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mikelhsr1982 Full Member Offline Who turned up the heat Posts: 150 WV Gender:	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #15 - 06/15/10 at 20:20:51 Here is another wild ride. Hub less.
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Reply #16 - 06/15/10 at 20:39:16

I was not a fan of water cooled MC engines but that little ninja I had is a high reving beast and uncannily fast after 5000 rpm, I realized a small air cooled engine could not cool that thing down fast enough,most of the time you are averaging 8000 rpm ,it red lines at 11500,has to have coolent,I tell ya I felt better knowing that ,
in my youth I have siezed up to many engines ,trying to get every ounce of speed from small engines,luckily I felt them start to tighten up and yanked the clutch in time , usually got home on it , you do have to strip em though ,they just aint the same after a thrashing like that, by the way I was not on the highway, this was at brands hatch,
you can pay to use the track when not in use for racing , 30 minutes bikes 30 minutes for cars.

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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #17 - 06/15/10 at 20:39:58 mikelhsr1982 wrote on 06/15/10 at 20:20:51: Here is another wild ride. Hub less. http://image24.webshots.com/24/7/36/51/130573651iMHjxP_ph.jpg cant see it mike
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mikelhsr1982 Full Member Offline Who turned up the heat Posts: 150 WV Gender:	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #18 - 06/15/10 at 21:43:25 Hmm, wonder why the link didnt work. O well, here is the site I found it on. http://jalopnik.com/5139465/hubless-monster-motorcycle-rolls-without-spokes
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Reply #19 - 06/16/10 at 10:09:21

Advantages include
decreased unsprung weight,
reduced structural stress (no spokes to transmit forces through),
increased braking leverage,
more accurate steering,
reduced vibration
and a lower center of gravity.

So, they took a wheel design that offers handling & braking improvements & stuck them on a boat... good thinking..
If that wheel design offers improved handling & braking, why not build wheels to fit a bike that actually handles & needs good brakes?

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srinath Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5349	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #20 - 06/16/10 at 10:49:19 Serowbot wrote on 06/15/10 at 10:56:07: Looks... pre-broken... ... http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/usa_most_beautiful_mc_fs.jpg... Easy, I know a coupl'a brothers who are dying to put an "estended arm" on it ... only they're not sure which end to "estend" Cool. Srinath.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #21 - 06/16/10 at 20:02:32 the rear fender has been bobbed ,and the seat lookes like it has no visable means of support,so from the gas tank back it's a bobber ,from the gas tank forward it lookes like a ? an alien craft of some sort ?
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #22 - 06/16/10 at 20:05:35 ether way it still looks like this.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #23 - 06/16/10 at 20:47:07 Ive seen the pic B4, but never spotted the handle bars. The one he is holding is warped way out in front & twisted so the end is pointed left.Err, portside.Ohhh, yea, & the front rim aint nowhere near round
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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: Oddcycle... Reply #24 - 06/16/10 at 23:00:17 They dont make bikes like they used to...aye mick? Thoguh to be fare..its (or was) a war machine. Saw more rough terrain than my savage is ever going to.
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Reply #25 - 06/21/10 at 10:21:43

What a waste of a Panhead engine. Even a replica engine. At least the barn fresh piece of junk Panhead on my patio is getting turned back into a Panhead FL, 57 engine, 48 or older springer front end. Hydro-forks make me ill. That Bimota inspired front end is far beyond ridiculously fugly.

Whoever built the oddcycle should go on the gibbet with Arlen Ness, OCC, WCC, and everyone else cranking out hideous rolling abortions and pawning them off on unsuspecting "bikers" as functional custom bikes. Hang the rip-off scam artists, chase out the posers and wannabes and let the rest of us get back to "ruining perfectly good motorcycles" the right way.

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