV650.
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
There are currently 17 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 17 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks