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new hybrid Motorcycle FURION
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Bob Denman
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I think that I prefer the all-electric bike that is being built by Zero.
Almost a 190 mile range for city riding, and it can still give you better than a 100 mile range at highway speeds.
With the limited space on a motorcycle: why try to carry two differing powerplants, and their fuels? I think that keeping it a bit simpler; is better...
But it sure is an interesting take on the idea, and it's very pretty! :clap:
Thanks for posting about it!
Almost a 190 mile range for city riding, and it can still give you better than a 100 mile range at highway speeds.
With the limited space on a motorcycle: why try to carry two differing powerplants, and their fuels? I think that keeping it a bit simpler; is better...
But it sure is an interesting take on the idea, and it's very pretty! :clap:
Thanks for posting about it!
ofdave
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never expected to see something like this out of France.
It's not known for hi-tech bikes.
It looks good, that's for sure and the attention to detail is great.
I think hybrid bikes would have been tried by now and maybe we'll see more.
The use of a rotary engine is curious to me. When it was done by Suzuki, Norton, and Hercules they weren't accepted in the marketplace.
And other smaller manufacturing attempts failed also. And Yamaha thought enough of them to build prototypes and not even try to bring them to market.
Rotaries are light for the power they produce. Remember Mazda winning the IMSA racing titles after trouncing the larger engine Porsches in the same class?
Also rotaries are not known to be frugal with gas. Maybe combining with a more fuel efficient system is the way to go, out of necessity?
It is good to see new ideas. Sometimes they spark other new thinking.
It's not known for hi-tech bikes.
It looks good, that's for sure and the attention to detail is great.
I think hybrid bikes would have been tried by now and maybe we'll see more.
The use of a rotary engine is curious to me. When it was done by Suzuki, Norton, and Hercules they weren't accepted in the marketplace.
And other smaller manufacturing attempts failed also. And Yamaha thought enough of them to build prototypes and not even try to bring them to market.
Rotaries are light for the power they produce. Remember Mazda winning the IMSA racing titles after trouncing the larger engine Porsches in the same class?
Also rotaries are not known to be frugal with gas. Maybe combining with a more fuel efficient system is the way to go, out of necessity?
It is good to see new ideas. Sometimes they spark other new thinking.
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Easy Rider
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I'd be a bit leery for several reasons.
Probably the biggest one is the ROTARY engine.
It took Mazda a LONG time to get that design working good.......and some would say that it still doesn't.
Bob Denman
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But the rotary engines ARE pretty compact, and like to make horsepower... :clap:
chris56
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the concept is used also for some other applications .. (years ago ROTAX / SACHS produced "Rotary engines" ).. this here is also made in Austria :
https://www.flugrevue.de/zivilluftfahrt/flugzeuge/diamond-aircraft-da36-e-star/477030
https://www.flugrevue.de/zivilluftfahrt/flugzeuge/diamond-aircraft-da36-e-star/477030
Bob Denman
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We had a couple of snowmobiles that used Sachs-Wankel engines.
303cc and 24 hp.
One was a 1974 Arctic Cat Lynx, and the other was a 1973 Skiroule RT-W
They ran pretty darn well :thumbup:
303cc and 24 hp.
One was a 1974 Arctic Cat Lynx, and the other was a 1973 Skiroule RT-W
They ran pretty darn well :thumbup:
ARtraveler
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Another interesting concept. Did anyone see a price? :thumbup:
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