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Originally Posted by Christ
So what happens when you dump the bike? Have you considered the greenhouse effect that will occur with a lexan upper "bubble"? Could get pretty hot in there without any ventilation, ya know?
Why not look at the recumbent thing that Craig Vetter did with his little moped thingy? (Sounds pretty specific, doesn't it?)
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I dont ever plan on dumping the bike. But i understand what you are saying. What if i dump the bike and there is no way for me to get the bike upright? I'll just be laying in the road like a fish out of water
. I surely will design the fairing to accommodate that.
As far as getting hot, thats where NACA vent's come into play. They aerodynamically draw air into the shell without significantly effecting overall drag. You see them on a lot of airplanes and race cars. I probably will make the bubble removable for blistering hot days.
I think by recumbent you mean sitting leaning back a little? Craig's streamliner was a Honda Helix 250 scooter, and he designed his fairing around a fish shape. I am taking a similar approach. The main difference is that craigs bike was a scooter and mine is a sport bike, so the fairings are going to look a bit different because of the different seating arrangements.