awesome link that was shown to me today.
http://www.bikeexif.com/aprilia-rsv-taimoshan (http://www.bikeexif.com/aprilia-rsv-taimoshan)
Wow! [bow_down] [drool]
I think I just soiled myself...
I
Am
About
To
Cry....
That is such a beautiful bike... *sob*
took me a minute to find the radiator...
Neato. [thumbsup]
NO question that it's a beautiful bike but there are glaring difficulties with it, most notable being the tiny radiator UNDER THE SEAT with only two small electric fans to make it work. Aesthetically an A++++ but I doubt it's anything workable on the road.
That headlight is huge! And the engine looks so big too.
yeah saw this one yesterday was well.
really loving the complete design.
Quote from: MadDuck on January 22, 2011, 12:22:03 AM
NO question that it's a beautiful bike but there are glaring difficulties with it, most notable being the tiny radiator UNDER THE SEAT with only two small electric fans to make it work. Aesthetically an A++++ but I doubt it's anything workable on the road.
The radiator is mounted under the seat, and apparently works well. “The cooling fans are standard … they draw a huge amount of cool air from around the engine into the front of the wedge, and of course all the hot air is blown down and away from the seat. So the seat temp is quite normal.â€
Wow that is slick.
Beautiful execution but he needs to tuck a few wires away.
Wow, that is absolutely stunning! :o [thumbsup]
Wonder why it took "hundreds of hour(s) of fine tuning" to get it to run right? Sounded like it was a stock ecu with a PC. And a well known race shop couldn't get it sorted and gave it back in worse shape?? WTF??
Still, a really well thought out and designed cafe bike. [clap] [bow_down]
I say it trumps any Monster I have seen to date. (water cooled that is) [evil]
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 22, 2011, 09:20:23 PM
I say it trumps any Monster I have seen to date. (water cooled that is) [evil]
id say it trumps every street bike ive ever seen. the manx is my absolute favorite bike aesthetically/historicallly and with the performance aspects of that build.... [drool]
sure there are things that I would do differently, but all minute details. Norton NEEDS to make a production bike like this.
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 22, 2011, 09:20:23 PM
I say it trumps any Monster I have seen to date. (water cooled that is) [evil]
rotax has nice maintenace intervals too [thumbsup]
Quote from: derby on January 22, 2011, 07:42:35 AM
The radiator is mounted under the seat, and apparently works well. “The cooling fans are standard … they draw a huge amount of cool air from around the engine into the front of the wedge, and of course all the hot air is blown down and away from the seat. So the seat temp is quite normal.â€
Good eye there Derb. I missed that part in the write up. Tell ya what though -- those RSV's run warm with the stock radiator out in front in the air stream. I see what the guy says but I'd have to test drive it to believe it. [evil] [evil] [laugh] [laugh]
An air-cooled Desmo twin would look the part (much better) in that frame.
as long as you are going fast enough its probably fine, just don't take a cafe "racer" like that to downtown LA rush hour traffice then its probably horrible. [cheeky]
Well now I want to tear apart my Tuono....
fack, that is really cool
Beautiful!
No clear pics of the left side, where I assume the coolant hoses reside. I'd sure like to see how they are routed back to the radiator!
Edit: OK, I see two coolant hoses, but only one connected to the radiator. Where is the other hose?
Yep, that's beautiful. The Aprilia and the KTM's are really nice compact engines.
Isn't that tank an old Norton knockoff? Love those tanks. [thumbsup]
LA
Quote from: LA on January 31, 2011, 10:20:29 AM
Yep, that's beautiful. The Aprilia and the KTM's are really nice compact engines.
Isn't that tank an old Norton knockoff? Love those tanks. [thumbsup]
LA
norton tank and frame
Quote from: xcaptainxbloodx on January 31, 2011, 10:42:39 AM
norton tank and frame
And a Rotax motor. Do we call it a "Roton"
better question. can I call it mine?
[moto] [thumbsup]