Any motorcycle modders here?

[toyobug]

Thanks Christopher Jordan. Now to get a translation book.

[ldjessee00]

Hello,

I am currently between motorcycles (wife says I have to pay off the car before I can buy one, but that happens this winter).

I was glad to see someone is making a diesel bike, but wish it was the manufacturer and not some company making the modification.

My dream bike would be a recumbent (feet-first) with enough ground clearance to not be afraid of speed bumps and such. It would also be a diesel hybrid with variable ride height (for lowering on the highway).

With either hydraulic and pneumatic shocks, I am not sure why this is not standard on all vehicles. Go fast, go low; slow down, raise up.

But, in reality, I am starting to think of a smaller, dual sport bike than the larger cruiser I as originally thinking of (larger as 750 to 1100 ccs, not 1400 to 2.3 liters).

Seems the dual sports seem to get better gas mileage and they are more useful (aren't afraid when the road ends).

LDJ

[gil]

Craig does sell the copy of the shell used in the 80's fuel economy contest.
its priced at 1312USD.


High mileage fairing





Gil

[janvos39]

Ben.

if scooters are considered motorcycles then the Burgman project gives you the type of modifictions (aero and transmission)you are looking for.

[Otto]

Originally Posted by ac7ss

It was that type of thing that gave me the idea. I read somewhere about trailing fairings (on the trailing edge) make more difference than leading fairing. So maybe just an oversized shirt stretched over the trunk?

The rounded and streamlined front of the body is only half the battle. Maybe less than half the battle: A properly streamlined pressure recovery at the rear is as important, or perhaps more important, than the front. See Hoerner's "Fluid Dynamic Drag" book available via inter-library loan.