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involutecurve:
You are correct it is rock steady but at the same time quick steering which is sort of odd but you get used to it quickly.
Here's some more pics mainly of vapour blasting the tank prior to powder coating and subsequent hydrographic dipping....
CHA5:
I reckon me & you would get on well, or murder each other within 4hrs :-)
Your bike is amazing . . . but I know enuff about hub centre steering on 2 wheels to know that you might be ever so slightly guilty of glossing over the whole truth. £millions has been poured into developing the perfect 2wheeler & all of it ends up with the same basic problems.
I had a looong chat a few years ago with the brains behind the 'Elf Honda' project, he reckons it's greatest achievement was the one thing that is least talked about. They managed to do away with horizontal handlebars & instead used 2x levers in a vertical 'tiller' arrangement, this puts your wrists in their natural position.
Anyways. I like the way you're thinking. I like anything that is 'outside the box'.
involutecurve:
I've only ever seen the vertical two bars (a bit like two joysticks) on Tony Foale's bikes, but I've never actually ridden one, but did toy with the idea for about five minuets, after making a mockup I came to the conclusion that it felt very odd and less controllable than normal bars, also it relied on wrist strength, where as normal bars use shoulders which are much stronger, It could also be the fact I've been using handle bars for nearly 40 years that persuaded me to go this route.
I didn't build a Centre Hub bike because I think forks are wrong, I did it out of curiosity, Forks have inherent but have had well over 50 years of development by every motorcycle manufacturer on the planet and millions spent on solving these problems, Centre Hub systems also have problems however they have had far less time and money spent developing them, I wanted to see for myself what it was all about and thought the best way was to build one, I now know a lot more about what is required and the failings of both, I've yet to come to a conclusion as to which is better, there are good and bad point in both systems, my next project may well go a different route perhaps a Hossack type setup but wit my take on it, and probably a V4 engine.
Cheers
Shaun.
involutecurve:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on March 25, 2017, 09:16:02 AM ---What issue of PB?
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Issue Novenbre 2016
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: involutecurve on March 29, 2017, 02:32:21 PM ---...my next project may well go a different route perhaps a Hossack type setup but wit my take on it, and probably a V4 engine.
Cheers
Shaun.
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Hi Shaun,
That's where I am at for the moment. I am not sure I trust myself with the hub one the front wheel for the hub centered steering.
Eric
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