Pushing the boundaries of sanity:
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/06/48-Cylinder_Kawasaki.jpg)
Check out the youtube video here:
Kawasaki 48 Cylinder Runs! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ratfuML9QA&feature=player_embedded#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
All I keep wondering is....why????
isn't there sort of an inverse relationship between the displacement of your bike and your ...khm... endowment ...?
It's kind of like climbing Everest.
Jeebus, imagine adjusting the valves and synching the carbs/throttle bodies!!
ok, the imagination runs wild..
a crankshaft with 48 unique journals.. which means a 7.5 degree firing offset..
a "big bang" setup with only 4 journals -- 12 firing simultaneously! wtf!
a V-Twin setup.. ROFL.. with 24 firing simultaneously
inquiring minds want to know
because i can, because i can can can can can!!
HP? TQ?
thats a small exahust for all that.
That motor has to weigh a bunch and those spindly little front forks don't look big enough to take much abuse.
i can't even imagine what the distributor looks like, unles it has some kind of electronic ignition
Why?
Smoothest power curve ever.
Quote from: MrIncredible on June 18, 2009, 12:14:14 PM
Why?
Smoothest power curve ever.
you're assuming it's not a big bang engine.
but a 48-journal crank would be so cool. nightmarish.
Slightly less retar.. ah redic... ahhh really cool:
Chainsaw Bike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWqJe1dCgY#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
And way more:
Harley Chainsaw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1D4IdO28JU#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Quote from: Monster Dave on June 18, 2009, 08:32:59 AM
Pushing the boundaries of sanity:
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All I keep wondering is....why????
Really...
they were pretty much un-rideable as 2 stroke triples. ;D
The 48 cylinder Kawi looks pretty damn cool to me!
I would love to see it at Bonneville.
If fit had ape hangers AND if he were wearing a bandanna, he'd be eligible for the douchebag trifecta riding that beast around! There's no way that should qualify for HOV lanes.
It's pretty cool he could get that thing together, though!
Quote from: redxblack on June 20, 2009, 09:50:24 PM
If fit had ape hangers AND if he were wearing a bandanna, he'd be eligible for the douchebag trifecta riding that beast around! There's no way that should qualify for HOV lanes.
It's pretty cool he could get that thing together, though!
douchebag trifecta
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: painter on June 18, 2009, 06:23:48 PM
Really...
they were pretty much un-rideable as 2 stroke triples. ;D
I'm looking on as they kick-start a 5-cylinder two-stroke Kawasaki in the basement of the Barber museum:
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PoNVj7qKKUU/Sh72U9WxVVI/AAAAAAAAAtM/rikMtrUp2HA/s576/IMG_1590.JPG)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PoNVj7qKKUU/Sh72gETUL_I/AAAAAAAAAtc/QQ-hH9dG13k/s576/IMG_1594.JPG)
Quote from: Cider on June 22, 2009, 06:56:18 AM
I'm looking on as they kick-start a 5-cylinder two-stroke Kawasaki in the basement of the Barber museum:
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PoNVj7qKKUU/Sh72U9WxVVI/AAAAAAAAAtM/rikMtrUp2HA/s576/IMG_1590.JPG)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PoNVj7qKKUU/Sh72gETUL_I/AAAAAAAAAtc/QQ-hH9dG13k/s576/IMG_1594.JPG)
How many kicks? ;D
Quote from: painter on June 22, 2009, 03:18:04 PM
How many kicks? ;D
Grand total would be good, but # of victims and # kicks each would be better. [laugh]
Quote from: painter on June 22, 2009, 03:18:04 PM
How many kicks? ;D
Enough that I worried for a second that he might give up ;D. I think the bike considered kicking back on one of them. It sure sounded good when it was running, though.
Quote from: Speeddog on June 22, 2009, 04:08:22 PM
Grand total would be good, but # of victims and # kicks each would be better. [laugh]
Just one guy, but I think he was more tired than he cared to admit.