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Well - got the locost.
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Re: Well - got the locost. -
04-26-2004
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"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. I think you're confusing a race track with a drag-strip, never seen a purely straight race track yet, and this will be your down-fall. By locost, would you also refer, to the Tiger racing twin busa engine version which holds the 0-60 record for cars? Steve. |
download the videos and see how long it takes to stop giggling.
http://www.smartsrus.com/evil_twin_z-cars.htm
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"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. I think you're confusing a race track with a drag-strip, never seen a purely straight race track yet, and this will be your down-fall. |
the bend and down the straight bits that it would be well gone before
you knew what was happening.
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By locost, would you also refer, to the Tiger racing twin busa engine version which holds the 0-60 record for cars? ^^^^ |
This bit could be a problem. 0-60 doesn't tell the whole story, as a
bike struggles to pull away as quickly as a car due to the rotational
forces making it hard to keep the front end down, and lack of traction.
I suspect the real test would be 30-100 through the gears, and a 100bhp
bike would trounce 99% of cars doing this.
As an aside, you're not likely to be building a twin-'busa engined
Locost due to the horrific expense of doing so. This is if you knew
anything about what you were doing, of course.
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"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; However, you seem to have the mechanical abilities of a Kwik-Thick fitter, so I don't think we need concern ourselves with the vague possibility this 'challenge' may ever come to fruition. The came to this conclusion through? |
HTH.
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Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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The Locost _may_ be able to out-corner a bike, but I know which one takes the most bottle to ride / drive at that kind of pace on a twisty road. Which is what my post was getting at. -- |
Fine with me - I prefer my toy to remove the possibility of me 'falling
off', that's all ;-)
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"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. I think you're confusing a race track with a drag-strip, never seen a purely straight race track yet, and this will be your down-fall. By locost, would you also refer, to the Tiger racing twin busa engine version which holds the 0-60 record for cars? |
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Steven <doesnt (AT) matter (DOT) com> wrote: "SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Mk Indy with a Gixxer Thou.... sweet! Even a bike engined Lotus Seven-alike is tame compared with a 600cc (or bigger) sportsbike. However, if you're not man enough........ ;-) Sounds like a challenge to me that does, tell you what, when I've built it, we have a little race? Track would be wiser but if you're not man enough............ ;-) Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. |
Bottle asides the fastest time over the lap is all that matters. And anyway,
you haven't seen the track I'm talking about - it twists and turns like a
twisty turny thing ;-)
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Steven <doesnt (AT) matter (DOT) com> wrote: "Lordy" <spam (AT) recycle (DOT) bin> wrote; However, if you're not man enough........ ;-) Not man enough to delight in strapping on coloured leather and hanging around with sweaty bearded fat blokes ? An every-weekend occurrence for an Italian shed driving freak!  Obviously the reason why you made enquiries into getting a bike license recently...... FWIW, I don't do coloured leather (or bikes). Black is the one true colour. |
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"Steven" <doesnt (AT) matter (DOT) com> wrote in message news:c6jpk2$dm4$1 (AT) hercules (DOT) btinternet.com... "SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. I think you're confusing a race track with a drag-strip, never seen a purely straight race track yet, and this will be your down-fall. By locost, would you also refer, to the Tiger racing twin busa engine version which holds the 0-60 record for cars? It's twin ZX12 actually - I know the owner. http://www.elitespas.net/car/ |
a middleweight sportsbike. We can safely say that Steven won't be
building one of those, though ;-)
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Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300
VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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It's twin ZX12 actually - I know the owner. http://www.elitespas.net/car/ That's one of the 1% of cars that has a better power / weight ratio than a middleweight sportsbike. We can safely say that Steven won't be building one of those, though ;-) |
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Steven wrote: "SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote ; Whatever advantage a Locost would have in a bend would be totally wiped out by a 100bhp bike on the straight bits. Trust me on this. I think you're confusing a race track with a drag-strip, never seen a purely straight race track yet, and this will be your down-fall. By locost, would you also refer, to the Tiger racing twin busa engine version which holds the 0-60 record for cars? Steve. heh - the Z100... Nice, but Z cars are making some really wierd stuff now - download the videos and see how long it takes to stop giggling. http://www.smartsrus.com/evil_twin_z-cars.htm *I* |
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