TWO Mag - Confused

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Veggie Meldrew, Sep 27, 2003.

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  1. Veggie Meldrew

    The Older Gentleman Guest

    Yeah, fair enough.
    I can't understand why they don't fit belt drives to more bikes.
    Kawasaki tried with the 250, the horrible 305 and a couple of custom
    abortions. Harley and BMW do it. Belts are great. Why not a belt-driven
    500, 600 or whatever.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Sep 28, 2003
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    Timo Geusch Guest

    The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
    Would the general biking public *buy* one though?
     
    Timo Geusch, Sep 28, 2003
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    Veggie Meldrew Guest

    Veggie Meldrew, Sep 28, 2003
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    Timo Geusch Guest

    Bear was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
    AFAIK these belts are used to transmit well more than 80bhp in their
    more usual applications - the restricting factor for motorbike use
    seems to be the width, because normally if you want to transmit more
    power you'll simply increase the belt width. Hard to do on a bike.

    Plus of course there are the belt breakages that you get from pricking
    up small stones and the like...
     
    Timo Geusch, Sep 28, 2003
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    christofire Guest

    Put one either side of the wheel for dual belt drive and use the
    circumference mounted brake discs.
     
    christofire, Sep 28, 2003
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  6. Veggie Meldrew

    Timo Geusch Guest

    christofire was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
    They still have to clear the tyre, and no sports bike these days has
    something that's not at least 180 wide. You'll end up with a rather
    wide rear end.

    Actually someone in Germany engineered a belt drive conversion for the
    Sprint ST and was about to put it into limited production but couldn't
    get the belt breakage problems sorted. The single-sided swing arm
    Triumphs and Hondas are probably better suited to this kind of
    conversion because the rear sprocket sits outside the the swingarm and
    not inside.
     
    Timo Geusch, Sep 28, 2003
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    Mike Buckley Guest

    Aha, hence the recent editions having crap freebies attached?

    I thought PB used to put circulation figures in the inside cover and
    they used to be around the 70k mark. Have they gone downhill since the
    latest style change? I know I stopped buying it.
     
    Mike Buckley, Sep 29, 2003
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    Wik Guest

    Well, I don't /know/ the man, but I have heard him referred to as "Rupe
    Paul" which is merely a contraction of his christian name.
     
    Wik, Sep 29, 2003
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    Veggie Meldrew Guest

    Certain things in life aren't quite as black and white as they appear...

    --
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    Veggie Meldrew, Sep 29, 2003
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    Paul Carmichael Guest

    If Superbike did away with the tits, I'd definitely cancel my subscription.

    --

    Paul.

    Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff!
    CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
    VTR1000 Firestorm
    RGV 250
    BOTAFOT #4
    BOTAFOF #30
    MRO #24
     
    Paul Carmichael, Sep 30, 2003
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