Saturday, August 18, 2007
Easy Rider
"If I were to make the easiest possible motorcycle to ride, I would give the user a CVT transmission so they don't have to switch gears so often, bigger brakes to stop more quickly without engine-braking, and a small set of unmarketed 'training wheels' so the bike doesn't tip over so easily when making sharp turns. It'd also need to be light enough to be picked up and relatively unharmed by falling over. The training wheels could help this matter. I might add in an intelligent steering ballast for very low speeds to help balance the bike when the gyro effect is not in play..."
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Hyper
http://www.physorg.com/news106328221.html
It would be foolhardy to store hydrogen gas in an automobile. The Hindenburg taught us this. Storing more than 25 cycles of hydrogen as a gas while also being used as a fuel source for an engine is banned here, and should be legally banned in the nation.
The sensible way to store or use hydrogen as fuel is in water. Until that technology is prepared for the public market metal hydrides are the way to go. We can use the hydride batteries as part of the frame, or as a functional metal bumper, and have them [both] replaced at fuelling stations, until water approaches. Considering probable events, water hydrogen technology should be approaching by around 2009 for general use, and afterwards in cars becoming fashionable around 2010.
It would be foolhardy to store hydrogen gas in an automobile. The Hindenburg taught us this. Storing more than 25 cycles of hydrogen as a gas while also being used as a fuel source for an engine is banned here, and should be legally banned in the nation.
The sensible way to store or use hydrogen as fuel is in water. Until that technology is prepared for the public market metal hydrides are the way to go. We can use the hydride batteries as part of the frame, or as a functional metal bumper, and have them [both] replaced at fuelling stations, until water approaches. Considering probable events, water hydrogen technology should be approaching by around 2009 for general use, and afterwards in cars becoming fashionable around 2010.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
KMW E- motorcycle
The electric motorcycle can achieve 0-60 in 1.0 seconds, using just under 1000 lithium ion batteries. A nitromethane racer does the same in 0.7 seconds.
Scientists have recently produced supercapacitors that can hold 7X the normal charge of an old school style dielectric supercapacitor. Using this rapid and groos discharge it will be possible for the electric bike to replace some lithium ions with supercaps to enhance performance in the initial acceleration.
A bike composed entirely of supercaps would have a ride life of only perhaps six seconds or so, but it could accelerate outstandingly fast in those six seconds, certainly destroying any quarter mile record. A bike with supercaps to enhance lithium ion charge could become the next great superbike system.
Supercap = Superbike
Scientists have recently produced supercapacitors that can hold 7X the normal charge of an old school style dielectric supercapacitor. Using this rapid and groos discharge it will be possible for the electric bike to replace some lithium ions with supercaps to enhance performance in the initial acceleration.
A bike composed entirely of supercaps would have a ride life of only perhaps six seconds or so, but it could accelerate outstandingly fast in those six seconds, certainly destroying any quarter mile record. A bike with supercaps to enhance lithium ion charge could become the next great superbike system.
Supercap = Superbike
Thursday, August 2, 2007
[Engineer's Note]
If I were to make a great motorcycle, I'd give it a Otto 2.0'd 4 cylinder engine, but make the cylinders micro. They could either be a pair of parallel in lines or x-firing horizontal. I'd fill them with diesel and give them a small liquid cooling system and metal fins on the sides. I'd put a motorcycle scoop on the sides behind the fins with the Otto supercharger. It'd be swanky, and kick out perhaps 80hp on a 2-300cc 4-bang engine with the o-gear. A clutchless bike. Heh. The tight engine would leave room for a plenty of a suspension. I wager it'd run for 200k or more.
The 54hp motorbike with a cvt could definitely compete with any bike on the market depending on the final weight and RPM. High revs and acceleration diesel tuning would give it a prompt 0-60, and it could probably reach 130mph alone. The 90hp version would be a monster. I think 90hp should be a good goal for a KMW motorbike.
Heads up to GM, Toyota et al for the spring 2007 microdiesels.
If I were to make a great motorcycle, I'd give it a Otto 2.0'd 4 cylinder engine, but make the cylinders micro. They could either be a pair of parallel in lines or x-firing horizontal. I'd fill them with diesel and give them a small liquid cooling system and metal fins on the sides. I'd put a motorcycle scoop on the sides behind the fins with the Otto supercharger. It'd be swanky, and kick out perhaps 80hp on a 2-300cc 4-bang engine with the o-gear. A clutchless bike. Heh. The tight engine would leave room for a plenty of a suspension. I wager it'd run for 200k or more.
The 54hp motorbike with a cvt could definitely compete with any bike on the market depending on the final weight and RPM. High revs and acceleration diesel tuning would give it a prompt 0-60, and it could probably reach 130mph alone. The 90hp version would be a monster. I think 90hp should be a good goal for a KMW motorbike.
Heads up to GM, Toyota et al for the spring 2007 microdiesels.
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