Moto-Dynamix New Zealand-built bike

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Would love to know this too, been lusting over some hub centre stuff recently.

Have a peak at this, no where near finished, but this is something one of the 750 turbo boys is doing....
http://750turbo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5801

[Kickaha]

Have a peak at this, no where near finished, but this is something one of the 750 turbo boys is doing....
http://750turbo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5801

That is a seriously cool project

[imdying]

Now that dudes a hardout mofo

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This thing....whatever happened to it?
The design is fairly different though, it looks like forks wif a shock in between....
http://www.motoczysz.com

[jrandom]

This thing....whatever happened to it?

There was a documentary on Sky recently about the Motoczysz development effort - they just started their first serious on-track testing in Q3 2007.

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There was a documentary on Sky recently about the Motoczysz development effort - they just started their first serious on-track testing in Q3 2007.

Yeh, dammit didn't know it was on till I saw it on the site today....didn't record it did ya?

[xwhatsit]

I seem to remember the Motocyszs (??spelling) had single shock up front, the forks were just tubes to hold the front wheel on basiclly with the single shock mounted just under the triple clamp, in the centre. Similar design perhaps?? it seemed to work well for (BSB and Motogp rider cant remeber his name), when he tested it.

Sounds very similar to BMW's telelever system, which is a marvellous looking piece of kit that I must try one day. Much of the benefits of hub-centre steering (no fork dive under braking, fer'instance) without some of the issues that plague it (vagueness in steering due to complicated steering linkages that wear quickly).

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No, it's much simpler than that (I caught the doco today ) it's a pair if forks with Linear bearings and a shock mounted between them, from a bracket basically on the front gaurd (but slightly behind the forks) up to the bottom triple clamp.
The telelever uses a pair of 'forks' too, but they pivot at the top and have a large triangular arm from the front gaurd area back to the frame, the shock sits on top of this.
I suppose they are sorta similar in that the shock is in a similar position on the bike and the forks do nothing in the spring/damping department....

[k14]

Yeah I caught the end of this mornings episodes. Never heard of it before, good on them but unless they've got boat loads of $$ behind them they prob won't go far.

Isn't it pretty much the same as the britten? Cept that had 2 shocks for the front wheras this just has one?

[bugjuice]

that sounds f'in awesome shaun.. hope you're documenting everything, for the movie later!!

I'll be watching with baited eyes..

[HenryDorsetCase]

Is one of the options you are looking at for say a single cylinder 450CC MX motor, or something like a DRZ400 motor?

Reasons for asking is that I have no real illusions about what I can and can't and do and don't want to ride on a track, and right up there is anything powered by a 1000CC supersports engine. I imagine myself getting highsided stupid out of the first corner and think, "not so much".....

Obviously the price would have to be the same, but on a tight track (like Ruapuna or Levels) you could keep them honest in the twisty bits till they piss off down the straights.

[cowpoos]

No, it's much simpler than that (I caught the doco today ) it's a pair if forks with Linear bearings and a shock mounted between them, from a bracket basically on the front gaurd (but slightly behind the forks) up to the bottom triple clamp.
The telelever uses a pair of 'forks' too, but they pivot at the top and have a large triangular arm from the front gaurd area back to the frame, the shock sits on top of this.
I suppose they are sorta similar in that the shock is in a similar position on the bike and the forks do nothing in the spring/damping department....

so there is no linkage or linkage type system?? just a spring and a damper? or is the damper mounted else wear?

[Kornholio]

I seem to remember the Motocyszs (??spelling) had single shock up front, the forks were just tubes to hold the front wheel on basiclly with the single shock mounted just under the triple clamp, in the centre. Similar design perhaps?? it seemed to work well for (BSB and Motogp rider cant remeber his name), when he tested it.

There was a documentary on Sky recently about the Motoczysz development effort - they just started their first serious on-track testing in Q3 2007.

Funny that.... just watched the doco on sky this afternoon

Jeremy McWilliams was the rider, well the guy that thought up the bike did a bit of riding himself

Good luck Shaun, Im sure your bike will be an ass kicker

[sAsLEX]

so there is no linkage or linkage type system?? just a spring and a damper? or is the damper mounted else wear?

Would be similar to a rear shock..... could even use the same if designed right!

[FilthyLuka]

Yay! Kiwi made stuff!

Now scale down that frame, throw in a suzuki dr250 donk and sell it as a "sports styled 250," you'd make MILLIONS!

But seriously, we could use some home grown 250's on the market...

Just my 2c