Quote:
Originally Posted by renault_megane_dci
Maybe the whole CX500 rear end can be made to fit ?
Appart from intensive hypermilling (wich are helpless for the Vetter challenge) or massive rpm reduction for a given speed, I don't see much potential devellopement.
Actually I did the sprocket swap on my bike before anything else.
|
In fact one of the big benefits of the streamlining a motorcycle, is that it is then much more amenable to hypermiling, than an un-streamlined motorcycle. At some point I will try to get to the 100 mpg objective using P&G, EOC, and slow speeds on secondary roads. With respect to development potential it is the same or better than a boat tail on a car, because a motorcycle is so un-aerodynamic to start with, even without the ability to change the final drive gear ratios. The VT 500 had a very low final drive ratio, so much so that in 6th gear it could not maintain speed up hills and into head winds, so one could say that the original gearing was ideal for a streamliner.
