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48 Cylinder Kawasaki!!! Um....why???

Started by Monster Dave, June 18, 2009, 08:32:59 AM

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Monster Dave

June 18, 2009, 08:32:59 AM
Pushing the boundaries of sanity:



Check out the youtube video here:

Kawasaki 48 Cylinder Runs!


All I keep wondering is....why????

hunduc

#1
June 18, 2009, 08:58:19 AM

isn't there sort of an inverse relationship between the displacement of your bike and your ...khm... endowment ...?   

Speeddog

#2
June 18, 2009, 09:02:39 AM
It's kind of like climbing Everest.

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#3
June 18, 2009, 09:36:34 AM
Jeebus, imagine adjusting the valves and synching the carbs/throttle bodies!!
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ducatiz

#4
June 18, 2009, 10:00:24 AM
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

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He Man

#5
June 18, 2009, 10:33:02 AM
because i can, because i can can can can can!!

HP? TQ?

thats a small exahust for all that.

Greg

#6
June 18, 2009, 11:11:32 AM
That motor has to weigh a bunch and those spindly little front forks don't look big enough to take much abuse.
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ducatiz

#7
June 18, 2009, 11:29:05 AM
i can't even imagine what the distributor looks like, unles it has some kind of electronic ignition
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#8
June 18, 2009, 12:14:14 PM
Why?


Smoothest power curve ever.
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#9
June 18, 2009, 01:25:42 PM
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.
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Ddan

#10
June 18, 2009, 04:11:57 PM
Slightly less retar..   ah   redic...    ahhh   really cool:


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#11
June 18, 2009, 06:23:48 PM
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
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#12
June 20, 2009, 05:56:06 AM
The 48 cylinder Kawi looks pretty damn cool to me!

I would love to see it at Bonneville.

redxblack

#13
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!

ducatiz

#14
June 21, 2009, 12:57:16 AM
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

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